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Locaboat - Alasace / Lorraine / Ardennes France Region Information
Base Location: Anseremmes / Dinant - Pont a Bar -  Lutzelbourg
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The land of forests, the Ardennes, can also be discovered from our Pénichettes and give you the chance of an exceptional cruise full of oxygen. In Alsace, you pass by small cities and villages with garlanded balconies right into the center of Strasbourg.

In Lorraine, the boat lift in Arzviller is a unique curiosity in Europe to be best experienced with our Pénichettes. Locaboat offers you boat trips on the following waterways: Canal de la Marne au Rhin, Canal de la Sarre, Moselle, Canal des Vosges, canal de l'Est, Canal des Ardennes, Meuse, Canal de l'Est, Meuse, Canal de l'Aisne à la Marne.

Hiring without a licence
In France Locaboat has received permission from the local authorities for their boats to be hired without licence. Initial instruction, both theoretical and practical, is given at the point of embarkation, enabling you to quickly master your boat and grasp the essential rules of navigation. You will then be given a licence that is valid for the duration of your stay.

FISHING
As for France, there is no shortage there of rivers well stocked with fish, such as the Somme, the Saône, the Seille. N.B. In order to fish, you will have to obtain a licence and this can be bought on the spot.
Suggested Cruises in Alsace - Lorraine - Ardennes
Locks are open every day except 1st May and 1st November.

Cruises -Canal des Ardennes, Meuse
Out and Back Pont - à - Bar - 1 week - Pont-à-Bar, Charleville, Revin, Fumay, Givet
Length 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.
Length 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.
Length 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
Length 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
Length 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.
Length 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.
Length 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.
Length 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.
Length 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
Length 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.
Length 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
Length 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.
Length 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.
Length of Cruise: 500 Km, 206 locks, 5 h 30/ day


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