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Cruise the canals of France on a  Luxury French Hotel Barge Vacation.  A French barge vacation offers a special  glimpse of France, at 4 mph.  Each day you will take a Tour in an air conditioned private French tour bus. Each day aboard your Luxury French Hotel Barge Vacation will provide you with a new sampling of the finest French wines and the best in gourmet French foods. Some barges even offer an open bar.  It is all included in the price. Try a French Barge Vacation Cruise this year.  Your French Hotel Barge Cruise Vacation will be the best French Barge Vacation you ever had.

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Price Reduced on Some French Cruises as much as $1980 per cabin.

French Hotel Barge also offers a selection of pre and post cruise hotels for 2010.  We have more than 150 hotels in Central Paris + Dijon and Strasbourg.

Our recommendation is to arrive Thursday and allow your body to adjust to jet lag so that your cruise experience is without the drag of jet lag.

Post cruise hotels are a must as it would be very difficult to arrive back in Paris to catch a flight out on the last day of the cruise.
 

Lorraine

22 passengers

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Caprice

21 passengers

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The Heart of Burgundy

 

Done each week from April to the end of October

 

Lorraine

Caprice

 

The Heart of Burgundy

Lorraine does this for 6 weeks in June and July.  Caprice does this itinerary for the rest of the season.

 

Lorraine and Caprice each do one of the most popular itineraries in France. We begin in April and end at the end of October.   We begin in Dijon and take you on the Burgundy Canal to a St Jean de Losnes on the Soane River.  Then we cruise the river to Challon where we join the Canal du Centre to cruise directly through the wine villages, mooring among the vines.   Shore Excursions to Dijon, Capital of Burgundy; Beaune, capital of the vineyards; Medieval Fortress of Chateau de Marguerite; 12th Century Chateau Rully; 12th century Monks winery of Clos de Vougeot; Barging center of St Jean de Losne; and visit to Hotel Dieu, the first charity hospital of Europe founded in 1443.

Priced from $2990 per person dbl or Twin

Up to 33% discounts now offered or as low as $2000 per person on some departures.

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Lorraine

22 passengers

Majestic Alsace-Lorraine

From the Rhine to The Vosges Mountains

The most interesting canal in France

July 18 thru October 17, 2009

 

 

Majestic Alsace-Lorraine

The most interesting canal in France.

121 photos show you why.

 

Lorraine travels  on from the Rhine near Stasbourg into the unparalled beauty of the Vosges Mountains of Alsace and Lorraine.  This is one of the more interesting itineries in France.   You will ride the famous inclined plane of Arzwiller as Lorraine is lifted 150 feet in one movement.   Going to a crystal factory and seeing beautiful crystal in the making, really up close, is a highlight. 

Priced from $2790 per person dbl or Twin

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Lorraine

22 passengers

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Caprice

21 passengers

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Southern Burgundy and the Upper Loire

One or the other boats does this itinerary from April 10 thru July 17.

 

 

Welcome Aboard Caprice, cruising on the Burgundy Canal, Saone River, and Canal du Centre in Southern Burgundy.

 

 

Sourthern Burgundy and Upper Loire

Southern Burgundy and the Upper Loire are done by Lorraine from April 10 thru June 5.  On June 12 Caprice does this routing.  until July 23.

Chagny to Paray-le-Monial  with Shore excursions to the medieval town of Chalon; moorings among the vines in Santeney; Wine tasting and a visit to Chateau Rully, visit to the Benidictine Abbey of Cluny, founded in 910 ;  an exploration of the ancient Roman city of Autun with its incredible medieval section, a visit to the Chocolate Factory of Bernard DuFoux, the most prestigious chocolate maker in France; a visit to a unique auto museum housed in a 14th Century Chateau; a visit to the 12th Century Bacilic de La Clayette, a reproduction of the church at Cluny.  There is some great bicycle routes on this  itinerary.

Priced from $2990 per person double

Up to 33% discount for Certain Dates or as low as $2000 per person on some dates.

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Lorraine

22 passengers

Dijon to Besançon

July 17, 2010

 

Dijon to Besançon

Our Dijon-Besançon cruise is the first leg of our transition of Lorraine from Burgundy to Alsace.  It is possible to do a 2 week cruise combining both segments of this transition phase. The shore excursions are exceptional.  Years ago we did this cruise as a weekly itinerary.  You will explore Dijon, the canal center of Ste Jean de Losne, Louis Pasteur's house, Arc et Senans (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), the Jura wine capital of Arbois, the museum dedicated to Impressionist Painter Gustave Corbet, and the very scenic town of Besancon.

Special public price is $2000 per person dbl---A discount of $990 per person or $1980 per cabin.

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Lorraine

Special Itinerary

July 24, 2010

 

Lorraine and the 2010 Family Cruise

Besançon to Mulhouse

 

Our cruise begins in The World Heritage City of Besançon and ends in Mulhouse. 

$2000 per person Special Price.  A $1980 savings from normal price.

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Clair de Lune

6 passengers

Canal du Midi

South of France

Sunshine is a given

 

Canal cruise on the canal du Midi, southern France.

  Clair de Lune travel on the beautiful Canal du Midi in the South of France where sunshine is a given. This canal is argued by some to be the most beautiful in France.  I would not disagree.  But the Midi was built 250 years ago when boats were smaller.  The normal size canal boat will not fit into the locks.  Clair de Lune is not a barge conversion but was built specifically for this canal.  It is magnificent.

Retail prices from $6300 per person double.  A charter for 6 persons is $33,000-- 5 persons is $31,950 and 4 persons is $30,600.

 

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The Luciole

14 passengers

Canal Nevernais

 

 

'Luciole' explores the finest up-country route in France.

  Luciole Cruises the beautiful Nevernais, a shallow canal that take a specially shallow draft barge to navigate certain sections.  Thus it is limited to certain barges.  The Luciole is a perfect fit to our collection of barges as the cruise is incredible and the barge very comfortable.   If you have not seen this area of France you are in for a treat.

Retail from $3450 to $3850 pp dbl.  2 single cabins on board without single supplement.

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Magna Carta

8 passengers

England

Lower Thames

 

  Magna Carta provides Royal Luxury on the River Thames.  Luxury suite accommodations, fantastic shore excursions, and a great itinerary from London to Henley (above Windsor)..  

Retail prices from $2950 per person double

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