Day 1 · Montargis
Paris to Montargis
Meet in Paris and transfer to your barge in Montargis for a welcome reception and dinner.
7 days · 6 nights
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How the days unfold. Your advisor tailors the pace, the hotels and the extras to you.
Montargis
Day 1 · Montargis
Meet in Paris and transfer to your barge in Montargis for a welcome reception and dinner.
Montbouy
Day 2 · Montbouy
Walk or cycle the towpath to Montbouy, then visit Château de la Bussière and its Le Nôtre garden for a cooking demonstration with wild plants.
Montargis and Rogny-les-Sept-Écluses
Day 3 · Montargis and Rogny-les-Sept-Écluses
Taste the pralines of Montargis, then see Rogny's 350-year-old staircase of seven locks.
Rogny-les-Sept-Écluses
Day 4 · Rogny-les-Sept-Écluses
Visit the studio of the 19th-century painter Rosa Bonheur and lunch in her salon.
Briare and Sancerre
Day 5 · Briare and Sancerre
Cruise to Briare, then visit a family vineyard at Sancerre for a private tour and tasting.
Briare and Châtillon-sur-Loire
Day 6 · Briare and Châtillon-sur-Loire
Browse Briare's market, cross the Pont-Canal de Briare built by Gustave Eiffel, see potters at work at Château de Ratilly and celebrate at a farewell dinner.
Châtillon-sur-Loire
Day 7 · Châtillon-sur-Loire
After breakfast, transfer to Paris.
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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 Montargis and visit Château de la Bussière and its Le Nôtre garden. The seven-lock staircase at Rogny, Rosa Bonheur's studio and a Sancerre vineyard follow. You cross Eiffel's canal bridge at Briare and end at Châtillon-sur-Loire.
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