Morning cruise across the River Loire on Eiffel’s Aqueduct to Briare. Before lunch, time to wander a

This barge is perfect for: Couples, online travel guides Families, Groups of friends, Wine appreciation, online travel guides Excellent Cycling/Walking (extensive sections of uninterrupted towpath all along the cruise route), online travel guides Historic interest, Markets, Charming villages.
Imagine relaxing on deck of one of the most luxurious of the French canal barges, cruising along the River Seine and the picturesque Canal de Briare, enjoying online travel guides the best cuisine and wine France has to offer… on board the stunning Renaissance online travel guides guests experience the highest of standards and the most beautiful of itineraries!
Renaissance has had a complete refit in recent years and now offers an exceptional sundeck with roof extension for al fresco dining, upgraded staterooms with new furniture, beds and bathrooms, and flat screen TV's with satellite channels in all cabins. There is a computer with internet access on board, and DVD and CD players in each cabin. Fantastic excursions include chateaux visits, wine tastings and weekly markets, online travel guides and the cruise route includes the 7-flight lock at Rogny-les-Sept-Ecluses and a crossing of the famous Briare bridge, online travel guides built by Gustave Eiffel. Enthusiastic shoppers will also be thrilled to discover online travel guides the famous pottery online travel guides town of Gien!
Guests are met at Hotel Westminster in Paris (charters can be met at their hotel) and transferred to the spacious Renaissance where a Champagne Welcome awaits online travel guides you. We preview Monday's crossing of Gustave Eiffel's magical aqueduct across the River Loire, an amazing 10,000 ton, 662 metre Pont Canal, which was completed in September 1896. Time for a walk or cycle ride before your first dinner aboard.
Morning cruise across the River Loire on Eiffel's Aqueduct to Briare. Before online travel guides lunch, time to wander around fruit and vegetable, seafood, cheese and French fashion stalls in the market in Briare. online travel guides Afternoon visit to a family-run vineyard online travel guides in Sancerre. This medieval hilltop village overlooks a vibrant and pulsating online travel guides region which has known viticulture since Roman times. Dinner on board
This morning we visit Gien, home of the Faience pottery and hunting museums and Chateau de Gien, built at the end of the 15th century for Anne de Beaujeu, Louis XI s older daughter. Afternoon cruise to the village of Ouzouer-Trezee. Dinner aboard.
This morning we visit Chateau Sully sur Loire. The castle originally belonged to Georges de la Trémoïlle, who infuriated Joan of Arc by encouraging the Dauphin to devote himself to idle hunting in the forests around Sully. After Joan s failure to liberate Paris 1430, de la Trémoïlle virtually imprisoned her in the castle. In the 18thC Voltaire, exiled from Paris, also spent time at the Château. Afternoon cruise to the historical town of Rogny. Dinner ashore online travel guides at Michelin starred Auberge des Templiers in Les Bezards.
online travel guides We leave Rogny this afternoon for a gentle cruise to Montbouy. Today's excursion online travel guides is to Chateau Guedelon. A team of fifty people have taken on an extraordinary feat to build a castle using the very same techniques and materials used in the Middle Ages. Work on the site began in 1997 and is scheduled to take 25 years to complete. Guédelon offers a unique opportunity to witness the different stages of a castle s construction with each phase being of interest in its own right. Let yourself be transported from the present day, back to the sights and sounds of a 13th century construction site. Dinner aboard
We enjoy a morning cruise online travel guides through Little Venice, past flower-bedecked bridges and medieval watercourses joining France's oldest canal. The cruise takes us through the Loiret countryside with towpath cycling to Montargis. Our visit this afternoon is to the splendid town of Moret-sur-Loing, home to the great Impressionist artist Alfred Sisley. This medieval walled town is still an inspiration for painters today, with its elegant Renaissance facades, colourful shops and medieval online travel guides half-timbered house. Captain's Farewell Dinner aboard.
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