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LA BOURGOGNE (BURGUNDY), CENTRE

Bourgogne du Sud
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Our totally renovated hotel-restaurant near the base -click here
Digoin is a central point for canal boating. The town lies in the heart of the Charolais region and with its famous white cattles, but it is also at the junction of 3 canals. To the south, on the Canal from Roanne to Digoin, also called “the quiet canal”, you will cruise right in the middle of the fields of Brionnais along the Loire River. It is an invitation to make random stops in the shade of trees. To the east, the Canal du Centre between the Saône River and the Loire River runs through the Ceramic valley to Paray le Monial, a small town famous for its Roman Art. Then it brings you to the Maranges Vineyards, known as “Côtes Chalonnaises”. To the northwest,the Canal Latéral à la Loire runs through historical towns like Decize and Nevers.
from Digoin
see for boats based here....(pdf file)

Weekend
Digoin, Génelard, Digoin : 66 km, 22 locks, 13 hours
Mini week
Digoin, Briennon, Digoin : 86 km, 16 locks, 19 hours
One week
Digoin, Roanne, Digoin, Paray‐le‐Monial, Digoin : 140 km, 28 locks, 32 hours
Digoin, Ecuisses, Digoin : 128 km, 62 locks, 36 hours
Digoin, Nevers, Digoin : 198 km, 44 locks, 32 hours
One week one way
Digoin, Chatillon en Bazois : 117 km, 38 locks, 27 hours
Two weeks
Digoin, Louhans, Digoin : 384 km, 132 locks, 69 hours

TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
● the canal bridge and L’Observaloire in Digoin
● roman churches of the Brionnais
● Paray‐Le‐Monial : the old town, its roman church
● the castle of Palinges
● L’ecomusee de la briqueterie (museum) in Ciry Le Noble
● the mine museum in Blanzy
● the old town of Decize
● Roanne and its famous restaurant of "cuisine bourguignonne gastronomique"
● Charlieu : its abbey and its silk museum

Nivernais Morvan
Just like in your dream, at the gates of the National Park of the Morvan, the Nivernais canal, built at the end of the 18th century, is probably the most beautiful canal in France and it links the Loire basin to the Seine basin, across preserved nature. Full of history and tradition, this canal will tell you the story of the shipping of timber from the Morvan region to Paris.
from Coulanges sur Yonne
see for boats based here....(pdf file)
Weekend
Coulanges, Tannay, Coulanges : 54 km, 24 locks, 10 hours
Mini week
Coulanges, Tannay, Corbigny, Coulanges : 82 km, 42 locks, 21 hours
One week
Coulanges, Clamecy, Châtel Censoir, Vermenton, Coulanges : 88 km, 44 locks, 24 hours
Coulanges, Tannay, Baye, Coulanges : 112 km, 96 locks, 35 hours
One week one way
Coulanges, Tonnerre : 118 km, 55 locks, 31 hours
Coulanges sur Yonne, Chatillon en Bazois : 72 km, 62 locks 26 hours
Two weeks
Coulanges, Vermenton, Auxerre, Migennes, Coulanges : 150 km, 74 locks, 38 hours

TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
● The vineyards of Tannay
● The vineyards of Chablis
● The castle of Chitry Les‐Mines
● Auxerre : the cathedral of Saint Etienne, the Abbay of Saint Germain, museums and parks
● Village of Vermenton : its church from the 12th century , its tower and its sundial, its wash house and its islands park

Burgundy wine cruise........maps of the canals and the close-by wine areas.

Sud Nivernais - Val de Loire
Châtillon-en-Bazois, on the Nivernais canal is located between Nivernais and Morvan areas.
The Nivernais canal runs along villages, castles, valleys, plains and hills, rainforests and rivers
which give to this country a natural dimension that you can't miss. Located at the meeting point
of the Nivernais canal and the "Latéral à la Loire" canal, Decize is really at the parting of waterways. Romantic strolls, gastronomic scales and historic trips are expecting you sailing up along the Loire river and Nevers till Sancerre vineyards.

from Châtillon en Bazois
see for boats based here....(pdf file)
Weekend
Châtillon en Bazois, Mont et Marré, Châtillon en Bazois : 32 km, 16 locks, 9 hours
Mini week
Chatillon en Bazois, Corbigny, Chatillon en Bazois : 54 km, 76 locks, 21 hours
Chatillon en Bazois, Decize, Chatillon en Bazois : 106 km, 44 locks, 21 hours
One week
Chatillon en Bazois, Clamecy, Chatillon en Bazois : 126 km, 116 locks, 36 hours
Chatillon en Bazois, Nevers, Chatillon en Bazois : 176 km, 60 locks, 35 hours
One week one way
Chatillon en Bazois, Digoin : 117 km, 38 locks, 27 hours
Chatillon en Bazois, Coulanges sur Yonne : 72 km, 62 locks, 26 hours
Three weeks
Chatillon en Bazois, Auxerre, Chatillon en Bazois : 246 km, 178 locks, 80 hours

TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
● the pounds of Baye
● the vaults and tunnels of La Collancelle
● Canalboating on one of the oldest canals of France
● the drawbridge of Dirol
● regional park of the Morvan
● the middle age town of Clamecy
● the castle of Châtillon en Bazois
 

 
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