A great first time bike/barge experience!

We really enjoyed our week on the Magnifique II. The barge was clean and comfortable and the crew were great. The crew seemed to manage the challenges that arose with minimal impact on the guests and we felt welcomed and well cared for all week. The bike portion was a bit of an adventure with lots of riding. Would recommend some bike experience. Communication with the tour guide was a bit of a challenge at times which made it was hard to get exact distances and routing information. According to more experienced riders in the group, the bike route information that was provided daily was not sufficient if you were interested in a self guided tour. Would recommend to others to get as much of the route information in advance if you want to go off on your own. Overall the food was good and sufficient. Might be more interesting to have something other than the same sandwich selection every day for lunch as it was also part of the breakfast offering. My husband and I were on our own while some of the others onboard were part of larger groups. We felt that we lucked out as we had great people to share our week with so overall a very fun, first time, bike/barge experience.