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  • 2012: Where are the bases and the boats ? click here.... (pdf)
  • NOW: Prepaid Wireless Internet on your laptop in France -read here....
    Nautic

    More extras
    . The FPP hamper:
    in addition to everyday products that were already in the FPP hamper,
    it will be completed in 2012 with at least one local product
    . Stand Up Paddle: for all clients looking for new sensations, to slide over the water! (click on picture above)
    . TV: 2012 is an Olympic year: offer your clients the opportunity to rent a TV so that they do not miss
    the Olympic Games and the EURO during their canalboat holidays!
    . The 3G key: offer the rental of a 3G key to your clients. It will provide approximately 10 internet connection hours for the week.

    More choice
    . New destinations and new routes:
    - Poland with our base near Danzig
    - New one way cruise in Burgundy between Coulanges sur Yonne and Tonnerre
    - Opening of a new dearture base on the Canal du Midi at Colombiers
    . PREMIUM fleet grows with PREMIUM boats from Cognac (Charente) and Luzech (Lot)


FRANCE
click on regions or on text below :

Bourgogne (Burgundy), Franche Comté, La Saône
with: Bourgogne Franche-Comté, La Saône
Bourgogne (Burgundy), Centre
with: Loiret Sologne, Nivernais Morvan, Bourgogne Sud, Canal de Bourgogne
Le Sud (the South)
with: Canal du Midi, Camargue
Le Grand Ouest (the West and Charente)
with: Bretagne, Anjou Pays de Loire, Charente
Charente: our base of Fléac (Angoulême) has
moved to Cognac

Le Grand Ouest (South West)
Lot en Quercy, Aquitaine
Le grand Est (northeast)
with: Lorraine, Ardennes (Pont-à-Bar), Alsace (Hochfelden)

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See video trip Burgundy Digoin, Roanne: -click here...  
See video trip Alsace Hochfelden: click here...

vineyards :by rental boat to the famous wine regions -click here...
How to get to France: for train connexions in France click here 
(for Charles de Gaulle type in
Paris CDG Airport)
for french highways (distances. toll etc.) -click here...
your second home in the Languedoc....read here
on board you will find all the maps you need. in case you want to order maps for yourself then surf to http://www.waterway-guide.com
We are on:  FRANCE  Guide to France including regions, towns, places of interest, activities and events. Includes travel information.
http://www.iaqi.com/france : france related news, books and regional resources.
Weatherforecast France -click here... ,
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