and getting my first glimpse of both boat and river. The Rhine was broad and swift-flowing in the steely evening light. The Deutschland, stretching for 360 feet along the grassy riverbank ...

Walkers are accompanied by a hiking guide as they strike out along trails shadowing the river’s ... truly pushes the boat out, combining the castles and vineyards of the Rhine with Normandy ...

While the Rhine is almost 800 miles long ... The castle owners raised heavy chains across the river when boats came – and lowered them only when the merchants had paid their duty.