“Cook and relax on premium barge in Toulouse”
7 Day Luxe Cooking Holidays on Premium Barge in Toulouse, Southwest France
Peniche Amboise, 17 Boulevard Griffoul Dorval, 31400 Toulouse, France
Unique French & Vegan Gastronomy Holidays in Toulouse
Enjoy a real stopover on the Canal du Midi of Toulouse, France in an irresistibly bucolic setting. These magnificent holidays are intended to offer you unforgettable moments. Embark on the Amboise Barge for an unusual stay. On the program, awaiting for you are cooking classes, relaxation and Toulouse and around visits. This surely will be a unique break to recharge your batteries and enjoy the joys of Toulouse life. A stopover in the sun, out of time, conducive to letting go, on board a luxury barge that is both refined and warm!
Meet the instructors
Marie, Coraline, & Hoang-Vu
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Highlights
- Visit to a local market before 1 cooking course
- 1 dinner to enjoy cassoulet, 1 on cruise barge, 2 on Barge Amboise
- 3 vege cuisine classes (French and vege gastronomy and French local wine tasting)
- Tour with visit of one of the most beautiful villages in France "Cordes sur Ciel"
- 6 nights accommodation on comfortable cabin in the center of Toulouse
- Visit City of the Space or Airbus factory or/and Halle de la Machine
- Guided visit of Toulouse as well yoga session on board
- Free airport or station transfers
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Styles
3 days with instruction in English
The organizer also speaks: French
Group size: 6-6 participants
Airport transfer included:
Toulouse–Blagnac Airport
Accommodation
Check-in Time:
16:00
Check-out Time:
11:00
Facilities
- Air-conditioned rooms
- Barbeque facilities
- Café
- Dining area
- Fireplace
- Garden
- Kitchen
- Lounge
- Multilingual staff
- Restaurant
- Special menu request
- Terrace
- Yoga studio
- Bicycle rental
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Meeting room
- Tour assistance
Enjoy a stay on a chic and elegant boat (not navigated) in the center of Toulouse during this holiday. All accommodations are elegant, chic, and comfortable with private bathroom (bath or shower) and WC.
Facilities:
- All cabins have commodities such private bathrooms, air conditioning, and heating
- Zen and relaxing atmosphere
- Large space in the salon, total surface of the boat is 200 square meters
- Hot tub
- Terrace
- Small boat with electric motor
- Rental of bicycles
- Small group (maximum 6 people on board)
Cabin options:
Cabin I
Cabin I comes with a 140 x 190 bed (without footboard) in a brown and taupe universe with some touches of blue evoking the "Pastel des Teinturiers", medicinal and dyeing plant, which made the fortune of Toulouse merchants from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. The bathroom is semi open, with bath, bathroom sink, and WC. The two portholes overlook the Canal du Midi.
Cabin II
Cabin II comes with a 140 x 190 bed (without footboard), in shades of pearl gray and powder pink, to subtly evoke the colors and charms of the beautiful "Pink City" of Toulouse. The bathroom is semi open to the cabin, with bath, sink bath, and WC. The two portholes overlook the Canal du Midi.
Cabin III
Cabin III comes with two single beds of 90 x 200. The mauve, purple, and plum tones are reminiscent of the violet, a symbolic flower of Toulouse which blooms in spring on the banks of the Canal du Midi. The bathroom is semi open to the cabin, with bath, sink bath, and WC. There are four portholes, two overlooking the canal, the other two overlooking the banks.
Program
Vegetable cuisine and cooking
People are increasingly aware of global warming, animal suffering, and the possibilities of eating differently. To do this, everyone is all trying to reduce their consumption of animal parts in their diet by increasing their consumption of plant products. Vegetable cuisine offers great perspectives. But how to cook vegetables, how to introduce proteins, and how to make this new way of eating a taste journey, and thus discover new flavors and textures?
Vegetable cooking engages the cooks of today and tomorrow. Are you ready to take on this new culinary challenge? This is what Barge Amboise is offering you during this stay.
Their cook will accompany you throughout your stay to introduce you, make you taste, and train and teach you how to concoct a magnificent vegetable cuisine. During your apprenticeship, the cook will teach you how to cook without animal products, creating creative cuisine - cuisine rich in flavor. In this concept, priority will be given to cereals, legumes, soybeans and seitan, seeds, fruits and vegetables, oilseeds, vegetable milk, etc.
The holiday
During this holiday, you will stay aboard an elegant barge with all mod cons, which remains moored at the quay all year round (no navigation). Your stay will be a calm and zen one!
This holiday will be a total change of scenery and absolute relaxation, because of the chic and bucolic rhyme on the Péniche Amboise in a completely unexpected way.
Barge Amboise spare no effort to bring you the well-being and comfort sought, being generous in their benevolent attention and respectful of the sensitivity of each. This stay is also an opportunity to visit the incomparable Toulouse since the Péniche Amboise is nestled in the heart of the pink city.
On the program are guided tours, the best restaurants in the South West, hikes or bike rides, in the city center, or on the banks of the Canal du Midi, everything is possible! Come aboard for an unforgettable stay!
Cooking lessons
Take charming vege cooking lessons, participate in a special ritual where people come together to work with their own hands and prepare meals that will be shared with pleasure. Amazing detox juices will end this perfect taste trip.
Barge Amboise can do mixed classes catering for gluten free and vegetarian. Kindly send your request.
Daily itinerary
Day 1 - Sunday: Arrival
You will be picked up at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS) or Gare de Toulouse-Matabiau to head to Barge Amboise (preferably between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.).
From 7.30 p.m., you will enjoy a cocktail reception with the presentation of the team and the other participants staying on the boat (maximum 6 people). The team will show you a film on safety instructions on board, touristic interests of the city of Toulouse, and the origin of the Canal du Midi waterway listed on UNESCO Heritage (in English and / or French).
Day 2 - Monday
- Breakfast
You can have your breakfast freely according to your rhythm between 8 and 10 a.m. on the Barge Amboise.
- First cooking course and lunch
From 10 a.m. to noon, participate in cooking lessons based on vege, French, and local gastronomy. You will take the lunch you cooked earlier with the cooking trainer.
In the afternoon, go on a guided visit of Toulouse conducted in English or French. In the evening, enjoy dinner in restaurant cooking the famous cassoulet toulousain.
Day 3 - Tuesday
- Breakfast
You can have your breakfast freely according to your rhythm between 8 and 10 a.m., on the Barge Amboise.
- Second cooking course and lunch
From 10 a.m. to noon, participate in cooking lessons based on vege, French, and local gastronomy. You will take the lunch you cooked earlier with the cooking trainer.
Enjoy a free afternoon and dinner on your own.
Day 4 - Wednesday
You can have your breakfast before 8 a.m. on the Barge Amboise. From 9 a.m., depart for your excursions, it can be one of the following:
- 1. Carcassonne / Revel / Saint Fereol / Soreze
- 2. Gaillac / Albi / Cordes
- 3. Survol du Viaduc de Millau (with additional cost), depending on the weather, visit of Moissac
Lunch will be taken in restaurant in Saint Féréol (for excursion 1), Cordes (for excursion 2), or Moissac (for excursion 3).
You will have your dinner on Barge Amboise tonight.
Day 5 - Thursday
- Breakfast
You can have your breakfast freely according to your rhythm between 8 and 10 a.m. on the Barge Amboise.
- Third cooking course and lunch
From 10 a.m. to noon, participate in cooking lessons based on vege, French, and local gastronomy. You will take the lunch you cooked earlier with the cooking trainer.
- Excursions
Enjoy guided visit conducted in English or French to one of the following:
- 1. Airbus
- 2. Cite de L’espace
- 3. Halle de la Machine
You will have your dinner on Barge Amboise tonight.
Day 6 - Friday
You can have your breakfast freely according to your rhythm between 8 and 10 a.m. on the Barge Amboise. The day is free for you to enjoy.
From 8 p.m., enjoy your dinner on a cruise barge or at a starred restaurant.
Day 7 - Saturday: Departure
You can have your breakfast freely according to your rhythm between 8 and 10 a.m. on the Barge Amboise.
Your cabin must be vacated before 11 a.m. and the team will accompany you either to the airport or to Gare de Toulouse-Matabiau.
Note:
- Barge Amboise lend the boat of the barge with the oars and the life jackets during the day to stroll on the Canal du Midi
Included excursions
Occitania tours:
Toulouse
Guided visit of the beautiful "Pink City" of Toulouse in English or French.
Outside Toulouse
Either of the following:
- 1. Carcassonne / Revel / Saint Fereol / Soreze
- 2. Gaillac / Albi / Cordes
- 3. Survol du Viaduc de Millau (with additional cost), depending on the weather, visit of Moissac
Inside Toulouse
Either of the following:
- 1. Airbus
- 2. Cite de L’espace
- 3. Halle de la Machine
Instructors
Marie Cachau
Marie is the owner of the Amboise Barge. “Toulousaine” by adoption for many years, she is passionate about the "Pink City” and its region Occitania. She will guide you to make you know unexpected places, places that sometimes only the natives know. Because of her pronounced taste for harmony, she seeks perfection in order to obtain the best to improve daily life, the visual and well-being. She likes calm and she designed the barge to receive her guests in a lush and relaxing universe. Everything has been arranged to welcome guests all year round in a cozy, chic, and elegant setting.
Coraline Dadat
For Coraline, the crush with yoga happened in the United States, in San Francisco, it was there that she started to train on a regular basis. At the end of her studies, Coraline leaves the professional path and the post which was dedicated to her in real estate, and decides to leave to graduate in India, training 200-hour Ashtanga Vinyasa and 300-hour Vinyasa Flow. Coraline then trained in Fly Yoga in Paris with Florie Ravinet, in Hormones Yoga in Switzerland (Zurich) with Dinah Rodriguez, near David Swenson (40-hour Ashtanga), Masterji MS Vishwanath (Ashtanga), and more.
Hoang-Vu Lee
Associate partner of Coraline in life as in the adventure of Moving Yoga, Hoang-Vu began the practice of yoga with Coraline first in a curative way, as an alternative to sports that he could no longer practice following an injury. Yoga becoming more regular ended up being omnipresent in his life and becoming their common passion. Multidisciplinary and multicultural, living in Vietnam and all over France through Malaysia, Hoang has been established in the beautiful region of France for fifteen years. His plan for the future with Coraline is to continue to democratize yoga.
Location
The barge is moored all year in the center of Toulouse (downtown) on the Canal du Midi, a waterway listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Food
You will be able to enjoy local cuisine during this holiday made by a chef:
- 6 breakfasts on Barge Amboise
- 3 lunches with French local wine tasting, each after cuisine classes
- 1 cocktail reception on your arrival
- 1 dinner on cruise or at a starred restaurant
- 1 dinner at a famous restaurant cooking the best cassoulet in Toulouse
- 1 lunch other than the lunches after cooking classes
- 2 dinners on Barge Amboise
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Brunch
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Snacks
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Coffee
- Detox juices
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Gluten Free
- Naturopathic
- Yogic
- Other dietary requirements on request
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation
Things to do (optional)
On day 4 of this holiday, you can opt for overview of Millau viaduct program (additional fees for airplane). Please note that due to weather conditions, it can be canceled on the same day. You will be offered another excursion (on the ground) and you will be fully reimbursed for the flight reservation.
Spa treatments
Hot tub
The hot tub on Amboise Barge is free to access from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. (bathrobe, towels, and flip-flops are provided).
1-hour massage
One-hour massage is included in the package on Barge La Jonque (100 meters from Barge Amboise - 1-minute walking). You can choose from a Thai, Swedish, oil massage, and Kubido massage (Japanese facial massage).
What's included
- 6 continental breakfasts
- 3 cooking classes vegetarian and vegan cuisine
- 1 cocktail reception with video explaining the origin of Canal du Midi waterway listed in UNESCO Heritage
- 2 dinners on the barge
- 2 dinners on restaurant and / or cruise dinner on Canal du Midi
- Local red and white wines and beverage provided by the chef who will cook on board
- Coffee corner available during all the day
- 1 Toulouse guided visit in your mother tongue
- 1 Occitania excursion (Carcasonne/Revel/Saint Férérol or Gaillac/Cordes sur Ciel/Albi or overview of Millau viaduct (added fees for airplane))
- 1 visit of Cité de l'espace or Airbus assembly lines or Halle de la Machine
- 6-hour yoga on Barge la Jonque
- 1-hour massage on Barge la Jonque
- Transfer from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS) or Gare de Toulouse-Matabiau (train from Paris TGV around 5pm)
- 6 nights accommodation
What's not included
- The route to Toulouse
- Visits and activities carried out during free time
- Meals indicated as free in the program (dinner on Tuesday and lunch on Friday)
- Beverages other than those included in the stay
- Airplane fees for overview of Millau viaduct program (if you opt for it)
How to get there
Recommended Airports
TLS
Toulouse–Blagnac Airport
8 km
Transfer included
Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to arrive at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS). Transfer from this airport is included in the price. Barge Amboise will pick you up from the airport.
Arrival by train
You can also take the train to Gare de Toulouse-Matabiau. This train station is 2.8 kilometers away from the boat, 10 minutes away by car. Take the TGV from Paris at 4.30 pm Barge Amboise will pick you up from the train station.
Airport: Toulouse–Blagnac Airport
Airport transfer included: Toulouse–Blagnac Airport
No additional charges. You can request this in the next step.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 50% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid 15 days before arrival.
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