New Avalon Waterways Itineraries.

[Daisi]

Can't post the link to the article because it's from a TA, however for 2025 Avalon is going to be sailing on the Garonne and Dordogne Rivers. There will be 1. 2 and 3 week trips. Looks like there's more to explore..... 🙂

 

https://www.avalonwaterways.ca/river-cruises/garonne-river/?computed_rivers_sm=Garonne&format=vertical&limit=12&page=0&sort=computed_itinerary_firstbestdiscountedprice_cad_tl%3Dasc

[Canal archive]

Good luck to them it’s a beautiful superb area of France to explore we’ve been with Scenic and would do the cruise again.

[franski]

I got an e-mail about that...  Looks interesting.  

 

Fran

[Canal archive]

 

Gone fishin Garonne style.

 

 

Macaron anyone? Okay yes this was a tad steep but the helpful centre rail was sooooo useful.

Edited February 23 by Canal archive

[Daisi]

They fish like that on the Danube. We had a good laugh, as one of the small huts we saw was flying a Canadian flag!  Took a picture, but didn't notice that there was a guy in it who was sunbathing au natural!

[Canal archive]

Yup noticed! that several times one of our bar staff confidently stated - oh that’s a French thing.

[Daisi]

We've seen shows from Asia and the Mediterranean where they also fish like that...guess your bar staff wasn't so confident. 

[Canal archive]

No I meant what showed up in your picture.

[Daisi]

Ok, but we've been told it's also very common in Germany, so probably more countries.

[Canal archive]

Soooooo European don’t think us straight laced English will be the same humm or would they?

[jsn55]

On 2/8/2024 at 5:38 AM, Daisi said:

Can't post the link to the article because it's from a TA, however for 2025 Avalon is going to be sailing on the Garonne and Dordogne Rivers. There will be 1. 2 and 3 week trips. Looks like there's more to explore..... 🙂

 

https://www.avalonwaterways.ca/river-cruises/garonne-river/?computed_rivers_sm=Garonne&format=vertical&limit=12&page=0&sort=computed_itinerary_firstbestdiscountedprice_cad_tl%3Dasc

I just booked Bordeaux for next spring ... might look at the longer cruises Avalon has cobbled together for that area.  Far as I'm concerned, there's no such thing as too much time in France.  I must admit that I'm becoming increasingly weary of big cities and much prefer the countryside ... what better than a river cruise?

[pontac]

On 2/8/2024 at 1:38 PM, Daisi said:

however for 2025 Avalon is going to be sailing on the Garonne and Dordogne Rivers. There will be 1. 2 and 3 week trips.

 

I was excited until I looked at the link. 

 

There's only a 7night trip in the Bordeaux region, same ports and travelling no further than the other lines. Longer trips are made by combining the 7 night Bordeaux cruise with others.

 

The 16 day trip is the Seine cruise then train from Paris to Bordeaux, the 22 day one combines Seine and Rhone cruises with Bordeaux.

 

They don't name any wineries visited, but they do have 'two-wheel excursions by bike'. Two wheels on a bicycle! Who'd have believed it? They know how to spoil their customers!!

Edited March 18 by pontac
to correct a spelling error

[Daisi]

I would say it's like the Douro cruises...only so much you can do in a certain area.