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Dompierre Base - Burgundy Region France

STARTING OUT FORMALITIES :
Departure Days from 2:pm. 

BOARDING :
from 3 pm to 6 pm (according to preparing the boats)

ACCESS :
By motorway :

N79 - E62 Dompierre-sur-Besbre exit
Green Guide Michelin Auvergne et Bourgogne

By rail :
Dompierre-Sept-Fons regional station (3 km)
TGV Le Creusot-Montchanin station (87 km)

By air :
Lyon-St-Exupery airport (196 km)

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.

POST OFFICE :
at Dompierre open from Monday to Saturday morning
HOTELS:
Auberge de l'Olive Tel : 04 70 34 51 87 Fax : 04 70 34 61 68
La Roseraie Tel : 04 70 48 01 30
la Paix Tel : 04 70 48 00 44
la Marine Tel : 04 70 34 53 69
Manoir de Sornat (Bourbon Lancy 12 km) Tel : 03 85 89 17 39 Fax : 03 85 89 29 47
BED AND BREAKFAST AND GUEST HOUSE:
Booking office Tel : 04 70 46 81 50 - Fax : 04 70 46 00 22
RESTAURANTS :
Auberge de l'Olive Tel : 04 70 34 51 87
la Roseraie Tel : 04 70 48 01 30
la Paix Tel : 04 70 48 00 44
Manoir de Sornat (Bourbon Lancy 12 km) Tel : 03 85 89 17 39 Fax : 03 85 89 29 47
BANKS :
at Dompierre closed Sunday and Monday
SHOPS:
at Dompierre closed Sunday afternoon, and Monday
Markets: at Dompierre Saturday mornings
TAXIS :
Taxi Duroutoy Nadine Tel : 04 70 34 58 43
Taxi Duroutoy André Tèl : 04 70 43 89 34
Taxi Christine Tèl : 06 85 75 63 14
Taxi Charmet Tel : 04 70 47 04 79
LOCABOAT SERVICES :
WC and shower according to the opening hours of the base, picnic area nearby, recycling bins for household waste
Airport transfers : Locaboat services / Transfers
TOURIST OFFICE :
at Dompierre Tel : 04 70 34 61 31 - Fax : 04 70 34 63 24
GASTRONOMIC SPECIALTIES :
pâté aux pommes de terre, pompe aux grattons, andouillette de Saint-Pourçain
Local drinks : Local wines, White, rosé and red wines of Saint-Pourçain; waters from Saint-Yorre and Vichy-Célestin.
FISHING :
fishing licence obligatory : on sale at Euro pêche, grande rue, Dompierre, open from 8.30 to 12.30 am and from 2 to 7.30 pm from Tuesday to Sunday, Pike, zander, carp, perch, roach
TO SEE :
Rose garden of Abbey of Sept-Fons, aire des Percières, Le Pal at Dompierre (safari park)…, the castle of Toury
 

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