Fish fritters and carrot-top gazpacho are now on the menus of these convivial waterside spots. This marks a notable step up ...

European river cruise operator CroisiEurope has updated some old technology for decidedly modern uses. A new ship will enter service in April 2015 with paddlewheels, something more commonly found on ...

France's river Loire, famous for the hundreds of castles gracing its shores, is a shallow river at the best of times, but this year even its flat-bottom tourist barges can barely navigate waters ...

A man trying to navigate the swollen Loire River has been swept away, officials said on Wednesday, as much of western France was placed under high alert for floods with yet more heavy rain expected.

The River Loire is France's longest river (629 miles/1,012 km), with the ship-building city of St Nazaire at the mouth. The valley is wide and fertile, with an array of chateaux and castles, built ...

Florentijn Hofman created his giant yellow duckie with the mission of simply bringing people together through the presence of art. Treating the Loire as a giant bubble bath, The Rubber Duck brings a ...

NANTES, France — When the Schmitter family, owners of 39-year-old French cruise line CroisiEurope, decided two years ago that they wanted to aggressively go after the U.S. source market for river ...

Famous for UNESCO World Heritage castles, Loire suffers drought Unprecedented low water levels endanger river ecology Sand banks stretch for miles, flat-bottom boats stranded Four nuclear plants ...

LOIREAUXENCE, France (Reuters) - France's river Loire, famous for the hundreds of castles gracing its shores, is a shallow river at the best of times, but this year even its flat-bottom tourist barges ...