Happy Holidays
We really missed you… Welcome back!
Plenty of room on our terrace!
Barge cruises are permitted again!
Are you looking for a nice vacation after this long lock down period that is surprisingly different, but also:
- close to home and yet a completely different world
- a large terrace, with shade or sun as desired,
- a spacious wheelhouse with comfortable seats and plenty of ventilation
- only 8 guests or less around you
- a ship 30m long and 5m wide and also 2 floors… That’s a lot of space!
- cycling or walking à volonté… Long live freedom and tranquillity!
- a room with its own sanitary facilities and a large french window
- safe meals offered to the highest standards
Now you have found all that and much more…
Welcome to an enjoyable boating vacation, a special cruise experience!
Questions about boating vacations with the covid 19 virus
Can the barge cruise continue in 2021?
Read here our detailed answer
Welcome aboard for the most Burgundian barge-cruise of Belgium!
The barge “De 4 Vaargetijden” started its career in 1924 as a barge for freight. For more than 50 years it was used mainly for transporting sand and gravel. Taking 184 tons of freight per trip, the ship’s owning family earned good money. Since 1998: after complete renovation, main purpose of the ship is to carry passengers. →
See here the different barge tours, with the descriptions an travel schedules of the different cruises and google maps of the voyages.
New: Virtual tour to the monuments of Oudenaarde
Virtual photo walk through Oudenaarde
Reviews
“We will never forget our relaxing days aboard the hotelbarge De 4 Vaargetijden on the canals and river Leie in Belgium. The meals were truly wonderful.” – Louis Wood & Jim Hunsley (Edwardsville USA).
There is a booming business in the hire of boats and barges on Europe’s thousands of kilometres of beautiful canals and rivers, and it is no surprise – Belgium, in the heart of Europe, is a free, friendly, and prosperous land, with some of the finest cuisine in Europe, memorable architecture, and shimmering pastoral vistas stretching in virtually every direction.
Belgian TV1 tourism program
Watch here the reportage the Belgian broadcasting company Eén Vlaanderen Vakantieland made about De 4 Vaargetijden. <
Photos tell you more than a thousand words. We have collected a few impressions on several of our routes.
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Films of the barge cruises
Here you can virtually step aboard and cruise along for a bit!
No professional recordings, but a good attempt to capture what can be experienced during a boating trip in Belgium.
Follow us on youtube as new recordings are added regularly.
Inclined plane at Ronquières
