Day 1 · Saint-Jean-de-Losne
Welcome on board
You transfer to the barge for a welcome reception and dinner on board.
7 days · 6 nights
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Saint-Jean-de-Losne
Day 1 · Saint-Jean-de-Losne
You transfer to the barge for a welcome reception and dinner on board.
Seurre
Day 2 · Seurre
After a slow cruise on the Saône you visit the Château du Clos de Vougeot, home of the Chevaliers du Tastevin, then taste wines in Gevrey-Chambertin.
Dijon and Verdun-sur-le-Doubs
Day 3 · Dijon and Verdun-sur-le-Doubs
You walk Dijon's markets, tour the Ducal Palace and call at a mustard shop. Later you explore the village of Verdun-sur-le-Doubs.
Fragnes-la-Loyère
Day 4 · Fragnes-la-Loyère
The barge moves from the Saône onto the Canal du Centre. In the afternoon you drive the Route des Grands Crus through the Côte de Beaune.
Beaune
Day 5 · Beaune
You visit the medieval Hôtel-Dieu with its patterned roof, then taste wines in cellars once used by the King of France and the Dukes of Burgundy.
Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune
Day 6 · Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune
From Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune you visit Germolles, a well-kept 14th-century home of the Dukes of Burgundy, before a farewell dinner on board.
Day 7 · Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune
After breakfast you leave the barge.
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France
7 days · 6 nights
Avignon → Roquemaure → Vallabrègues → Arles → Gallician → Aigues-Mortes
You board in Avignon and spend the first days between the Pont du Gard, Châteauneuf-du-Pape and the Palais des Papes. The barge then follows the Rhône to Arles for a walk through Roman ruins and Van Gogh's streets. From there you enter the Camargue wetlands, visit a lavender farm and finish inside the walls of Aigues-Mortes.
France
7 days · 6 nights
Béziers → Capestang → Le Somail → Narbonne → Homps → Trèbes → Carcassonne
You board in Béziers and drift west along the Canal du Midi, stopping for the cloister at Fontfroide Abbey and the artists' village of Le Somail. Narbonne's covered market and a winery visit come next, then Minerve on its limestone cliff. The week ends inside the walled city of Carcassonne.
France
7 days · 6 nights
Pontailler-sur-Saône → Saint-Jean-de-Losne → Seurre → Fragnes-la-Loyère → Chagny → Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune
You board at Pontailler-sur-Saône and spend your first full day at the Clos de Vougeot, then cycle the Route des Grands Crus by e-bike. A mustard workshop in Dijon and a visit to Château de Germolles follow as you cruise the Saône. Beaune brings a market visit, a cooking class and a last tasting near the Hôtel-Dieu.
You board at Saint-Jean-de-Losne and cruise the Saône, with afternoons at the Clos de Vougeot and a private tasting in Gevrey-Chambertin. Dijon's market and Ducal Palace come next, then the barge turns onto the Canal du Centre for the Côte de Beaune vineyards. The week ends with Beaune's Hôtel-Dieu and a 14th-century ducal residence at Germolles.
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