Reviews

The entire team on the Sarah was incredible. Warm, friendly, extremely welcoming and helpful.
The captain made us all feel safe and piloted the barge with expertise—smooth sailing all the way. Yvonne was one heck of a Chief Mate, more than capable—was a cornerstone of operations on the Sarah. The chef, Agnes—served up exquisite and delicious meals. Hella, our guide, was knowledgeable and fun, making sure our rides were as smooth as possible. I highly recommend signing up ASAP for a wonderful experience with the A+ Team on the Sarah!

Positives were the boat, the bikes, the crew, the food, the places we visited

Only slight negative was that as we were on e-bikes we could have done more miles/kms some days

The boat was first class. The bikes were better than expected. The staff were all great. We had a very memorable vacation and would definitely recommend to our friends.

The food, crew, and guide were terrific. We could feel they enjoyed working together and that camaraderie spread throughout the entire boat. If you don’t expect basic biking skills from guests, I would suggest 2 guides. Sweepers from our group were required to keep inexperienced riders safe. Maybe consider listing skills needed (such as riding downhill, tight turns, riding through narrow passageways, cobbles, and managing barricades on trails) to keep all riders safe? We will definitely do more boat bike but, only if 2 guides are listed. The routes are beautiful and interesting and the bikes and helmets were in excellent condition. Our guide, Helmut, kept us entertained! The boat is clean and seemed in good condition. The rooms are tight but the air conditioning was excellent! Thank you all for a wonderful week!

This was our second boat bike experience and it was equally as fabulous as the first one. We especially appreciated the 6-person crew and the personalized attention they provided. Our tour guides, Silvia and Francesco could not have been more delightful. They were enthusiastic, informative, and excited to guide us each day. We were shown many unique places and experiences that I doubt we would have been able to find on our own. The food on board was superb and expertly prepared by our amazing chefs, Alberto and Diana. Thanks to them, we enjoyed traditional, local meals representative of the areas we visited.
We weren’t sure about booking boat bike on a small vessel (barge), but having done so we are very glad we did and will be planning another trip in the near future.

Very nice staff. Special thanks for taking care to Jure and Martshja. Great time thanks to Richard, the best cook ever!! his dishes were like poetry, the best music. Virtuoso created a masterpiece. And he was even signing while cooking!!!! the was great!! I was very happy that we had time to sail under sail. Only two days, there could be more, but I’m happy from those. Rented bikes were very comfortable. On the last day it was not enought time to have fun from biking. Not enought time for stoping, looking around, and trip on a last day was boring part for sideseeing. But – Maybe we were already tired after so many days cikling. I’m not familiar with tips for team, that is new for me. Strange. That should be included already in first payment for the trip.

Sailed the Fleur from Montargis to Paris, June 11 to 18th, 2026.
Boat was clean and nicely decorated, everything one needed in the room that had plenty of storage and a nicely sized bathroom.
Welcome was lovely and we were able to leave our bags on board before embarkation.
Steffie is a very capable owner and captain, and we appreciated all the crew, Edwin (sailor and comic relief) and Gerald (cook of such welcomed food each day). Ilse made sure we were comfortable and prepared with supplies. We enjoyed hearing Steffie’s knowledge about the workings of the system she sails within, her boat and energy systems, and the histories of the canals.
Janneke and Monique were our guides and both were very capable women with good adaptation and problem solving skills when needed. They always were happy to add to our tour, speak to locals on our behalf to secure impromptu tours and information and kept a lovely upbeat and humour-filled attitude. We could always communicate easily and I like when they joined us for meals so we could exchange stories about our lives.
This is our third bike and barge, and we very much liked the smaller boat, and tone in general.
We hope to do more of this type of tour and I would certainly consider the trip with any of this crew and on the Fleur again.
Bikes were great, and comfortable, and you are basically given all you need to enjoy a guided but self-sustaining active holiday.
A wonderful way to see some of the life and countryside of the people of France.

Hello

This was our first ever boat bike tour. The information provided in advance for the booking was very good and helpful for us.

The boat was a perfect size for us, although the air con only worked only occasionally. As it was an extreme heatwave it caused issues to sleep during the night so didnt feel energetic for the rides. Off course this could not be helped and I know the staff tried their best to sort out.

The breakfast was perfect but in general dinners were average.

Most of the rides were very nice but any guided rides we felt that the lead guide went off quite fast so that last people were struggling to keep up in the heat.

One of the rides, we had to cycle along a fast road where cars and lorries came very close to us. I am sure there are many better more interesting rides along the Danube to do.

We did meet some lovely guests which made our holiday.

The staff were also very nice and mostly very helpful with any questions we had.

We are very much occasional cyclists so found the routes quite long with little time to stop off and look around.
I think if I ever plan to do another I would definately switch to an e-bike as manual bikes were a bit harder and possibly shorter routes with more time to explore the towns.

I realise many of the problems were outside the control of the staff so I have no complaints about any of them, plus this type of vacation was very new to me.

Great crew-Captain Fabrice, steward-Julio, chef Alessandro and our guide, Helmut. They were all wonderful. Attentive and knowledgeable, friendly and efficient. The food was excellent- from our breakfasts and snacks after biking to the delicious dinners.
The only criticism is the sleeping accommodations. Small is an understatement! The bathroom – well let’s just say- not good. It just never seemed clean enough but it’s just for a short period of time.
The bike rides were amazing. How else can we see small towns and little side streets and small cafes??
The experience is one that won’t be forgotten. Thank you guys for this wonderful experience!

The crew was very responsive, friendly, and always available. The food was good.
One tour guide was not helpful and rarely available. The other tour guide was friendly, but often inaccurate about important and basic details. Not just a language barrier issue, as other German speaking guests reported the same issues in their briefings and communication.
The boat was significantly late at every single dock, except disembarking day, which cut into scheduled rest day scheduled tours. The crew was not flexible in allowing people quickly to get off the boat before all the bikes were unloaded, causing us to miss two paid tours.
On cycling days, many were rushing back to make up for lost time, as the guides did not set expectations that we wouldn’t have time for any stops while cycling due to arriving so late. And after missing seeing the sights, we would arrive before the boat, because it was late transiting for pickup.
One example, we were given incorrect ferry times at least three times. One required tickets purchased a distance off. We arrived at the time the guide recommended , which was inaccurate, waited for 30m, only to find out we needed to purchase tickets elsewhere, so we were 90m behind just minutes off the boat.
We were there during the heat wave. After sending us out with .5L of water the first day, they made water more available. AC worked on the bottom deck, but could not keep up in the top deck.