River cruises in DISGUSE: The ocean cruise liner specials taking YOU to heart of cities

The only navigable river in Spain wends its way from the Atlantic to the ornate city of Seville 80 miles away. 

The river passes through Doñana National Park, a nature reserve and wetland ecosystem rich in birdlife and even home to lynx, and skirts the small, pretty city of La Puebla del Río. Voyages to Antiquity’s 15-day Iberia, France England cruise (June 15, 2017, from £2,495) aboard Aegean Odyssey, carrying only 390 passengers, starts in Seville with two nights in a hotel before sailing through the beautiful Andalucian scenery – on its way to another river – the wide Tagus, just around the coast.

This leads, under the soaring 25 de Abril Bridge, past extravagant fortifications, to Portugal’s capital, Lisbon. Arriving in England there are calls at two river towns (Falmouth and Dartmouth) with a finale of a sail up the river Thames (past Southend pier) to the historic port of Tilbury. www.voyagestoantiquity.com.