The 14th-century castle has a wine tavern and museum of antique mechanical musical instruments. The Burg Klopp castle was built as a successor to a Roman castle called Bingium, which once stood above the city on the same site. KD also offers cruises on the Elbe, Main and Moselle rivers in Germany, the Danube River in Austria and the Volga River in Russia. Rhine cruises are from two to four nights, from April through October. Prices vary according to ship, deck and season.
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Here's a list of suggestions gleaned from several sources. Not if you're vacationing with kids. With dozens of new hotels, restaurants swathed in their best linen and museums, there isn't a better place to visit on the Mediterranean. If you want to spend part of your vacation a step back in time, try Charleston, S.C., with its Southern gentility, antebellum homes and a very walkable historic district and fort. When you tire of the bright lights and big city, there's a place, just two hours by car from Las Vegas, where eons light the way and silence is the only music.