In keeping with its commitment for optimising the cruising experience, France Cruises offers travelers the unique opportunity to delight their senses with the sounds of classical, choral and folk music along a hotel barge cruise during the “Musical Encounters of Vezelay” festival in Burgundy.

New for 2012, France Cruises introduces a new feature that allows passengers and journalists to share their trip reports detailing their experiences aboard any cruise from the company’s extensive collection. These firsthand accounts will be displayed on the France Cruises website to provide prospective passengers with an objective and detailed review of the journeys along the waterways of France and beyond.

France Cruises is introducing the industry’s first hotel barge cruise during the winter season along the inland waterways of France and Belgium aboard the luxurious Esperance, and its newest ship, the 8-passenger MS Elisabeth. Sailing from December through March, the vessels will tour the renowned regions of Provence and Flanders, respectively.