River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze

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China is bafflingly massive. And that is a bonafide geographical fact people. You can get one of those old fashioned things called a map and have a look. See, I am not wrong. Not only is it massive but the PRC is also the most populous country in the world with a population of over 1.3 billion. How do you even go about counting that many people? How do you get them all to stand still for long enough? in 1998 it constructed a 770-seat amphitheater next to the Boise River. “Being at the Shakespeare Festival on a summer night, having a picnic with a view of the river before the play, and feeling the cool river air as the sun sets is one of the absolute best ways to enjoy Boise,” offers Lisa McMillin, a library assistant at the Boise Public Library.

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Yet over several visits to Koblenz spanning almost 40 years, this is the one Rhine town that has always left me disappointed. It was founded in the 9 th century, but the present Basilica wasn’t completed until the beginning of the 13 th century.St Goar is midway along the Upper Middle Rhine Valley, and the flexibility of the ferry over the river means you can explore either side of the Rhine in in either direction.

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Finding the source of the River Eden is quite a challenge: it rises on the limestone fells high above Mallerstang Common. The Ouse has many tributaries, among them the Aire, Don, Wharfe, Swale, Nidd and Foss, draining a large area of upland and therefore making it prone to severe flooding. Marksburg Castle is one of the outstanding castles in Germany, and one of the best three castles on the Rhine (along with Rheinfels and Rheinstein) to visit. Community members have made tremendous progress towards making the James a clean, safe, and accessible river for everyone to enjoy.” Pittsburgh, PA Sustainable living is rife here, not just a fad – after all it’s where the Centre for Alternative Technology was established in the 1970s, in an old slate quarry. Hopefully its courses and exhibitions will resume shortly. Nature lovers will want to visit the RSPB Ynys-hir nature reserve and get the binocs out to spy migrating ospreys returning to the Cors Dyfi nature reserve.

Top tip– For the best view of Bacharach, climb the Postenturm (Post Tower), part of the town wall circuit, in the vineyard just to the north of the town. Write-Ins They may not have made the final cut, but these 10 river towns are still some of the best places to live