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Hunt for Truffles During the Festive Wine Harvest Season in France

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With the end of summer and changing color of the leaves comes a fairy tale time in the French annual calendar, the wine harvest season. It is a festive time of year across France, providing excellent opportunities for foodies and wine lovers alike to experience some of the country’s best cultural and gastronomic traditions. European Waterways’ guests have the chance…

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Site of England’s Royal Wedding Is on ‘Royal Cruise’ Route

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To coincide with the highly anticipated wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at Windsor Castle, European Waterways is launching a new and highly exclusive “Royal Cruise”, which navigates the River Thames aboard the 8-passenger Magna Carta hotel barge.  Created through a special arrangement between European Waterways and members of several historic households, the cruise gives guests the “royal treatment,”…

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European Waterways Completes $500K Upgrade Program

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Hotel barge cruising specialist European Waterways announced the completion of a $500,000 upgrade and refurbishing program across the company’s fleet as it prepares to launch its 2018 season.  The upgrades addressed every aspect of the company’s hotel barges, from the operation of the vessels themselves, to the dining, entertainment and sleeping areas, as well as the off-shore transportation of its…

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European Waterways Announces Ryder Cup Theme Cruises 

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European Waterways is bringing golf to the fore with the announcement that it is offering special golf theme luxury hotel barge cruises to “bookend” the 2018 Ryder Cup in France next year, September 28 – 30. The venue will be the spectacular L’Albatros Course, located 20 miles south of Paris and just hours from the cruise routes of several European…

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Savings on European Waterways Barge Cruises in France During 2017 Grape Harvest Season

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Luxury hotel barge cruising specialist European Waterways is offering a wide selection of 2017 Fall season specials that are up to 20% off for cabins and whole boat charters. The specials apply to some of its most popular vessels, including hotel barges that cruise France’s famous wine-making regions during the annual grape harvest season.  These include L’Impressionniste in Burgundy, Anjodi…

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European Waterways Barges Waives Single Supplement for 2017

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In a nod to the growing popularity of the solo traveler, European Waterways announced that it is waiving its single supplement on many of its luxury hotel barge cruises for the remainder of the 2017 season.  The promotion is applicable to such popular vessels as Anjodi, L’Art de Vivre, Panache, L’Impressionniste, and Renaissance in France, and La Bella Vita in…

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European Waterways Upgrades Fleet for 2017

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European Waterways, Europe’s leading hotel barge cruising company, announced the completion of an extensive winter upgrade and refurbishment program on many of the company’s hotel barges in its 18-vessel fleet for the 2017 cruising season, which started in April. The company’s “floating boutique hotels” were all thoroughly inspected and given a makeover by a team of designers and skilled craftsmen….

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Kids Go Free on European Waterways Hotel Barge Vacations

Kids Go Free on European Hotel Barge Vacations

European Waterways is catering to the growing market for family travel with a new “kids go free” promotion on select hotel barges in France and Scotland this summer.  The company is also offering a wider range of family-friendly excursions and meal options that will appeal to families with children of all ages.  On the eight-passenger L’Art de Vivre in Burgundy…

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European Waterways Offers 20% Off on La Bella Vita Hotel Barge in Italy

La Bella Vita Hotel Barge

Life is good on European Waterways’ hotel barge cruises with the recent announcement that it is offering 20% off per person on La Bella Vita, an intimate, 20-passenger vessel that cruises the waterways between Venice and Mantua in Italy.  The offer, which applies to departures on April 30 and May 28, also includes a waiver of the single supplement.  With…

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