La Nouvelle Etoile is the ultimate French barging experience for discerning clients looking for luxurious, spacious accommodation and captivating itineraries. All of the sumptuous 200 square foot suites have large bathrooms with double wash basins and big showers. Internet access and satellite TV in each suite, hand crafted teak detailing throughout, exercise room, jacuzzi and other luxury amenities mean that the Nouvelle Etoile really is the ultimate floating hotel.
Nouvelle Etoile offers itineraries in 3 different countries and some of the most enchanting wine growing regions of France – Alsace, Champagne and Burgundy. In Germany, the Moselle region is one of the most picturesque, vineyard and castle filled regions and in Holland in Spring time, guests can experience the famous Tulip festival and visit the Delft pottery.
Nouvelle Etoile offers a deluxe, incomparable cruise experience !
Features At-A-Glance
8 GUESTS
4 DOUBLE/TWIN CABINS WITH EN-SUITE BATHROOMS 215 sq. feet
5 CREW
129 FEET (39.3 METRES) LONG
8 BICYCLES
AIR CONDITIONING/CENTRAL HEATING
1 AIR CONDITIONED MINIBUS FOR EXCURSIONS
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE WITH LIFT & WHEELCHAIR FACILITIES IN SUITE 4
WI FI INTERNET ACCESS
JACUZZI
Holland: Tulip Cruise Highlights
Visit fascinating Zaanse Schans
Visit the Delft pottery to see the world famous porcelain being hand made and painted
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Champagne: Cruise Highlights
Private wine tasting visit in the cellars of Moet et Chandon
Visit Château-Thierry, the scene of fierce battles in World War I, and Belleau Wood
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Burgundy: Cruise Highlights
Cross the river on the wonderful Pont Canal de Briare
Tour of C16th Château Saint Fargeau
Cruise through the "staircase" of seven locks, Rogny-les-Sept-Ecluses
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Alsace & Lorraine: Cruise Highlights
Marvel at the Plan Incline Arzvillers, a unique lock that carries the barge up or down the mountainside
Sample some of the best Alsation wines in the region at renowned vineyards
Visit the elegant city of Strasbourg, with its magnificent 11th century cathedral
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Germany & Luxembourg: Cruise Highlights
Tour Trier, Germany’s oldest town and see the Porta Nigra
Finish the cruise in Luxembourg with a visit to its capital
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2025 Prices
Suite per person
Single Supplement
Charter Max. 8 pax.
Note all our prices are in euros. Please ask us if you live in the USA and would like prices in US dollars. We convert to Australian dollars at current exchange rates on the day of payment of deposit/full payment.
Departure Dates 2025
Holland
Holland and Belgium
Belgium, Picardy & Paris
Champagne, Paris
Alsace & Lorraine
Germany & Luxembourg
Price is all-inclusive - inclusions are:
- Local transfers to and from the hotel barge (the approximate transfer duration is between 2 and 3 hours depending on the cruise itinerary & direction
- Except cruises in Holland when the transfer is just 45mins)
- a luxury 6 night cruise, all meals on board catered for by the on board Master Chef
- an open bar 24/7 with a large range of alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks
- all wines served throughout the cruise
- excursions and admittance fees as per the itinerary
- the services of 5 crew and use of barge facilities
- which include bicycles, TV and DVD player
- a PC and wireless internet access
- an exercise room and a spa pool
