Paris River Seine Cruises
1 Hour, Lunch & Dinner Cruises
Cruise the River Seine on the Bateaux Parisiens' luxury glass covered boats, designed to take full advantage of the sights of Paris. All cruises depart from and return to the foot of the Eiffel Tower.
1 Hour Cruise : Lunch Cruise : Dinner Cruise : Valentines : Christmas Lunch : Christmas Dinner : New Year's Eve
The River Cruises can only be booked through Railbookers with a Paris short break package.
Paris short breaks by Eurostar
1 Hour Cruise
Discover the sights of Paris from the River. Includes commentaries made either by a hostess or with individual headsets.
Apr-Oct every day from 10am-11pm every 1/2 hour
Nov-Mar every day from 10am-10pm every hour
| Adult | Child* |
|---|---|
| £10 | £5 |
*Children aged 3-11.
Prices valid until 31/03/2010.
Lunch Cruise
Boarding 12.15pm - Departs 12.45 - Returns 14.30
Enjoy good food prepared on board whilst watching the sights of Paris glide by, and listen to the soothing sounds of the piano bar.
Available all year round with a reservation.
Select Service table is located by the boat windows. Drinks include a kir, superior wines, coffee and mineral water.
Premier Service table is at the front of the boat (the best table). Priority boarding. Drinks include one aperitif, superior wines, coffee, mineral water, after dinner drink or glass of champagne.
Christmas Day Lunch Cruise
Boarding 12pm - Departs 12.45 - Returns 14.30/15.00
Enjoy Christmas Lunch as you float along the Seine and watch the Paris sights glide by.
Select Service table is located by the boat windows. Drinks include a kir, superior wines, coffee and mineral water.
Premier Service table is at the front of the boat (the best table). Priority boarding. Drinks include one aperitif, superior wines, coffee, mineral water, after dinner drink or glass of champagne.
| Adult | |
|---|---|
| Select Service | £66 |
| Premier Service | £74 |
Dinner Cruise
Boarding 19.45 - Departs 20.15 - Returns 23.00
Enjoy good food prepared on board whilst watching the sights of Paris glide by, and listen to the soothing sounds of the piano bar.
Available all year round with a reservation.
Please note supplements apply 14th July, 24th Dec, 25th Dec, and 31st Dec.
Select Service table is located by the boat windows. Drinks include a kir, superior wines, coffee and mineral water.
Premier Service table is at the front of the boat (the best table). Priority boarding. Drinks include one aperitif, superior wines, coffee, mineral water, after dinner drink or glass of champagne.
| Before 31 Mar 2009 | Adult |
|---|---|
| Select Service | £104 |
| Premier Service | £125 |
Christmas Eve Dinner Cruise
Boarding 19.30 - Departs 20.30 - Returns 23.00 - End of Evening Midnight.
See the sights of Paris illuminated as you glide by under the famous Parisian bridges.
Select Service table is located by the boat windows. Drinks include a kir, superior wines, coffee and mineral water.
Premier Service table is at the front of the boat (the best table). Priority boarding. Drinks include one aperitif, superior wines, coffee, mineral water, after dinner drink or glass of champagne.
| Adult | |
|---|---|
| Select Service | £128 |
| Premier Service | £164 |
New Year's Eve Dinner Cruise
Boarding 19.30 - Departs 20.30 - Returns 00.30 - Ends at dawn.
See the sights of Paris illuminated as you glide by under the famous Parisian bridges.
Select Service table is located by the boat windows. Drinks include a kir, superior wines, coffee and mineral water.
Premier Service table is at the front of the boat (the best table). Priority boarding. Drinks include one aperitif, superior wines, coffee, mineral water, after dinner drink or glass of champagne.
| Adult | |
|---|---|
| Select Service | £345 |
| Premier Service | £410 |
Valentine's Dinner Cruise
Boarding 19.30 - Departs 20.30 - Returns midnight.
Enjoy a romantic dinner cruise on Valentine's Day, with live music. Dress code is formal.
| 14 Feb 2009 | Adult |
|---|---|
| Select Service | £139 |
| Premier Service | £160 |
Sample Lunch Menu
Choice of:
Roquette salad with marinated nicoise vegetables and parmesan flakes
Or Tomato gazpacho and crunchy cucumber
Or Duck magret and lentil terrine with dried ham
Or Shallot tart with onion marmalade and smoked stripes of bacon
Or Prawn and fennel lasagna
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Choice of:
A la bordelaise braised beef served with anise flavoured carrots
Or Lemon chicken breast served with olive risotto
Or Roast veal with traditional mashed potatoes
Or Pan-fried saddle of salmon with emulsified beurre blanc sauce and green beans
Or Symphony of vegetables served with a crispy parmesan biscuit
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Selection of fine cheeses
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Choice of:
Iced yoghurt soufflé with mango
Or Warm thin-crust apple tart
Or Crunchy almond and pistachio cake
Or Dessert of the day
Christmas Day Lunch Menu
White wine Kir
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Burgundy snails fricassée, creamed herbs
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Foie gras and chicken marble, bouquet of asparagus tips and chanterelles
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Veal medaillon, creamy rice with morels, velours sauce
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Mature Comté chesse from the Jura, apple
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Praline flavoured croustillant on a crystallized chestnut and hazelnut Dacquoise
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Petits fours and Bateaux Parisiens chocolates
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Chardonnay Vind de pays d'Oc 2006 - one bottle for 4 persons
Medoc, Château le Brule 2005 - one bottle for 4 persons
Champagne Heidsick Monopole, one one glass per person
Mineral water and coffee
Sample Dinner Menu
Choice of:
Duck foie gras terrine with gingerbread cubes and fig puree
Or Thin slices of smoked salmon flavoured with dill and sweet corn sauce
Or Oriental cannelloni with a small salad and balsamic vinaigrette
Or Split-pea soup flavoured with bacon
Or King prawns in pastry with lemon butter
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Choice of:
Pan-fried scallops with young artichokes and wild herb sauce
Or Yellow Pollock with passion fruit sauce and spinach pancake
Or Pan-fried fillet steak with red wine reduction and savoy potatoes
Or Chicken breast, ravioli stuffed with Comte cheese, lime sauce
Or Pan-fried lamb steak with watercress sauce and aubergine puttee
Or Symphony of vegetables served with a crispy parmesan biscuit
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Selection of fine cheeses
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Choice of:
Almond ice cream served with melon sauce
Or Rich chocolate and caramel cake with milk chocolate mousse
Or Apricot and violet clafoutis with apricot mousse
Baked apple with brown sugar served with lime and mint ice cream
Or Fromage blanc and citrus fruit zest dessert
Christmas Eve Dinner Menu
Kir with blancs de blanc sparkling white wine
Truffle flavoured celery mash
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Back of smoked salmon, fine black and white cauliflower cream
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Supreme of chicken from the Landes, pan-fried foie gras, chanterelles and potatos, jus – Port wine sauce
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Fourme d’Ambert cheese, William Pear shavings
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Christmas log with crystallised chestnuts, hazelnut and praline
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Petits Fours and Bateaux Parisiens chocolates
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Mâcon-Fuissé – Domaine JL Aegerter – 2006, one bottle for 3 persons
Fronsac – Château Jeandeman – 2004, one bottle for 3 persons
Champagne Heidsick Monopole – one glass per person
Mineral water and coffee
New Year's Eve Dinner Menu
Kir Royal (Champagne and cassis)
Chilled prawns in lightly creamed crab sauce
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Duck foie gras, asparagus tips, toasted parisian brioche
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Scallops, shellfish jus with crushed chestnuts, cream of lettuce heart
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Pan fried beef, ceps tatin style, bordelaise sauce
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Brie de Meaux with truffles, salad of young shoots
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Delicacy with Corsican mandaring, chocolate-praline crisp
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Miniature pastries and Bateaux Parisiens chocolates
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Mâcon-Fuissé - JL Aergerter - 2006, one bottle for two persons
Fronsac - Château Jeandeman - 2004, one bottle for two persons
Champagne Pommery, one bottle for two persons
Mineral water and coffee
Valentine's Dinner Menu
Kir with “blancs de blancs” sparkling white wine
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Creamy shellfish Cappuccino, lobster, simmered morels
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Smoked salmon with taramasalata
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Steak "Tournedo Rossini" with a seasonal garnish and Perigueux sauce
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Mature Saint Marcellin cheese with mesclun
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Light vanilla and cardamom cream, with a strawberry and wild strawberry compote
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Miniature pastries and Bateaux Parisiens chocolates
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Champagne Pommery (one bottle per couple)
or
Macon-Fuisse – Domaine JL Aegerter – 2006* (one bottle per couple)
Mineral water, Coffee
Paris from £119
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