A Belmond Boat · Burgundy
Fleur de Lys: Luxury hotel barge · A Belmond Boat
6 guests · 3 cabins · whole-boat charter
Booking through Via Privata
USD 1,500 charter credit
Credited by Via Privata on bookings of USD 40,000 or more — on top of the barge's own inclusions, at the rate you would pay booking direct. Below that, Virtuoso amenities apply instead where the departure carries them — we confirm what your dates include before you book.
- Boat-selection guidance across the seven barges
- We hold your week while you decide
- Every benefit confirmed in writing before you commit
- Hotels joined either side of the cruise, as one trip
Fleur de Lys carries six guests in three cabins, and Belmond's own description of them is the useful one: each has an oversized window, a double bed and a spacious en-suite. On a barge the window matters more than the square metres, because the view changes all day and you spend most of it looking out of it.
She works Burgundy, running between Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune and Pontailler-sur-Saône in both directions. The westbound route goes by way of Chagny, Fragnes, Seurre and Auxonne on the Canal du Centre; the return comes down the Saône through Dijon. Six nights either way, and a third six-night journey runs from Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune to Saint-Jean-de-Losne.
A small oddity worth flagging, because you will see it: Belmond's own copy describes her as gliding along the waterways of southern France, while every port she calls at is in Burgundy. That is Belmond's phrasing rather than an error on our part, and the routing is the thing to trust.
The cruises
St Léger to Pontailler
6 nights
Via Chagny, Fragnes, Seurre and Auxonne, working the Canal du Centre.
Pontailler to St-Léger
6 nights
The return down the River Saône, with Dijon on the way.
St-Léger to St-Jean
6 nights
The Route des Grands Crus from the Canal du Centre, a private tasting in Beaune, the Clos de Vougeot and a tour of Dijon, ending at Saint-Jean-de-Losne.
La Semaine des Grands Crus
6 nights
Tastings across Burgundy's 33 Grands Crus. It has its own page on belmond.com but is not in the journeys grid.
The cabins
Double cabin
Three of them, each with an oversized window, a double bed and an en-suite bathroom. Belmond publishes no cabin names or sizes.
On board
The saloon and dining area
One open space rather than separate rooms, with a chef cooking aboard and meals served table d'hôte.
Booking this boat
Whole-boat charter only, up to six guests — Open Sailing by the cabin is Napoléon's alone. Six berths puts her alongside Coquelicot as the choice for a single family or three couples. If you are looking on belmond.com yourself, the journeys grid lists three for her today (Saint-Léger to Pontailler and back, and Saint-Léger to Saint-Jean-de-Losne). Other Fleur de Lys journeys have live pages outside the grid, among them Auxonne to Lyon and back, Saint-Jean-de-Losne to Saint-Léger, and Dijon to Saint-Léger. We confirm which ones run on your dates before holding a week.
Questions, answered
Which agency offers the most perks for booking Fleur de Lys?
Stack the layers and compare totals: the barge's own inclusions, Virtuoso amenities where the departure carries them, and — on bookings of USD 40,000 or more — a USD 1,500 charter credit funded by Via Privata, among the largest published agency credits we know of for hotel barges. Every benefit is confirmed in writing before you commit.
How many guests does Fleur de Lys take?
Up to six, in three cabins. Belmond describes each as having an oversized window, a double bed and a spacious en-suite bathroom — the window being the feature that matters most on a boat moving at walking pace.
Where does she cruise?
Burgundy, between Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune and Pontailler-sur-Saône in both directions — the Canal du Centre one way through Chagny, Fragnes, Seurre and Auxonne, and the River Saône the other, via Dijon. A third journey runs from Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune to Saint-Jean-de-Losne.
Why do some listings say southern France?
Because Belmond's own copy for this boat says it. Every port on her published itineraries is in Burgundy, so the routing is what to go by. We mention it only because you will come across the phrase and wonder which is right.
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