The Rosa is a Tjalk-clipper style barge, built in Dedemsvaart

Dedemsvaart

Dedemsvaart is a village in Overijssel, the Netherlands, with a population of about 12,000.The town is located along an old canal, the Dedemsvaart proper, which lost its commercial importance after World War II. The area around Dedemsvaart, until 2001 part of the municipality of Avereest, was an...

, Holland in 1907. Its former name was the "Renaissance". It was converted to a hotel barge

Hotel barge

The Hotel Barge came into being following the decline in commercial and freight carriage on the canals of Europe. Many working barges have been converted into floating hotels of varying degrees of luxury...

 in 1990 and sailed on the Canal des Deux Mers

Canal des Deux Mers

The Canal des Deux Mers has been used to describe two different but similar things since the 1660s. In some cases, it is used interchangeably with the Canal du Midi. In others, it describes the path from Atlantic to the Mediterranean, of which the Canal du Midi was the first man-made component...

 between Toulouse

Toulouse

Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...

 and Bordeaux

Bordeaux

Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...

. She is being refitted during 2010 for cruising on the Canal Latéral à la Garonne.

The Rosa has four double cabins allowing it to carry up to 8 passengers. She also has separate crew quarters which house the crew of four. Deck plan The crew consists of the tour director, pilot, chef, and housekeeper.

The Rosa, along with the Anjodi

Anjodi

Anjodi is a Luxe motor Dutch steel barge built as a trading barge but refitted in 1982 as a hotel barge. She is currently berthed on the Canal du Midi in south-west France....

, was featured in the 10 part BBC Series about Chef Rick Stein’s

Rick Stein

Christopher Richard "Rick" Stein OBE is an English chef, restaurateur and television presenter. He is currently the head chef and co-owner of "Rick Stein at Bannisters" at Mollymook, New South Wales, Australia, owns four restaurants in Padstow, a fish and chip shop in Falmouth, Cornwall and has...

 six week journey from Bordeaux

Bordeaux

Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...

 to Marseille

Marseille

Marseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...

 aboard the Rosa on the Canal lateral a la Garonne

Canal de Garonne

The Canal de Garonne, formerly known as Canal latéral à la Garonne, is a French canal dating from the 19th century which connects Toulouse to Castets-en-Dorthe. The remainder of the route to Bordeaux uses the Garonne River. It is the continuation of the Canal du Midi which connects the...

 and Canal du Midi

Canal du Midi

The is a long canal in Southern France . The canal connects the Garonne River to the on the Mediterranean and along with the Canal de Garonne forms the Canal des Deux Mers joining the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. The canal runs from the city of Toulouse down to the Étang de Thau...

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