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Day 1 Thursday

On a comfortable minivan, transfer from Toulouse airport or station to your 5-star hotel in the city center.

Meet your guide in the lobby of your hotel for a day discovering the city

Day2 Friday

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Day 3 Saturday

Drive to Albi and discover the incredible painted Ste Cecile Cathedral dating back to the 14th and 15th centuries.
Visit the Toulouse- Lautrec museum located in the old medieval bishops’ palace.

Lunch in the city.

Drive to Cordes sur Ciel and discover this incredible medieval village built on a high hill.

Back to Toulouse

Guests are met in Toulouse and transferred by private chauffeured minibus to Rosa.

Following a champagne welcome, there is time for a stroll around the port of Agen before your first dinner on board.

Day4 Sunday, Agen

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Day 5 Monday, Agen to Valence d’Agen

This morning visit of Domaine Lapeyrade for private tastings of their esteemed Armagnac and Floc du Gascogne wines in delightful surroundings, before touring the nearby medieval town of Nérac and its castle, once home to Henry IV of France.

After lunch on board, we enjoy a leisurely cruise through the bucolic countryside to Valence d’Agen, an 18th century "Bastide" town with its Palladian canalside public wash-house and arcaded market place.

Dinner on board.

After breakfast, we visit the 11th century Château de Gourdourville before a drive to Auvillar, a beautiful medieval red-stone village perched high on the side of a gorge above the River Garonne and renowned for its circular 17th century covered market.

Return to the hotel barge for lunch, then an afternoon cruise on the River Tarn takes us to the nautical base of St. Livrade, perhaps for some swimming or canoeing, before cruising to Moissac.

This evening, we stroll ashore to savour regional specialties at the excellent restaurant ‘Le Florentin’, in front of the spectacular entrance portal of the abbey.

Day6 Tuesday, Valence d’Agen to Moissac

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Day 7 Wednesday, Moissac to Castelsarrasin

This morning, we visit the UNESCO-classified Abbaye St-Pierre de Moissac, one of the architectural highlights of the region, founded in the 7th century with its wonderfully preserved cloisters and chapel, and explore the charming town with its abundance of arts and crafts workshops.

After lunch, we continue our cruise towards Castelsarrasin crossing the River Tarn via the 1,000 foot long aqueduct, the Pont Canal du Cacor.

Dinner on board.

After breakfast, we visit Castelsarrasin's morning market, just 50 metres from our mooring.
Then a short drive takes us to the Ferme des Jauberts at Angeville where we can tour the estate and taste the foie gras of Eric Couderc.

After lunch on board, a leisurely cruise to Montech allows us to enjoy the hotel barge’s sundeck, or walk and cycle along the towpath.
We also tour the remarkable inclined Water Plane, an amazing feat of engineering that by-passes five locks and, when back in service in the near future, will lower vessels 43 feet all in one go.

Dinner on board.

Day8 Thursday, Castelsarrasin to Montech

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Day 9 Friday, Montech to Montauban

This morning Rosa meanders down the flight of ten locks on the beautiful branch canal skirting the Forest of Agre and moors in the port of the historical town of Montauban.

In the afternoon, we head into the Côtes du Frontonnais wine region in the minibus for a wine tasting at the renowned Château Bellevue la Fôret.
Our introduction to the outstanding cuvée ‘Optimum’ is in the skilled hands of Diane Germain, the Boston-educated daughter of the house.

Dinner on board.

After breakfast, guests are transferred by private chauffeured minibus back to their choice of location in Toulouse.

Day10 Saturday, Montauban

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These prices include :
    • 3 nights accommodation in a 5-star hotel in Toulouse city center, deluxe room, breakfasts and city taxes,
    • hotel barge cruise from Agen to Montauban, all inclusive,
    • 1 full day guided tour of Toulouse,
    • entrance fees to monuments and visits,
    • lunch in typical Albi,
    • drive guide services for Albi day tour,
    • transfer from/to Toulouse or Bordeaux airport or station.
These prices do not include :
    • lunch except in Albi and dinners during the pre-tour (included on the barge),
    • cancellation insurance,
    • personal expenses