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Peter Deilmann's Frederic Chopin: Oder River, Germany

This chic 79-passenger riverboat cruises from Straslund, Germany, to Szczecin, Poland, and back to Berlin's port of Potsdam. Along the way, you can take horse-drawn carriage tours of Vitte, Germany, and enjoy multicourse dinners on board.
800/348-8387; www.deilmann-cruises.com; from $2,220 per person, double; seven-night cruise departs July 1.

Uniworld's Douro Queen: Douro River, Portugal

Board the new 64-berth liner in Lisbon and travel to Salamanca and to Portugal's tinta ruiz vineyards in Lamego.
800/733-7820; www.uniworld.com; from $2,998 per person, double, including airfare; 10-night cruises depart May 4.

Viking River Cruises' Viking Lavrinenkov: Dnieper River, Russia

This 106-cabin boat cruises from Kiev to the Black Sea. On land, passengers will learn about the local Muslim architecture.
877/668-4546; www.vikingrivercruises.com; from $2,199 per person, double; 14-night cruise departs April 16.

Hapag-Lloyd's Hanseatic: Gambia River, West Africa

Starting next fall, you can cruise the Gambia—for the first time ever— on the 184-passenger Hanseatic. But first you'll travel from Tenerife to Dakar, exploring Cape Verde and the mangrove forests of the Makasutu Nature Reserve, home to 1,000-year-old baobab trees.
800/782-3924; www.hl-cruises.com; from $5,246 per person, double; 10-night cruise departs October 30, 2006.

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