Narrowboat holidays, canal boat, barge cruises
Barrowline Cruisers
based: Co Laois, Ireland
Family owned and run cruiser hire company based on the Grand Canal at Vicarstown, Co. Laois. They operate a fleet of newly constructed, simple to operate barges, designed and constructed by master craftsmen to combine traditional charm with modern convenience.
| narrowboat/canal/barge cruises | Ireland |
Bath Canal Boat Company
based: Somerset, UK
Widebeam canal boat hire, Grand Cru and Premier Cru on the Kennet & Avon Canal, offering a level of decor, spaciousness and comfort more associated with a floating cottage. Both boats sleep six, they are 55 foot long and 10 foot wide (as opposed to a narrowboat which is six-foot-ten inches wide), so there's more interior space than in a 68ft narrowboat.
| narrowboat/canal/barge cruises | England |
Black Prince
based: Cheshire, UK
Explore Britain's beautiful countryside from its canals and waterways. Black Prince offer barge and narrowboat holidays across Great Britain. Holidays with canal boat hire from ten bases, from the Peak District to the Midlands, Cheshire, Cambridge, Oxford, Wiltshire, Scotland, Wales and London.
| narrowboat/canal/barge cruises | England | Wales | Scotland |
Cruise France
based: North Yorkshire, UK
Boating holidays and river cruises in France; offering a range of cruiser boats, penichette self-drive boats, hotel boat holidays and river cruises on the canals and rivers of France. The hotel boats are former working barges converted to luxury small floating hotels for, typically 6 to 12 passengers. Hotel barges offer full service and gourmet catering on a choice of cruises including Burgundy wine routes and the Midi.
| narrowboat/canal/barge cruises | France |
Drifters Waterway Holidays
based: UK
Drifters Great British canal boating holidays on the UK canals and inland watersways: offering a range of canal boating and narrowboat holidays and hire from 45 bases across England, Wales and Scotland. They offer a one-stop-shop and easy online booking. Drifters Waterway Holidays is made up of a group of nine professional hire boat companies: ABC Boat Hire, Anglo Welsh, Black Prince, Countrywide Cruisers, Foxhangers, Kate Boats, Napton Narrowboats, Shire Cruisers and Union Canal Carriers.
| narrowboat/canal/barge cruises | England | Wales | Scotland |
Low Bridge Charters
based: New York, USA
European-style canal boat charters on the historic Erie Canal, explore the many miles of the scenic New York State canal system. The boat, 'Sunflower' sleeps up to six adults comfortably. Vacations starts with a tour through the operation of the boat and Low Bridge Charters will provide instruction on the water.
| narrowboat/canal/barge cruises | USA |
Canal Boat Holidays
based: Devon, UK
Canal boating holidays, cruise Britain's historic canals, up lock flights, over aqueducts, past sleepy villages and through cities.
| narrowboat/canal/barge cruises | England |
Fox Narrow Boats
based: Cambridgeshire, UK
Narrow boat holiday company in the centre of the East Anglian waterway and canal system.
| narrowboat/canal/barge cruises | England |
Kate Boats
based: Warwickshire, UK
Canal boat holidays and luxury self-drive narrowboat hire in Warwickshire; Tourist Board inspected narrowboat holidays in the Heart of England.
| narrowboat/canal/barge cruises | England |
Locaboat Plaisance
based: Joigny Cedex, France
A holiday on-board a Pénichette lets you enjoy those special moments of relaxation and discovery.
| narrowboat/canal/barge cruises | France | Ireland | Germany| Holland |
Narrowboat Savanna
based: Surrey, UK
Canal boat holidays and short breaks on a 61ft, 8-berth narrowboat based on the beautiful River Wey and Godalming Navigations in Surrey.
| narrowboat/canal/barge cruises | UK |
FRANCE: Burgandy Canal Barge Cruises
Cruises on the canals and rivers of Burgundy – the inland waterways of France. Introducing barge hotel cruises and self-drive boat tours on France's Burgundy Canal, an inland waterway that climbs from the Saone and Yonne rivers, up into rolling forested hills, passing through characterful villages, scenic towns, medieval castles, ancient abbeys and vineyards.
Choose between hotel barges – for cruises for 2 to 12 passengers for up to 15-days, available for charters, individuals or groups; or self-drive boats – with a choice of hire boats, from modern luxury cruisers to traditional canal barges, for one-way or return trips on the rivers and canals.
This section is for holidays on inland waterways, travelling rivers, canals, lakes and lochs by narrow boat, barge, canal boat or motor cruiser. The section covers both self-drive boating on live-aboard narrowboats and barges, as well as relaxing cruising holidays aboard hotel barges. For boat hire throughout the UK (England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland), across Europe (including France, Holland, Germany, Italy and Belgium) and Worldwide.
The listings include everything from individual, privately owned, barges and narrowboats; to independent, often family-run, narrowboat and canal barge hire companies; to large rental brokers and boat hire operators.
We also list holiday rentals in static houseboats and permanently moored barges and boats.
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