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Home > Travel Advertiser Directory > Cruise & Barging
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Shannon Princess Cruise Office
www.shannonprincess.com
Brittas, Glasson, Athlone
Co. Westmeath, Ireland
Email: shannonprincess@eircom.net
Tel: 00353 87 2514809
Destinations: The River Shannon in southwest Ireland, including the hills and valleys of Tipperary and Clare, Clonmacnoise, Lough Derg and Killaloe.
MV Shannon Princess is a beautiful boutique hotel barge cruising the fabled River Shannon that carves a dramatic route through the heart of hidden Ireland. It is owned and operated by Irish husband and wife team Ruairi and Olivia Gibbons, and staffed with a handpicked professional crew. Onboard the 10-passenger barge, you will enjoy contemporary luxury and traditional hospitality, friendly service, gorgeous food and wines, and a slice of local life and knowledge. Slip through countryside little changed for centuries, passing crumbling ivy-covered ruins, medieval garrisons and sleepy market villages.
Featured in Chris Santella's book, Once In A Lifetime Trips: The World's 50 Most Extraordinary and Memorable Travel Experiences.
IMAGINE BARGING LLC
www.imaginebarging.com
3465 Camino Valencia
Carlsbad Ca 92009 USA
Email: info@imaginebarging.com
Destinations: Our cruise commences on France's picturesque Burgundy Canal. Town visits may include Dijon, Dole (birthplace of Louis Pasteur), St. John de Losne, Chateauneuf, Puilly en Auxois, Vandanesse and Flavigny (where Chocolat was filmed) and the Ouche Valley.
Imagine barge owners, Lynne and Malcolm Widdison, share their passion for life and create fantastic memories with an intimate cruise of Burgundy. Relax watching the picturesque countryside or assist crew through the many locks. Cycle, walk or jog on the tow paths; explore villages, markets, and Cistercian Abbeys; taste wine, cheese, and local specialties. Aboard, 4 guests will enjoy enthusiastic service, inclusive of meals and wine, comfortable accommodation, dining on deck under the canopy, lounge chairs and a variety of inclusive tours. Extra for hot-air ballooning.
Johanna Charters offers a full seven-night barge cruise for the more adventurous at a bargain price! Experience the tranquil beauty of the French Ardennes, whilst the crew does the hard work! Prepare your own tasty meals from superb local produce, or dine out on traditional French cuisine. Highly recommended. www.johannacharters.com.
Ecuador-based Metropolitan Touring owns and operates the finest vessels for expedition cruises in the Galápagos Islands, as well as the Finch Bay Eco Hotel on Santa Cruz Island. Come explore the wonders of Galápagos with us! www.metropolitan-touring.com.
EUROPEAN WATERWAYS
www.GoBarging.com
35 Wharf Road, Wraysbury, Middx,
TW19 5JQ, ENGLAND, UK
Tel: 44 (0) 1784 482439
Toll free USA: 1 800 394 8630 Canada: 1-888-342-1917
Fax: 44 (0) 1784 483072; Email: Sales@GoBarging.com
Cruise Tour Destinations: Scotland, Ireland, England,
Germany,
France, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, and Italy.
Unique travel experiences aboard gourmet-catered, comfortable floating
hotels. Seventeen beautifully presented 4-12 passenger hotel barges cruise
in nine European countries at a calm majestic pace, allowing passengers
to truly experience a country’s character from within. Barges feature
restaurant, bar, saloon, sauna and spa pool/Jacuzzi, bicycles and cabins
with ensuite facilities, a knowledgeable English-speaking crew, great
food and quality guided excursions. Travel individually or charter a
whole barge. Prices from $3,100 per person with charters starting at
$13,000. Check our colorful Barging in
Italy and
Barging in Scotland feature articles.
SPECIAL TRAVEL INTERNATIONAL
www.sticanada.com
3503 East Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC, V5K 2A8, Canada
Tel: Toll free (800) 665 0998 or (604) 291 1332
Fax: (604) 291 1378
Email: sti@intergate.ca
Destinations: In 2010, seven itineraries that explore France (including a river cruise with each), Ireland, Russian river cruise, Southern Italy & Sicily, World War II
history tours.
We are a “special focus” tour company, emphasizing theme
experiences in a relaxing educational framework. One well-established
specialty is small-scale river cruising where we explore a country’s
history, living culture and natural setting using our carefully-selected
vessels as an all-inclusive home-base. Personalized service and value
for money are our credo. Ninety percent are mature cruisers; 30% are
repeat clients. Please join us!
Hotel
Barge Saint Louis
www.saintlouisbarge.com
1146 Chemin de Noalhac
82290 Lacourt St Pierre, France
Tel: 0033 (0) 685 95 25 41
Email: saintlouisbarge@orange.fr
Destinations: Glorious rural south-west France, between
Montauban and Bordeaux, visiting such places as Moissac, Agen, Auvillar,
Nerac, Vianne, Clairac, Damazan and Le Mas D'Argenais.
Owners and wonderful hosts, Alasdair and Barbara
Wyllie, welcome couples or groups
of up to six guests for a cruise in this undiscovered corner of France.
Expect to be thoroughly pampered in this exclusive experience,
enjoying the best of food and wine and a special personal touch you will
not find elsewhere. Excursions to a huge variety of places of interest,
including medieval villages, ancient abbeys, vineyards and distillers
of Armagnac. Inclusive of transfers, excursions, all food and all drinks.
Contact the owners now for the holiday of a lifetime.
ROW
Adventures offers European barging vacations to suit all budgets,
and adventure cruises around Croatia, Greece, Turkey, British Columbia, Alaska,
Egypt, the Galapagos Islands and Brazil. www.rowadventures.com.
Ecoventura is an Ecuador-based expedition cruise company committed to providing Galapagos Island guests with an authentic experience in small compatible groups. It offers value and sustainability on a fleet of three identical motor yachts, Eric, Flamingo and Letty and a 16-passenger dive live-aboard, Galapagos Sky. www.ecoventura.com.
Cruise
West, www.cruisewest.com
Suite 401, 2301 5th Avenue,
Seattle, WA 98121, U.S.A.
Tel: 800-203-7043 or 206-441-8687
Fax: 206-441-4757
Email: experience@cruisewest.com
Destinations: Alaska's entire coastline, British
Columbia, Washington/Oregon's Columbia and Snake Rivers, Mexico's Sea of
Cortés, Costa Rica and Panama, Japan, Asia, the South Pacific, the
Galapagos and even some European River Cruises.
Cruise West combines the best of nature, cultural exploration and education
delivered by onboard naturalist guides, historians, and guest experts that make
every day one-of-a-kind. Through two generations of small-scale cruise vacation
experience, the West family has taken pride in the intimacy and relaxed friendliness
of its ship-based tours. Mostly American-owned and crewed, Cruise West's fleet
includes a cruising yacht and seven vessels for 78 to 114 guests.
Book your Caribbean wellness immersion cruise!
From January 28 to February 4, 2011, Hay House, an international leader in self-help and inspirational publishing, is hosting its third seven-day wellness cruise charter, booking out Holland America's 1,950 passenger Westerdam for this much-anticipated event. Based on previous years, this wellness travel experience will fill quickly, attracting participants from around the world for five workshop programs led by some of the field's most prominent presenters, while sailing between Florida, Bahamas, St. Maarten, and Puerto Rico. For full details visit www.icandoitatsea.com.
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