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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.
Alsace-Lorraine
Lutzelbourg
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 Arzviller 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
Pont-à-BarAnseremmes / Dinant
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.
Gastronomy
La giboyeuse région des Ardennes est propice à la tradition culinaire et à la charcuterie. Si le fameux jambon des Ardennes est très connu, peut-être découvrirez-vous le boudin blanc. Sa capitale incontestée est Rethel mais vous trouverez également d'excellents boudins blancs à Fumay qui organise une fête autour de ce met gourmand chaque année au mois de juillet.
Les gastronomes ne manquerons pas d'aborder, par le canal de l'Aisne à la Marne, la Champagne qui avec Epernay et Reims, vous promettent des dégustations dignes des rois ! A Reims, le champagne s'accompagne d'un délicieux gâteau sec, extrêmement léger, dit "biscuit de Reims", mais ce très grand vin, inventé par Don Pérignon, se boit en toute occasion, aussi bien en dessert qu'en apéritif et au cours d'un repas !
Here are some cruising suggestions...
1 Week
Pont-à-Bar - Pont-à-Bar
Canal des Ardennes, Meuse
Pont-à-Bar, Charleville, Revin, Fumay, Givet. Pont-à-Bar
190 km - Locks: 42 - navigation: 5 : 15' / Day
Pont-à-Bar - Pont-à-Bar
Canal des Ardennes, Canal de l'Est
Pont-à-Bar, Sedan, Mouzon, Verdun. Pont-à-Bar
212 km - Locks: 48 - navigation: 5 : 45' / Day
Lutzelbourg - Lutzelbourg
Canal de la Marne au Rhin,
Lutzelbourg, Saverne, Strasbourg. Lutzelbourg
114 km - Locks: 62 - navigation: 4 : 45' / Day
Lutzelbourg - Lutzelbourg
Canal de la Marne au Rhin, Canal de la Sarre
Lutzelbourg, Arzviller, Mittersheim, Sarralbe. Lutzelbourg
144 km - Locks: 48 - navigation: 4 : 45' / Day
Lutzelbourg - Lutzelbourg
Canal de la Marne au Rhin
Lutzelbourg, Arzviller, Dombasle, Nancy. Lutzelbourg
190 km - Locks: 50 - navigation: 5 : 30' / Day
10 Days
Lutzelbourg - Lutzelbourg
Canal de la Marne au Rhin, Canal de la Sarre
Lutzelbourg, Arzviller, Sarreguemines, Saverne. Lutzelbourg
212 km - Locks: 82 - navigation: 4 : 45' / Day
Lutzelbourg - Lutzelbourg
Canal de la Marne au Rhin, Moselle
Lutzelbourg, Arzviller, Nancy, Liverdun, Toul, Messein, Dombasle Lutzelbourg
256 km - Locks: 64 - lifting bridges: 3 - undergrounds: 4 - Lift: 1 - Lock staircase: 1 - navigation: 5 : 0' / Day
2 weeks
Pont-à-Bar - Pont-à-Bar
Canal des Ardennes, Meuse
Pont-à-Bar, Charleville, Fumay, Dinant, Namur. Pont-à-Bar
294 km - Locks: 62 - navigation: 3 : 45' / Day
Lutzelbourg - Lutzelbourg
Canal de la Marne au Rhin, Canal de la Sarre, Moselle
Lutzelbourg, Arzviller, Sarreguemines, Nancy, Toul. Lutzelbourg
402 km - Locks: 126 - navigation: 5 : 0' / Day
Lutzelbourg - Lutzelbourg
Canal de la Marne au Rhin, canal de l'Est
Lutzelbourg, Arzviller, Dombasle, Nancy, Metz Lutzelbourg
346 km - Locks: 68 - navigation: 4 : 30' / Day
3 weeks
Pont-à-Bar - Pont-à-Bar
Canal des Ardennes, Meuse, Sambre à l'Oise, Canal à l'Aisne
Pont-à-Bar, Pont-à-Bar, Fumay, Dinant, Charleroi, Maubeuge, Chauny, Berry-au-Bac, Rethel, Pont-à-Bar. Pont-à-Bar
553 km - Locks: 214 - navigation: 5 : 30' / Day
Pont-à-Bar - Pont-à-Bar
Canal des Ardennes, Canal de l'Aisne à la Marne, Canal de la Marne au Rhin, Canal de l'Est
Pont-à-Bar, Pont-à-Bar, Berry-au-Bac, Reims, Vitry-le-François, Bar-le-Duc, Commercy, Verdun, Sedan, Pont-à-Bar. Pont-à-Bar
500 km - Locks: 206 - navigation: 5 : 30' / Day
SELF DRIVE BOATS IN THIS REGION RUN BY LOCABOAT
Europa 400
Europa 700
Penichette 1020FB
Penichette 1180FB
Penichette 1400FB
Penichette 1500FB
Penichette 1120R
Penichette 1160FB
Penichette 1260-1260R
Penichette 1500R
Penichette 1106FB
Penichette 1107-1107W
Penichette 935-935W
SPECIAL OFFERS
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Discounts with Locaboat
Take advantage of an exceptional 20 % discount* for every cruise of a minimum of one week completed from April 5th until May 12th , 2012.
This offer applies to every destination and boat (except the New Con Fly model in Italy).In order to promote the boats Europa 400 and Europa 600, the company is offering the same price as their Penichette .
The Europa 400 will be at the same price as the P1020FB
The Europa 600 will be at the same price as the P1180FB
* This offer cannot be added with our other offers - Non retroactive - Subject to availability.Permanent discounts
Couple or family discounts (two adults alone or with up to four children) on the following boats:
P935 / P935W : 2 adults 1 child
P1107 / P1107W : 2 adults 1, 2 or 3 children
P1106FB : 2 adults 1, 2 ou 3 children
P1120R : 2 adults 1, 2, 3 ou 4 children
P1020FB : 2 adults 1, 2 ou 3 children
Europa 400: 2 adults 1 ou 2 childrenFamily discount
Discounts on P1260R , P1500R , P1160FB , P1165FB , P1180FB , P1400FB , P1500FB , E600 or E700 in France, Germany, Ireland, Poland or Italy for one week minimum:
- 5% discount if one child between the ages of 2 and 18 is on board
- 7% discount if two children between the ages of 2 and 18 is on board
- 10% discount if three children between the ages of 2 and 18 is on board
- 12% discount if four children between the ages of 2 and 18 is on boardLong cruise discount:
-3% discount off cruises between 10 and 13 days
-5% discount off cruises between 14 and 20 days
-7% discount off cruises between 21 and 27 days
-10% discount off cruises between 28 and 99 days
Early season discount and late season discount
If you book a week cruise before 30/03 or after 13/10/2012, you will get a discount of 10% (not applicable on the boat Europas in Germany and Poland)The discounts can be cumulated up to 20%.