FLEUR

 

Casual Barge Biking Cruises in Holland, Belgium, Germany and France

The cruises listed below are for those passengers that are looking for a very laid back experience at an affordable price.  These cruises are multi language.  Your cabin consists of your own private toilet and shower, though you take care of cleaning your room.  You are given clean linens during the cruise and you make your own bed.  Lunch is a packed bag each day.  There is no formal meals such as a Captain's Farewell dinner.  No alcoholic beverages included in the rates.

These are a great value and great fun if the above features appeal to you.  The  20 passenger Fleur (built in 2001), is a Dutch barge,  practical and comfortable with a friendly appearance.

 

 

Champagne Region of France

8 Days

Paris to Reim        May   16 - 23, 2009

Reim to Paris        May   23 - 30, 2009

Individual Booking - € 1040 per person
Charter € 18,380,-  for 20 passengers

 

 

Rate includes:  8 days, breakfast, lunch package, dinner, bed linen, bike rental, tour guide.

You can book this trip as a bike & barge trip or as a cruise. If you book a bike & barge trip, you can make a bike tour of 20 – 40 km per day, accompanied by an experienced guide. If you book a cruise, you sail with the barge and you use public transport, accompanied by another experienced guide.

Itinerary: Paris – Meaux – La Ferte sous Jouarre – Château Thierry – Epernay - Reims

Highlights:  Paris – Brie de Meaux – champagne cellars in Epernay – Reims cathedral

Champagne vineyards along a gorgous river

During this tour we follow the beautiful valley of the river Marne. Along the way, you have plenty of opportunity to taste the cheese and the champagne this part of France is famous for.

You meet the Fleur in the heart of Paris, not far from the Notre-Dame. From there, we follow the valley of the Marne upstream. The first stay is the city of Meaux, famous for its Brie. Later on we arrive in the real Champagne region and you bike straight across the vineyards on the rolling banks of the Marne.

We visit the immense champagne cellars in Epernay, capital of the Champagne region, as well as small champagne growers, who will be proud to let you taste their best champagne.  We spend a night in Château-Thierry, scene of the American battles in World War I. Destination is Reims, with its beautiful gothic cathedral.