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Loire River Cruises<\/h1>\n
\"Loire<\/a>

The beautiful Loire River. \u00a9 2015 Ralph Grizzle<\/p><\/div>\n

Loire River cruises were not available until 2015. Although, barge river cruise companies have been traveling the Loire River Valley for several years, river cruise companies offering overnight accommodations have not operated on this river until this year. The only vessel operating Loire cruises is the new Loire Princesse (see Ralph Grizzle’s live voyage report featuring his April 2015 sailing on the new vessel<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\"Loire<\/a>

Paddle-Wheelin’ along the Loire. The paddlewheel on the side help stabilize the vessel, which essentially has a flat bottom to navigate the shallow Loire. \u00a9 2015 Ralph Grizzle<\/p><\/div>\n

Barge\u00a0cruises are available on the Upper Loire River between Chatillon-sur-Loire and\u00a0Montargis and between\u00a0Rogny-Les-Sept-Ecluses and Marseille-l\u00e8s-Aubign. Loire Princesse\u00a0operates\u00a0on the western part of the Loire roundtrip from Nantes to Bouchemaine,\u00a0with motorcoach excursions\u00a0to Ch\u00e2teau de Villandry on the Cher River and Ch\u00e2teau d’Azay-le-Rideau on the Indre River as well as other ch\u00e2teaux.<\/p>\n

Loire River cruises are available from April through October, and in 2016, into\u00a0November.<\/p>\n

\"CroisiEurope,<\/a>

CroisiEurope’s Loire Princesse docked in Nantes, France. \u00a9 2015 Ralph Grizzle<\/p><\/div>\n

What We Like About Loire River Cruises<\/h2>\n