{"id":1209,"date":"2020-06-23T13:57:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T13:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.britain-afloat.co.uk\/?page_id=1209"},"modified":"2020-08-19T07:36:37","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T07:36:37","slug":"canal-boat-holidays-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.britain-afloat.co.uk\/canal-boat-holidays-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Canal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ka592arh-86749c92d42fa782e2c67b82683792c2\">\n.avia-section.av-ka592arh-86749c92d42fa782e2c67b82683792c2 .av-section-color-overlay{\nopacity:0.5;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/www.britain-afloat.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/enfold\/images\/background-images\/linen-for-light-background.png);\nbackground-repeat:repeat;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-ka592arh-86749c92d42fa782e2c67b82683792c2 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-bg-style-scroll av-section-color-overlay-active container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class=\"av-section-color-overlay-wrap\"><div class=\"av-section-color-overlay\"><\/div><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-1209'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-gfe0g-5d4734caf58dc80031d98841b081c571\">\n.flex_column.av-gfe0g-5d4734caf58dc80031d98841b081c571{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-gfe0g-5d4734caf58dc80031d98841b081c571 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-kbrzqydc-943f358d58b1ecdd59b85f6b49b7857b'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1><span class=\"titlebold\">Canals &amp; Rivers<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1052 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.britain-afloat.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Black-Prince-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Canal boat holidays in the UK\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"titlebold\">The Magic Of Canals and canal holidays, canal boats and canal boat hire on the waterways of England and Wales<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A canal holiday on Britain&#8217;s Inland Waterways is a civilised adventure; civilized because you carry all your home comforts with you; and an adventure because around every bend there is something new and surprising to discover and enjoy with your family and friends.<\/p>\n<p>First time boaters are given a friendly welcome by everybody on the canal.<\/p>\n<p>But you won&#8217;t be inexperienced for very long, for within a short time you will be gliding serenely around the first bend into a whole new and different world.<\/p>\n<p>The specially designed canal boat is easy to handle and of course, everything happens at a relaxed pace.\u00a0 You will be given all the instruction you need by the holiday company and will soon head off on your very own adventure like a seasoned boater. Your boat will be fully equipped with every modern amenity, so self-catering becomes a pleasure, but there are also many canalside pubs, once essential &#8216;staging posts&#8217; for the working boats of the last century, which are now popular watering holes for holiday boaters; and most offer great food at reasonable prices.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"navbardivide\"><strong>Freedom Of Choice<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span>Most visitors appreciate the independence, the peace and tranquility of &#8216;getting away from it all&#8217;.\u00a0 You can choose between the challenge of some of the densely locked stretches of canal &#8211; quite astounding feats of engineering &#8211; or choose lazy days drifting along the many stretches with very few locks.\u00a0 The canals and rivers go through the heart of the cities as well as through open countryside, and your boat can be a mobile base for exploring the history of our great trading routes, or for the diverse entertainment you will find in our largest city centres.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-b7tp4-7a1beb1eaa7365abd2d1ee9022021c34\">\n.flex_column.av-b7tp4-7a1beb1eaa7365abd2d1ee9022021c34{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:20px 20px 20px 20px;\nbackground-color:#084a79;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-b7tp4-7a1beb1eaa7365abd2d1ee9022021c34 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-last  sidebar-white flex_column_div '     ><p><div  class='avia-builder-widget-area clearfix  avia-builder-el-4  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first '><section id=\"nav_menu-2\" class=\"widget clearfix widget_nav_menu\"><h3 class=\"widgettitle\">Menu<\/h3><div class=\"menu-sidebar-manu-container\"><ul id=\"menu-sidebar-manu\" class=\"menu\"><li id=\"menu-item-1303\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1303\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britain-afloat.co.uk\/canal-boat-holidays-3\/\">Canals &#038; 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