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Southern
Burgundy & Franche Comte
Region
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Further
south, the Saône and the Seille offer a voyage
of discovery and many possibilities for swimming .
Your route through this landscape of ponds and pastures
leads to Louhans, classed “the prettiest detour
in France”. |
Southern Burgundy
The Canal du Centre winds its way through some of the
world's most famous vineyards between the Cote Chalonnaise
and the Cote de Beaune: Mercurey, Rully, Maranges and
Montrachet will tempt your palate as you sail by in your
Pénichette
Chalon-sur-Saône
will not disappoint. Both history and fine food make
this traditional Burgundy town an
essential stop. Tournus, another picturesque medieval
town, marks the frontier to a different landscape, with
its Mediterranean feel.
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| After Tournus , you turn off
onto the River Seille for a journey into the heart of the
countryside. This intimate little waterway twists and turns
past delightful villages, each of which tempts you to pause
awhile, before reaching its terminus at Louhans . A select band of
fishermen and boaters have already discovered this enchanting
river, and now Locaboat has set up its one-way base at
Loisy , in an area designated as being of outstanding
natural interest for its fauna, flora and ecology.
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Franche
Comte: Petite Saône, Canal des Vosges, Canal
du Rhône au Rhin
The Saône
is one of France's most attractive rivers , with few
locks, rural scenery, and generously proportioned
farmhouses, their windowboxes gay with flowers. On the
forest floor too, the earth brings forth a generous offering
of mushrooms. The well-preserved villages in the Maconnais
and the Dole region are a constant delight. |
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| Climbing
north on the Canal des Vosges through the forests of
the Vosges you glide
through an amphitheatre of ash, silver birch and other
trees . The towns of Fontenoy-le-Château and Epinal
reveal their many charms. From Dole to Besancon the Canal
du Rhone au Rhin follows the course of the River Doubs
past rocky cliffs and between wooded slopes. To arrive
in Besancon is truly dramatic. A tunnel 394m long allows
you to pass right underneath the great fortress built by
Vauban in the 17th century and to make a complete circuit
of the city by water. |
| CRUISES
IN SOUTHERN BURGUNDY & FRANCHE COMTE : |
| Locks
are open every day except 1 st May, 14 th July
and 1 st November on the Canal du Centre.
Open every day on the Seille, Canal de Roanne à Digoin,
Petite Saone between Corre and Soing. |
Cruises -
Petite Saone
Out and Back
Scey - sur - Saone
1 week - Scey-sur-Saône,
Gray, Pontailler, Auxonne
Lenght of Cruise : 202 Km,
26 locks,
5 h / day |
Cruises -
Canal du Centre
Out and Back
Saint - Léger - sur - Dheune
1 week - St Léger,
Montceau-les-mînes, Paray-le-Monial
Lenght
of Cruise : 138 Km,
82 locks,
5 h 15/ day
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Cruises -
Canal du Centre, Saone, Seille
Oout and BackSaint - Léger
- sur - Dheune
1 week -
St
Léger, Chagny, Châlon, Tournus,
Louhans
Lenght
of Cruise: 218 Km,
41 locks,
5h / day |
Cruises -
Seille, Saone, Canal du Centre
One Way Saint - Léger - sur - Dheune / Loisy
1 week -
St-Léger, Chagny, Châlon,
Tournus, Louhans, Loisy.
Lenght
of Cruise: 131 Km,
23 locks,
3 h 30/ day |
Cruises -
Petite Saone, Saone, Canal des Vosges
Out and Back Scey
- sur - Saône
1 week -
Scey-sur-Saône, Port-sur-Saône,
Corre, Fontenoy
Lenght
of Cruise: 136 Km,
34 locks,
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4 h 30/ day |
Cruises -
Petite Saone, Saone, Canal du Rhone au Rhin
Out and Back Scey
- sur - Saone
10
- 11 days - Scey-sur-Saône, Gray, Auxonne, Dôle.
Lenght
of Cruise: 260 Km,
46 locks,
5 h / day |
Cruises -
Canal du Centre, Saone
Out and Back Saint - Léger - sur - Dheune
10
- 11 days -
St Léger, Chagny, Verdun s/le Doubs, St Jean
de Losne
Lenght
of Cruise: 196
Km,
42 locks,
5 h / day |
Cruises -
Petite Saone, Saone
Out and Back
Scey - sur - Saone
2 weeks -
Scey-sur-Saône, Gray, Seurre, Tournus, Louhans.
Lenght
of Cruise: 484 Km,
41 locks,
5 h 15 / day |
Cruises -
Canal du Centre, Saone, Seille , Canal du Rhone au
Rhin
Out and Back Saint
- Léger - sur - Dheune
2 weeks -
St Léger, Chagny, Châlon, Seurre, Dôle,
Besançon
Lenght
of Cruise: 339 Km,
86 locks,
5 h / day |
Cruises -
Seille, Saone, Canal du Centre
One Way Saint - Léger - sur - Dheune / Loisy
2 weeks -
St-Léger, Châlon, Seurre, Verdun, Châlon,
Tournus, Louhans, Loisy
Lenght
of Cruise: 288 Km,
176 locks,
5 h 30/ day |
Cruises -
Petite Saone, Saone, Canal du Rhone au Rhin
Out and Back Scey - sur - Saône
2 weeks -
Scey-sur-Saône, Gray, Dôle, Besançon.
Lenght
of Cruise: 379 Km,
105 locks,
5 / day |
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