Agen
- Charente Region France
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STARTING
OUT FORMALITIES :
Departure
Days from 2:pm.
BOARDING
:
from 3 pm to 6 pm (according to preparing the boats)
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ACCESS :
By motorway :
A62 – E72
exit Agen (6 km)
Michelin map n° 79 ,
I.G.N. map n° 110,
Green Guide Michelin Pyrénées-Aquitaine
By rail :
TGV Agen station (1 km)
By
air :
Agen-la-Garenne
airport (5 km),
Toulouse-Blagnac airport (116 km),
Bordeaux Mérignac airport (147 km)
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PARKING
: Virtually all our bases offer secure encloser
and/or covered parking. At certain bases (see access
paper) the number of places are limited so it is
advisable to book yours in advance. Parking is always
at the owner's risk. The service purchased is only
a rightof parking and not a right to supervision.
Locaboat and Cardinal accept no responsibility for
any object left in a car, or for any injury or damage
whatsoever arising out of use of the car park. For
security reasons, a spare set of car keys may be
requested and will be kept in a safe at the base.
Please leave your vehicle locked and do not forget
to switch off radio and lights. If you want to recover
your vehicle outside base start days, please arrange
a time with the base when you leave it.
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POST
OFFICE :
open from Monday to Saturday morning . |
HOTELS:
Le Colombier du Touron at Brax (8Km) - Tèl
: 05 53 87 87 91
Le Prince Noir at Sérignac (12Km) - Tèl : 05 53 68 74 30 |
BED AND BREAKFAST AND GUEST
HOUSE:
Booking office Tel 05 53 47 80 87 - Fax 05 53 66 88
29 |
RESTAURANTS
:
L'Atelier Tel : 05 53 87 89 22,
Le Buffet de la Gare Tel : 05 53 66 09 40,
La Boucherie Tèl: 05 53 67 08 60,
Le Washington Tel : 05 53 48 25 50,
Mariottat Tel : 05 53 77 99 77.
Le Périgord Tèl : 05 53 77 55 77
La Part des Anges Tèl : 05 53 68 31 00 |
BANKS :
open from Monday to Saturday morning |
SHOPS:
closed Sunday afternoon |
TAXIS :
Taxi Pierre Tèl : 06 09 30 88 06
Taxi Bruno Tèl : 06 08 57 32 15 |
LOCABOAT
SERVICES :
WC and shower, according to the opening hours of the base,
phone box (100m) |
| Airport
transfers : Locaboat
services / Transfers
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TOURIST OFFICE :
Tel : 05 53 47 36 09 Fax : 05 53 47 29 98 |
GASTRONOMIC
SPECIALTIES :
foie gras, magret de canard, confit de canard, d'oie et de porc, poule farcie,
salmis de palombes, tourins à l'ail, soupe aux fèves, tourtières
au pastis ou au pommes, pruneaux
Local
Drinks : Red
wines from the Côtes de Buzet, Duras and
Marmandais; Armagnac, |
FISHING
:
Fishing licence obligatory : on sale at M.
Desportes, 36 rue Carnot, Villefranche Lauragais, Tel
: 05 61 81 59 27, closed Monday .Carp,
eel, roach, zander, bream, bleak, crayfish |
TO
SEE :
The Museum, le Coteau de l'Ermitage, The Saint Caprais
cathedral |
NOTE
:
During the spring and at the end of October there is
a risk of flooding on the Baïse, the Garonne and
the Lot, though not on the canal. Locks on the Lot
and Baïse are all automatic, operated by magnetic
card. They are open daily |
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