What is a Hotel Barge?
Luxury hotel barges are smaller vessels, accommodating a minimum of 6 passengers, maximum 50 passengers. They include all gourmet meals with wine, all shore excursions, and most also include an “open bar” and bicycles for the use of the guests. These vessels cruise on small waterways – mostly on canals, such as the Nivernais in Burgundy, France’s most famous wine country, the Canal du Midi in the south of France, or through the tulip fields of Holland or along the Caledonian Canal in Scotland; but sometimes they cruise on rivers, such as the Shannon in Ireland, the Rhone in France and the Thames in England. The purpose of a barge cruise is not to rush from Point A to Point B, but to relax in a stress free environment with fine food and wine, enjoy the delights of the countryside you are passing through, and get to know the “soul of the country.” The barges travel neither far or fast Is Barging only for the Sedentary, older Traveller ? Not at all! Canal cruising is for those who want a
