"Carefully created cruises, just for you"™

Hi, I’m Emma James-Aldridge, and my company is dedicated to organising hotel barge and self-drive boat cruises on the inland waterways, canals and rivers of France, other European countries and Canada, for clients from across the globe. If you're a family, group of friends, couples or individuals, I have the perfect cruise for you.
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The price shown is based on a 7-day cruise and indicates the lowest starting price, and excluding any special offer or discount.
Tarpon 42
and 4 children
Royal Mystique B
Clipper
and 2 children
Haines Rive 34
and 2 children
Caprice
and 2 children
Cruiser Comfort 2 to 4 people
N PRIMO
Testimonials
Guests have said...
Hi Emma
We had a great trip. The arrival, boat familiarisation and boat hand-back service at the yard were excellent. The boat was fine. We went...
Emma, I wanted to let you know how much we enjoyed the canal cruise. The staff were great. Chef Emma was terrific and Matthew was a great...
I had no preconceived notions about the barge. I saw the photos online and it looked okay for a week. It turned out to be better laid out and...
The boat performed flawlessly and places we visited were awesome.
Dear Emma: It was GREAT
A few things not good otherwise we absolutely loved it.
The boat was as we expected: appreciated that it floated and that...
Much more than we expected
The rooms and baths were just lovely and fresh. Being able to be outside under an umbrella and out of the sun..
I give it...
We enjoyed Alex's captaining of the barge and the great vineyards, castles that he took us to. We appreciated Nicole's care, her cups of tea and...
exceeded our expectations... We liked the relaxed atmosphere of the area, easy access to small villges and larger towns (Auxerre was great)...
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