Paul is a freelance travel and culture writer who has written and updated a slew of guidebooks (Rough Guides, National Geographic, Wallpaper, Fodors, DK) on a variety of destinations. He is based in ...

The outside of the Brömserhof, the 15th-century knight’s manor where the museum is housed. Rudesheim Tourist AG/Marlis-Steinmetz A tour guide shows visitors a scroll from which music is played.

At the Asbach Visitors' Center in Rüdesheim, Germany, visitors are shown an example of the copper stills used to produce the award-winning brandy. Susan Farlow - Special Contributor At the Asbach ...

ONBOARD THE EMERALD DAWN -- I want to talk about Europe's Christmas markets. How I never heard of these before, I don't know, but I'm extremely glad Christmas markets and I are now well acquainted.

High on a hillside above the Rhine River, Germany looks down from atop the massive Niederwald Monument, which commemorates victory in the 1871 Franco-Prussian War and the unification of Germania under ...