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France Passion Canal Boats
Crusing Area: France - Le Grand Est
Bases: Pont a Bar, Mittersheim
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Areas and Suggested Cruises |
Ardennes
Base: Pont a Bar |
You will appreciate the great landscape variety. You will indeed
see the loops of the Meuse river flowing along the high cliffs of
one of the oldest mountains in Europe. You will also see the
famous Ardennes wood and canals running through the natural
and little crowded countryside. During the stops, you will enjoy
tourism, sport or local food such as the Ardennes ham,
the Rethel white pudding, game animals or sugar tarts.
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Week End
- Pont-à-Bar - Charleville Mézières - Monthermé - Pont-à-Bar :
70 Kms - 16 locks - 11 hours
Mini week
- Pont à Bar – Dun Sur Meuse – Pont à Bar : 130 Kms – 24 locks – 21 hours
One week
- Pont-à-Bar - Verdun - Pont-à-Bar : 220 Kms - 44 locks - 33 hours
- Pont-à-Bar - Berry au Bac - Pont-à-Bar : 120 Kms - 80 locks - 25 hours
- One way Dinant - Pont-à-Bar : 112 Kms - 23 locks - 25 hours
Two weeks
- Pont-à-Bar - Epernay - Pont-à-Bar : 360 Kms - 146 locks - 64 hours |
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Alsace
Base: Mittersheim |
The canal des Houillères de la Sarre flows through a national
park. It is the Lorraine of lakes and forests, a paradise for
anglers, stags and birds. Between the Plateau Lorrain (near
Sarrebourg) and the Alsace, the Marne canal crosses the
Vosges to the Rhine thanks to two tunnels and one
inclined plane (a very clever invention which replaces
seventeen locks). The Lutzelburg valley offers the typical scenery
of a Vosges valley, with pinetrees and red sandstone.
You can stop and visit Lutzelburg and Saverne. Your trip
can lead you to Strasbourg, right into the heart of the old
town.
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One week
- Mittersheim - Saverne - Lagarde - Mittersheim :
158 Kms - 64 locks - 35 hours
Two weeks
- Mittersheim - Strasbourg - Sarreguemines - Mittersheim :
298 Kms - 118 locks - 75 hours |
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