98 I World of Ships I Paddle Steamers
GREAT BRITAIN
WAVERLEY (Waverley Excursions) • Glasgow
25 to 28 May; Western Isles 29 May to
5 June; Clyde summer season 22 June
to 23 August; Liverpool-Llandudno 28
and 29 August; South Coast 28 August
to 20 September; Clyde finale 13 and 14
October; tel 0141-243-2224.
http://www.waverleyexcursions.co.uk
KINGSWEAR CASTLE (Dart Rail and River
Co) • Daily River Dart sailings 26 May to 30
September (except Fridays in June, July
and September), including Dartmouth-
Totnes and return and 50- or 65-minute
circular cruises; tel 01803-555872.
http://www.dartmouthrailriver.co.ukAUSTRIA
SCHONBRUNN (OGEG) • Weekend River
Danube sailings late May through to
September, mainly from Linz also visiting
Grein, Mauthausen, Aschach, Ybbs,
Engelhartszell and Melk.
http://[email protected]
GISELA (Traunsee Schiffahrt Karl Eder) •
Sundays in July and August, Gmunden-
Ebensee and return, depart 1445.
http://www.traunseeschiffahrt.at
KAISER FRANZ JOSEF 1 (Wolfgangsee
Schiffahrt) • Four return sailings from St
Wolfgang to St Gilgen operate daily from
16 June to 9 September, 40 mins each way.
http://www.wolfgangseeschiffahrt.at
HOHENTWEIL (Bodensee) • Based at Hard,
near Bregenz, Austria, the preserved
steamer also undertakes special sailings
and charters from centres in the German
and Swiss areas of the lake.
http://www.hohentweil.comCZECH REPUBLIC
VYSEHRAD AND VLTAVA (Prague
Passenger Shipping) • Short local trips
to Prague Zoo, longer sailings to Slapy
Dam and occasional trips to Melnik, with
the two paddle steamers supported by
motor vessels through a season from
June to September.
http://www.pragueboats.czDENMARK
HJEJLEN (A/S Hjejlen) • Morning and
afternoon Silkeborg Lakes sailings from
Silkeborg to Himmelbjerget, 75 miss each
way, daily late June, July to 20 August, with
weekend trips until 16 and 17 September.
http://[email protected]FINLAND
ELIAS LONNROT (Keuruun Matkailu O/Y) •
Summer weekday Lake Keurusselka trips
from Keuruu to Keurusselka Hotel; Sunday
sailings Keuruu to Mantta.
http://www.eliaksenristeli.fiGERMANY
RIVER ELBE (Sacchsische Dampschiffahrt) •
Summer highlight for the world’s largest
paddle steamer fleet will be a three-day
Dampschiff-Fest in Dresden from 17 to 18
August involving all the fleet’s nine veteran
side-wheelers; the 2018 season continues
until 21 October with eight steamers
regularly in service, among them Pirna,
celebrating 120 years of Elbe operation.
http://www.sachsische-dampschiffahrt.de
RIVER RHINE (Koln-Dusseldorfer Rhein
Schiffahrt) • Goethe departs Koblenz
daily at 0900 until 14 October for a sailing
through the picturesque Middle Rhine
to Rudesheim, arrive at 1515 with a 1615
return departure reaching Koblenz at 20.10.
http://www.kdrhine.com
KIELER FOERDE (Adler-Schiffe) • Kiel-based
paddler Freya covers timetabled services
west to Rendsburg and east to Laboe,
together with Kiel Canal sailings.
http://www.adler-schiffe.de
AMMERSEE (Schiffahrt Ammersee) • Paddle
vessels Herrsching and Diessen figure in
schedules through to 14 October with a
main route from Stegen via Herrsching
to Diessen and Riederau. Website: http://www.
[email protected]
CHIEMSEE (Chiemseschiffahrt) • Paddle
vessel Ludwig Fessler sails on the
Bavarian Lake until 23 September. Hourly
connections from Prien rail station to the
lakeside at Prien Stock area available by a
steam tramway dating from 1887.
www chiemsee-schiffahrt.deITALY
ITALIAN LAKES (Gestione Navigazion Laghi)- Lakes Como, Garda and Maggiore: Peak
summer scheduled services on Como
and Garda with occasional public trips by
Piemonte on Lake Maggiore.
http://www.navigazionelaghi.it
NORWAY
LAKE Mjosa (Oplandske Damskibsselskap):
Skibladner, the ‘White Swan of Mjosa’, the
world’s oldest operational paddle steamer,
runs in 2018 from 27 June to 20 August,alternating between a northern course
from Gjovik and Hamar to Lillehammer, or
a southern itinerary from Gjovik and Hamar
to Eidsvoll.
http://www.skibladner.noSWITZERLAND
LAKE GENEVA (CGN) • Steamers La Suisse,
Simplon and Savoie, together with motor
paddlers Italie and Vevey operate Spring
schedules until 16 June, with steamers
Simplon and Savoie coming on stream
during summer schedules from 17 June
to 2 September with La Suisse, Simplon,
Savoie and Italie in autumn service from
3 September to 21 October.
http://www.cgn.ch
LAKE LUCERNE (SGV) • Stadt Luzern
running Lucerne-Fluelen has the longest
season from early May to 21 October with
Uri and Unterwalden coming on stream
during May with Schiller and Gallia in daily
service from 7 July to 19 August before
alternating on an afternoon Fluelen run
from 26 May to 6 July and then 20 August
to 9 September.
http://[email protected]
LAKES NEUCHATEL and Morat (LNM) •
Restored steamer Neuchatel runs from
19 May to 30 September on routes
including Neuchatel-Murten, Neuchatel-
Cudrefin-Portalban and Neuchatel
Grandson-Yverdon.
http://www.navig.ch
LAKES THUN AND BRIENZ (BLS) •
Thunersee steamer Blumlisalp operates
from 10 My to 14 October with daily Thun-
Interlaken West sailings and other morning
or evening Thun-Beatenbucht trips; on
Lake Brienz Lotschberg runs Interlaken Ost-
Brienz daily from 19 May to 23 September.
http://www.bls.ch
LAKE ZURICH (ZSG) • Stadt Zurich and Stadt
Rapperswill are available for service but
ZSG give no indication in 2018 timetables
of which sailings will be covered by a
paddle steamer, although Stadt Zurich
covered Easter period sailings. As usual
some Zurich-Rapperswil sailings continue
to Schmerikon.
http://www.zsg.ch• InformatIon on this page is given in
good faith and believed to be accurate,
but visitors should check with operators for
full sailing details before travelling.SUMMER SAILING SCHEDULES FOR PADDLE STEAMERS 2018
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