''Rosa'' is a French
hotel barge of Dutch origin. Since 1990 she has been offering cruises to international tourists on the Canal de Garonne in the Nouvelle Aquitaine region of South West France. The waterway authority
Voies Navigables de France reported in 2014 that there were around 80 hotel barges operating on the inland waterways. They keep alive the tradition of the boatmen (''mariniers'') whose numbers have declined in number from thousands in the post-World War II years to just a few hundred today.
History
''Rosa'' was built in
Dedemsvaart, the Netherlands, in 1907, as a
klipper style barge. She was converted to a
hotel barge in 1990, to cruise on the
Canal de Garonne. She was initially named ''Renaissance''. She was refurbished in 2010.
Hotel barge
''Rosa'' has four double cabins allowing it to carry up to 8 passengers. She also has separate crew quarters which house the crew of four. The crew consists of the tour director, pilot, chef, and housekeeper.
''Rosa'', along with the ''
Anjodi'', was featured in the 10-part BBC Series about
Chef Rick Stein's six-week journey from
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...
to
Marseille
Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ...
aboard the ''Rosa'' on the
Canal de Garonne and
Canal du Midi.
External links
Rosathe owner's website
References
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Hotel barges
Barges of France
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