Clair de Lune |
Barge Information
Rating  :
Deluxe
Number of
Passengers: 6
Number of Cabins:
3
Size of
Vessel: 100 ft in length
Number of Crew:
4
Cruise
Region: Canal du Midi
Other Regions Sailed:
None
2012 Whole Boat Charters for 6 starting at $26,000
2012 Prices (per person) starting at
$4,700
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 Clair
de Lune |
Overview
The Clair de Lune is the fruit of owners Barbara and
Berend Gozens' thirty years of experience in boat
building and organizing luxury barge cruises in France.
Built in 1996, they designed her to have an airy,
spacious and luminous interior with the style and
comfort of a first-class hotel.
Whether you're
inside or outside, you won't miss the scenery. If you're
not lounging on the large sundeck equipped with handsome
teak lounge furniture or splashing in the outdoor
Jacuzzi, you'll still have a splendid view of the
changing landscape through large picture windows in the
salon and cabins. Beautiful Mediterranean sycamore and
cherry wood furnishings lend a quiet sophistication to
the modern and relaxing interior.
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Accommodations
Three roomy cabins may be arranged with either double or
twin beds, depending on your requirements. Beds facing
the large picture windows allow you to relax in the
privacy of your cabin and still enjoy the
scenery.
Each cabin has a stylish en suite
bathroom with hair dryer, shower, and toilet as well as
individually controlled air-conditioning and heating.
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Amenities
- Tantalizing cuisine featuring:
- A delicious breakfast with a variety of options
and freshly-squeezed juices
- A relaxed but refined lunch offering delectable
regional specialties
- A four-course candlelit gourmet dinner made from
fresh Mediterranean ingredients
- Excellent Languedoc regional wines with lunch and
dinner
- Open bar
- Large sundeck with lounge chairs, dining table,
and Jacuzzi
- Air conditioning and central heating
- Bicycles
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Sample Itinerary
Beziers to Carcassonne
Saturday -
Your afternoon arrival at Clair de Lune is followed by a
Captain's Champagne reception where you will be
introduced to the crew. If time permits, you'll enjoy a
short cruise to the first mooring in
Villeneuve-les-Beziers.
Sunday - After
breakfast, Clair de Lune will ascend the water-staircase
of seven consecutive locks at Fonserannes in Beziers,
which is a ladder of water composed of consecutive
locks. The afternoon cruise includes picturesque views
of the tree-lined canal as well as traversing the
canal's only tunnel at Malpas.
Along the way, you
can enjoy the Jacuzzi and sundeck, looking out over the
picturesque tree-lined canal, and perhaps cycle or walk
alongside the towpath. Tonight's mooring is at Regimont
le Haut, where perhaps a private wine-tasting at a
chateau might interest you.
Monday - This
morning you'll visit the Oppidum d'Enserune, a
two-thousand year old hilltop archeological city-site.
Then lunch in Capestang where you can enjoy a lovely
view of the 13th century church. The afternoon will
involve cruising along the meandering canal until the
night's mooring near the village of Argeliers. An active
guest may fancy an invigorating cycle along little
vineyard tracks up to the village of Quarante to view
its thousand-year-old Romanesque
church.
Tuesday - Take a morning visit to
the open-air street market in Olonzac which offers a
wide variety of foods, fresh produce and numerous
merchants selling Proven�al fabrics, books, music,
hardware, clothing and other dry-goods.
You may
want to visit the Oulibo Olive cooperative for an olive
and olive oil tasting and shop their boutique with local
products. You can also wander the picturesque village of
Minerve. Then return to the Clair de Lune for lunch
followed by cruising to Homps with a stop over in the
quaint hamlet of Le Somail to visit its famous bookshop
of rare secondhand books and other artisan
boutiques.
Wednesday - In the morning,
visit Narbonne, founded in 118 B.C. by the Romans as
their Capital in Gaul, to see the towering 13th century
Gothic cathedral and the 100 year old covered market
with its wonderful selection of fresh seafood, fruit,
vegetables, cheese and many other local
delicacies.
There are the chariot-rutted paving
stones of the Roman road "Via Domitia" in the central
square where one can enjoy an espresso or cappuccino.
You can also visit the impressive Archaeological museum,
the Fine Arts museum or shop and browse the boutiques
along the quaint pedestrian streets. Return to the barge
for lunch followed by a cruise up through the locks to
the village of Puicheric where Clair de Lune will moor
for the night.
Thursday - Journey back in
time with a visit to the fortified medieval town of
Carcassonne. Seventeen-hundred years of history await
you with its impressive double walls and 52 towers, a
Romanesque and Gothic Cathedral with gorgeous 13th
century rose windows and the winding cobbled streets
lined with boutiques. Lunch will be back onboard Clair
de Lune where you'll continue cruising up through the
locks and through the 'green cathedral' of overhanging
trees to the mooring near the village of Trebes. A
nostalgic farewell dinner ends your cruise in
style.
Friday - After a hearty breakfast,
you will disembark Clair de Lune to depart by train,
rental car or air for your onward travels.
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