Locaboat
Holidays Canal Boat Rental - France
Click here for France Index Page
Click
here for Locaboat Holidays Frequently Asked Questions
Alsace
- Lorraine, Ardennes
Region
|
|
Alasace
- Lorraine
Canal de la Marne au Rhin, Canal de la
Sarre, Moselle, Canal des Vosges
Our base at Lutzelbourg provides an Alsatian welcome,
with its castle and its famous crystal workshops. Whichever
way you cruise, half timbered houses gay with window-boxes,
onion-domed church-towers, intricate wrought-ironwork
and a hundred small details give the villages a festival
air.
Wherever you stop, you'll find the food equally special:
choucroute and charcuterie as well as mouthwatering plum
and greengage tarts.
|
|
Cruising
the Canal de la Sarre you pass mainly through woodland
with the odd small town to tempt you with a restaurant
meal.At Sarreguemines you'll be charmed by the hand-decorated
pottery. On your return you'll travel on the boat
lift at Arzwiller which replaces 17 locks.
Following the Marne-Rhine Canal you pass through Saverne
with its ducal palace and across the Alsatian plain
to the heart of Strasbourg.
|
At
Toul, a town fortified by Vauban and enjoying fine
views over the loops
of the river Moselle, you are entering Lorraine. Its
countryside is just as fine as its cities, of which Nancy
and Metz are the highpoints.
New
: In Lorraine and the Ardennes locks will stay open
on Easter Sunday, Whitsun and on the 14th July. In Alsace
locks will operate at Easter and Whitsun, and probably
on the 14th July (check at the time of booking).
|
|
Ardennes:
Canal de la Meuse, Meuse, Canal des
Ardennes, Canal de l'Aisne à la Marne
With Ardennes Nautisme
With
the canal de la Meuse takes you through the lush pastures
and verdant
countryside of Lorraine as far as Verdun, the River Meuse
itself loop romantically into the tangled hills of the
Ardennes whose forests act as a great lung for Europe.Home
of wild boar, roe-deer and some of France's rarest
birds, the Ardennes forest also shelter in their protected
wetlands such rarities as orchids and the fly-catching
sundew. |
|
| At
Sedan don't miss a visit to Europe's largest fortress,
while you can discover all about marionnettes at Charleville-Mezieres,
world capital of the art.
If you decide to head for Belgium, you'll be struck by
the very special character of the villages and towns
of the Ardennes. Protected by the mountainous terrain
they have acted as a natural line of defence and have
been scarcely touched by successive wars. Close to Givet
you can admire the ruins of Charlemont Castel, founded
by Charles V The grand mountain scenery leads on to Namur
and Dinant, perhaps the most lively and fascinating towns
of the Belgian Ardennes. |
FISHING
The Somme valley boasts the best fishing in northern
France. Eels here are the star attraction. But the ponds
and meres are rich too in pike and carp. The area is
well known too for bream, roach and above all rudd, often
of record-breaking size! Do slow down in your Pénichette
when you pass the many fishermen on the bank; you will
see their faces crease into a smile as they thank you
for not making too much wash. You will need a licence
to fish. A 15 day permit is available for 25€ anywhere
in France. |
| CRUISES
IN ALSACE - LORRAINE - ARDENNES : |
| Locks are open every day except 1 st May and 1 st November. |
Cruises -Canal
des Ardennes, Meuse
Out and Back
Pont - à - Bar
1 week -
Pont-à-Bar, Charleville, Revin, Fumay, Givet
Lenght of Cruise : 190 Km,
42 locks,
5 h 15/ day |
Cruises -
Canal des Ardennes, Canal de l'Est
Out and Back
Pont - à - Bar
1 week -
Pont-à-Bar, Sedan, Mouzon, Verdun.
Lenght
of Cruise : 212 Km,
48 locks,
5 h 45/ day
|
Cruises -
Canal des Ardennes, Meuse
One Way
Pont - à - Bar / Anseremme
1 week -
Pont-à-bar, Charleville Mezières, Givet,
Dinant / Anseremme.
Lenght
of Cruise: 120 Km,
25 locks,
4 h / day |
Cruises -
Canal de la Marne au Rhin,
Out and Back
Lutzelbourg
1 week -
Lutzelbourg, Saverne, Strasbourg
Lenght
of Cruise: 114 Km,
62 locks,
4 h 45/ day |
Cruises -
Canal de la Marne au Rhin, Canal de la Sarre
Out and Back Lutzelbourg
1 week -
Lutzelbourg, Arzviller, Mittersheim, Sarralbe
Lenght
of Cruise: 144 Km,
48 locks,
,
4 h 45/ day |
Cruises -
Canal de la Marne au Rhin
One Way
Argens / Lattes
1 week -
Argens, Le Somail, Sète, Frontignan, Aigues-Mortes,
Lattes.
Lenght
of Cruise: 185 Km,
16 locks,
4 h 30 / day |
Cruises -
Canal du Rhone a Sète, Bassin de Thau , Canal
du Midi
Out and Back Lutzelbourg
1 week -
Lutzelbourg,
Arzviller, Dombasle, Nancy.
Lenght
of Cruise: 190
Km,
50 locks,
5 h 30/ day |
Cruises -
Canal de la Marne au Rhin, Canal de la Sarre
Out and Back
Lutzelbourg
10 - 11 days -
Lutzelbourg, Arzviller, Sarreguemines, Saverne.
Lenght
of Cruise: 212 Km,
82 locks,
4 h 45 / day |
Cruises -
Canal de la Marne au Rhin, Moselle
Out and Back Lutzelbourg
10 - 11 days -
Lutzelbourg, Arzviller, Nancy, Liverdun, Toul, Messein,
Dombasle, Lutzelbourg. (Circle of the Moselle).
Elevator,
1 scale of 18 locks,
4 undergrounds.
Lenght
of Cruise: 256 Km,
64 locks,
5 h / day |
Cruises -
Canal des Ardennes, Meuse
Out and Back Argens
10 - 11 days -
Argens, Narbonne, Béziers, Agde, Marseillan.
Lenght
of Cruise: 219 Km,
52 locks,
4 h / day |
Cruises -
Canal du Rhone a Sète, Bassin de Thau , Canal
du Midi
Out and Back
Pont - à - Bar
2 weeks -
Pont-à-Bar, Charleville, Fumay, Dinant, Namur
Lenght
of Cruise: 294 Km,
62 locks,
3 h 45 / day |
Cruises -
Canal de la Marne au Rhin, Canal de la Sarre, Moselle
Out and Back -
Lutzelbourg
2 weeks -
Lutzelbourg, Arzviller, Sarreguemines, Nancy, Toul.
Lenght of Cruise: 402
Km,
126 locks,
5 h / day |
Cruises -
Canal de la Marne au Rhin, canal de l'Est
Out and Back
Lutzelbourg
2 weeks -
Lutzelbourg, Arzviller, Dombasle, Nancy, Metz
Lenght
of Cruise: 346 Km,
68 locks,
4 h 30 / day |
Cruises -
Canal des Ardennes, Meuse, Sambre à l'Oise,
Canal à l'Aisne
Circle Pont - à - Bar
3 weeks -
Pont-à-Bar, Fumay, Dinant, Charleroi, Maubeuge,
Chauny, Berry-au-Bac, Rethel, Pont-à-Bar.
Lenght of Cruise: 553
Km,
214 locks,
5 h 30/ day |
Cruises -
Canal des Ardennes, Canal de l'Aisne à la
Marne, Canal de la Marne au Rhin, Canal de l'Est
Circle
Pont - à - Bar
3 weeks -
Pont-à-Bar, Berry-au-Bac, Reims, Vitry-le-François,
Bar-le-Duc, Commercy, Verdun, Sedan, Pont-à-Bar.
Lenght of Cruise: 500
Km,
206 locks,
5 h 30/ day |
|
|
Locaboat
Holidays - France Alsace Region Information
