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Vantage Deluxe World Travel adds new family-friendly river cruises

Vantage Deluxe World Travel adds new family-friendly river cruises
River cruise operator, Vantage Deluxe World Travel, has added six new family-friendly river cruises for 2016, to include itineraries, sightseeing tours, meals and activities planned to cater specifically for family groups, with child-friendly meal choices, Arts & Crafts workshops and singing sessions (8 to 12 years), activities for teens, a family host from 6 – 9pm, language lessons on board, a complimentary travel diary and a ship’s tour by the Captain.

A further eight sailings have been added for 2017 when kids from ages 8 to 21 cruise free when accompanied in their cabin by an adult.

The new 2016 family river cruises include four in France and two in continental Europe, with five summer 2016 departures during the school holiday period and a Christmas cruise departing on December 20, 2016

Vantage Travel’s 12 Day Best of Burgundy cruise sails through Provence from Avignon, departing on July 13 and 23 2016 with opportunity to visit the UNESCO World Heritage sites of Lyon, Avignon and the Pont du Gard.

The company’s Paris & Normandy 12 Day sailing from Paris departs on July 23, 2016. Of particular interest to families will be the complimentary excursion to see the Bayeux Tapestry, city tours of Rouen, visits to the Normandy Beaches, Monet’s home, Richard the Lionheart’s 12th century castle and a guided tour of Paris.

A 16 day sailing from Cologne to Budapest embarking on July 8, 2016 includes apple strudel making and a glass blowing demonstration on board, a panoramic city tour of Vienna, choices of tours in Nuremberg to either take in the WW II heritage, or a city tour featuring the Toy Museum, a private concert and presentation of `Musical Vienna’ at the Kursalon Music Hall and a city tour of Budapest.

In 2017, families will be able to choose from 8 sailings along the Seine, round trip from Paris.