Discover Europe on Water

At Europe, each trip is a glistening, spontaneous journey and a treasured experience. Europe range of small ship cruises present the premier standard of accommodation, guiding, dining, outstanding service and wonderful on-board camaraderie. The feeling of gentle exploration characterizes barge cruises. Each cruise includes a diverse program of excursions and visits. They are an amalgamation of cultural, historical and general interest, which compliment the time spent drifting lazily along the waterways. The vessels you journey in are high on the comfort factor.

All barges boast outside facing cabins with en suite facilities, drawers and wardrobe space and opening portholes or windows. Each includes lavish saloon and dining areas, central heating, air-conditioning or cooling and umbrella-shaded sun decks. Many have a modest library, games and a music centre, while some carry bicycles for use on towpaths. French cuisine is renowned the world over, and the food served aboard the vessels is a delectable exemplar of the same. The barges daily breakfast include fresh breads and pastries whilst lunches might be a delicious buffet of patés, charcuterie, salads, desserts, fruit and cheeses or a sumptuous picnic. Four or five course dinners are served each evening. Throughout the cruise you will sample fine wines.

Cruise the Canal du Midi and maneuver the sunbathed shores of the Mediterranean before proceeding inland through archaic villages and Roman fortresses in the Languedoc wine region. Unwind as you roam along tree encrusted passages from the lakeside fishing town of Marseillan to Noilly Pratt Vermouth via Béziers, taking the world's oldest canal tunnel at Malpas through the hills. Visit Narbonne, take pleasure in private wine tastings and discover Cathar history before visiting Carcassonne.

Cruise through the tranquil waterways of the Burgundy Canal aboard the La Belle Epoque. Thread through beautiful farming landscape, with excursions heading out to taste Chablis and traverse the hilltop village of Flavigny sur Ozerain. L'Impressionniste journeys through Burgundy visiting Dijon, famous for its mustard. Wine connoisseurs will delight in visits on the Route des Grands Crus and gastronomes will relish lunch served at the Michelin starred restaurant at Abbaye de la Bussiere. The Loire river cruising before visiting the hilltop village of Sancerre for a wine tasting. Explore Château-Landon and its 11th Century Abbey before cruising to one of the oldest canal side villages in Burgundy, Rogny-Les-Sept-Ecluses. Delight at the sight of the staircase of seven locks standing as a testimony to the 500 year history of the canal.