A place of historic importance, Galena, Illinois has a past of mining and river transportation. It has a brick architecture influenced by France and plays a perfect host to a number of visitors every year. Galena has a scenic beauty which is attributed to white steeples, houses built on the hills, downtown market place and waterfront on the Galena River. The distance of downtown is only 2 miles from the Mississippi River where the facility of riding riverboats is available equally for locals and tourists and a guide on the boats provides knowledge about the surrounding area.

Do you also love river cruise? Want to visit Galena and enjoy river ride on boats? Then plan a trip after researching about the place, galena lodging and more information that will make your trip memorable. Below are described some of the two river trips available in Galena.

Chestnut Mountain Resort Mississippi Explorer Cruise

This boat trip is centered on beautiful Mississippi River and is of 90 minutes duration. It involves tales on history, people, and wildlife of the area. It starts from its dock from a couple miles south of downtown. One attraction of this boat ride is that it involves a free ride to Chestnut Mountain chairlift and a complementary sled ride down the 2050 foot alpine slide from mountaintop to riverbank.

Riverboat Twilight

It is an imitation of Mississippi River steamboat launched in 1987. It takes visitors to overnight cruise starting from its dock in Scales Mound Illinois to Dubuque and here it stops for the night. The passengers aboard are entertained by comedians, storytellers and musicians.

After reading this attractive information about enchanting world of river cruise, don’t you also long for planning such a trip? If yes, then go ahead and book your tickets which will result in a memorable and enjoyable holiday for you. You just need to keep in mind before planning such a trip that you need to have complete information about Galena bed and breakfast, lodgings, places worth site seeing and more.