Barge through Alsace-Lorraine this summer with 30 percent discount

French Country Waterways is offering 30 percent savings on its nine luxury barge tours in Alsace-Lorraine during the months of July and August, 2008.

Normal per-passengers fares of $6,095 to $6,795 have been reduced to special rates of $4,500 to $4,700 for that time period.

The leisurely six-day barge cruises aboard the barge Princess travel the Canal de la Marne au Rhin between Nancy and Hochfelden in Alsace-Lorraine, with a stop in the city of Strasbourg and views of medieval villages, forests, fields, pasturelands, and vineyards along the way.

The barge carries only eight passengers maximum in four suites.

For more information or bookings, visit the French Country Waterways website or call 800/222-1236 or 781/934-2454 (in Massachusetts) or e-mail admin@fcwl.com.

Photo of the Princess from French Country Waterways.