7 Day Luxe Cooking Holidays on Premium Barge in Toulouse, Southwest France

Facilities

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

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

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.

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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

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.

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).

• 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

• 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)

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• 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.