{"id":66851,"date":"2026-07-07T19:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T11:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=66851"},"modified":"2026-07-07T19:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T11:18:11","slug":"taking-in-van-goghs-landscapes-white-horses-and-wine-on-a-riverboat-down-the-rhone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=66851","title":{"rendered":"Taking in Van Gogh\u2019s landscapes, white horses and wine on a riverboat down the Rhone"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Vincent van Gogh painted one of his masterpieces, Starry Night Over the Rhone<\/em> (1888), on the banks of this mighty river.<\/p>\n

Not far from where Van Gogh set up his easel in the late 1800s, the new Lumiere riverboat docked during its recent maiden voyage to Arles, France.<\/p>\n

Lumiere, appropriately enough, means \u201clight\u201d in French. The light in Provence served as a muse for the Dutch post-Impressionist. Van Gogh captured the luminance on canvas in everything from sun-soaked landscapes to inky, star-filled skies with the glow of gas lamps reflecting in the Rhone\u2019s indigo water.<\/p>\n

An increasing number of cruise passengers are plying one of the oldest inland trade routes in Europe.<\/p>\n

\u201cDemand has been enormous, especially after the [2024 Summer] Olympics [in France],\u201d says Jennifer Tombaugh, CEO of US tour operator Tauck, which launched two new custom-built riverboats in Europe this spring \u2013 both in France.<\/p>\n

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Tauck\u2019s new 130-passenger ship, Lumiere, began cruising the Rhone River in March 2026. Photo: TNS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The 130-passenger Lumiere is deployed to the Rhone, while the slightly smaller Serene is stationed farther north on the Seine, where Tauck will debut another ship in 2027.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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