About this episode

Chris Christensen shares his experiences of luxury barge cruising on the Briare Canal in France.

Hear about luxury barge cruising in France as Chris Christensen describes a week aboard the Renaissance, a European Waterways hotel barge traveling through Western Burgundy and the Upper Loire. Chris and his wife previously cruised with European Waterways on the Canal du Midi. For this journey, they returned to France to explore the Briare Canal, one of the country’s oldest canals, aboard a vessel carrying just eight passengers and five crew members. The result was an unusually intimate trip combining French cuisine, historic towns, private châteaux, Sancerre vineyards, canal locks, and long, leisurely afternoons on the water. ... https://amateurtraveler.com/cruising-the-briare-canal/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Guest: Chris Christensen

Topics covered

• luxury travel
• canal cruising
• French cuisine
• historic towns
• intimate travel experiences

Keywords

• barge cruising
• France
• Briare Canal
• European Waterways
• luxury travel
• French cuisine
• historic towns
• Sancerre vineyards

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: European Waterways

Places: Briare Canal, France, Western Burgundy, Upper Loire, Canal du Midi, Sancerre

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