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Monday, February 8, 2010

Scenic Tours: Amsterdam to Basel - Hosted River Cruise with Stephen Beaumont!

Have a honeymoon approaching? Looking for an excuse to visit Europe? Do you love beer? If you answered yes to any of the questions above, you'll want to keep reading the following press release.

One of the world's most authoritative voices on beer and travel today is teaming up with Scenic Tours and TheRiverCruiser.com to host “Brew on the Rhine,” a 13 day river cruise up the beautiful Rhine River from Amsterdam wo Basel, with a multitude of beery stops along the way.

For the past 20 years, Stephen Beaumont has roamed the earth in search of the world’s finest ales and lagers, along the way establishing himself as one of the planet’s leading beer experts. He has written for publications ranging from Playboy to Saveur to The Globe and Mail and looks forward to sharing his expertise and his many, many tales from the road throughout the course of the voyage.

In addition to the many culture and tourism stops along the route from Amsterdam through Starsbourg to Basel, Switzerland, Stephen is organizing a beer aficionado's dream tour, including a visit to Amsterdam’s outstanding riverside Brouwerij ‘t Ij, tastings at Belgian, German, French, Luxembourg and Swiss breweries, a guided pub crawl through Köln, and even floating tutored beer tastings. The exact itinerary is still being sorted and confirmed, but Stephen guarantees that it will be filled with adventures, discoveries and, of course, excellent ales and lagers.

Around the world, Scenic Tours is known for providing ultimate touring experiences for discerning travelers. Their reputation is impeccable and for more than 20 years they’ve been delivering outstanding vacation experiences to travelers who expect the very best of everything.

Their brand new river cruise ships (“Space-Ships”) have state-of-the-art facilities and the service on board is exceptional. They have INCLUDED absolutely everything you could wish for, with nothing left to chance. You’re sure to have a fabulous vacation that is simply great value for money.

There are three features that set their ships apart – Private Balcony Suites, considerably more space in staterooms and public areas and a revolutionary ship design that is unique and exclusive to Scenic Tours. Not to mention, your choice of fine dining in two restaurants, complimentary wines and beer, included ‘FreeChoice’ sightseeing, gratuities and more!

As is the case with larger ocean going vessels it's an absolute joy to relax outdoors with water views and complete privacy, and so 82% of their new river cruise ship staterooms are Private Balcony Suites, unique to Scenic Tours. As you walk into your private balcony suite you will immediately be impressed by the spacious layout and beautiful design. Step through sliding glass doors onto your own private teak balcony - take a seat and settle back in comfort with a glass of beer and watch magical Rhine castles, vineyards and villages pass by. And you can use your private balcony at any time of day or night. You may never want to leave!

Limited Time Offer: 2 For The Price Of 1

The savings: Promotional cruise fare from only $2,848 CDN + port taxes per person (reflects 2 for 1 savings)

The catch: Book Scenic’s 13 day Amsterdam to Basel River Cruise departing October 11, 2010. This will be a unique itinerary for 2011 and is not featured in Scenic’s current brochure. Offer is subject to availability.

Book it: Please contact TheRiverCruiser.com to book 416 962-7447 or 1 866 355-7447. Full details www.therivercruiser.com

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