Holidays on the water are an ideal choice for a change of scenery and safe disconnection. The Travel Industry including barging has experienced rough waters in 2020, in the context of an unprecedented health crisis that cut short a good part of the navigation season. Hopefully we all emerge strengthened from this storm. Locaboat Holidays...
Thank you to all my clients for their support during the 2019 season. 2020 Season Discounts Locaboat Holidays are offering an early bird discount of 5% until 31/01/2020. Le Boat also offers periodic specials, and La Bateliere offers a repeat client discount – contact us for details! Locaboat Holiday News Locaboat Holidays will be adding...
Thank you to all our La Bateliere clients for their support. 2018 has been an exciting and hectic year. We had a wonderful trip to France in September and had the good fortune to cruise courtesy of Le Boat on the River Charente in the Cognac region. I included a week's walking trip through ATG,...
By Andrew Sussman It sounded like an adventure – eight days spent exploring the Alsace region of France, on foot and self-guided. But as we hiked through acres of vineyards, beautiful forests, and enchanting storybook towns, it was evident from the start that this would be all that and more; one of the most memorable...
Far removed from the hustle and bustle of city life, these voyages allow you to travel in luxury without the strains of packing and unpacking, whilst enjoying a balanced blend of daily excursions and fascinating cruising. For luxury canal and river cruises in France, England, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, Holland, Belgium, Germany & Luxembourg see website www.gobarging.com bookings...
New Bases in Holland & Aquitaine Le Boat base STRAND HORST in Holland is closing but will be replaced with a new base in VINKEVEEN which is close to Amsterdam. The new base is closer to the world’s largest flower park, in Lisse, as well as being near Gouda (which is of course famous for...
Barging on the historic Canal du Midi offers the ideal holiday experience: fresh air, fun and a pace that allows you to savour the delights of the French countryside. Of all Europe’s waterways, the Canal du Midi, meandering from Toulouse in southern France to the Mediterranean, is perhaps the best known. A UNESCO-listed World Heritage...
Despite what the name suggests, ‘slackpacking’ on the Amalfi Coast is not for the idle. Your luggage is transported between hotels daily but you need to be fit enough to walk about 10 kilometers daily, much of it over steep mountainous terrain. In return for your hard work you are rewarded with incredible scenery, a...
Venice is most commonly associated with sliding along a labyrinth of canals on a gondola, yet the waters of the Venice lagoon offer other boating options for the intrepid waterborne traveler. The lagoon and surrounding canals are an exciting European barging destination quite different from the Barging routes on the canals and rivers of France...
