Explore the Lot valley by canal boat!
To explore the Lot valley, take advantage of the base in Cahors. It’s the ideal place to start discovering the region’s special tourist attractions!
Discover Burgundy at harvest time!
In Burgundy, harvesting the whites generally gets under way at the end of August with the reds starting around 7 September.
A foodies’ holiday in the south of France
Everyone knows the South-West is one of the best regions in France for fine dining.
Burgundy: go with the flow on gastronomic holidays
The land of epicureans, Burgundy in France is one of the best known regions for river and canal cruising, and especially for the gastronomic treasures on offer.
For this summer: a magical mystery tour (bis)
When people talk about the Po estuary it usually conjures up images of a flat, boring landscape.
The gourmets great circle route
The inland waterways routes offered by Locaboat have always made it possible to discover landscapes and the pleasures of the table.
Camargue: Jeanine Guichard’s travelogue
Jeanine Guichard and her partner have been travelling up and down France’s canals on Locaboat Pénichettes® for the past ten years or so.
The main inland waterway signs you need to know
Holidaymaker and professional inland waterway boatmen are agreed: learning to manoeuvre a self-drive boat is no problem. Here are a few signs to know.
Marcel Colomb’s talks about his boat trip
Marcel Colomb and his partner Marie-Claire, a Swiss couple from the Neuchâtel area, have been faithful fans of Locaboat holidays since the 1980s.
A cruise along holland’s canals
Holland is synonymous with canals: this small country threatened by the sea has always pumped water from the land to build navigable waterways.
Which animals can you spot along France’s canals?
A Locaboat holiday means relaxation, but it can also mean new experiences: new food, culture, music... and the natural world.
Tranquility on the canals. Travel tales by Sam Eletr
Sam Eletre divides his time between Paris and California, but loves to return regularly to the peace of the canals for his holidays with his wife.
The Fonserannes staircase, Canal du Midi, France
One of the most iconic waterways in the world is the Canal du Midi, certainly one of the oldest, and we were looking forward to exploring it.
An account of a barge cruise in low season
Ten years ago, quite by chance, this retired couple from Marseilles became totally hooked on canal boat holidays.
Barges : History Afloat
Did you know that Pénichette® is, to a great extent, modelled on the craft that, for centuries, has navigated up and down our inland waterways: the barge?
The Ille-et-Rance Canal: cruising at its most relaxing
On your boat, you creep along at a pace that gives you time to enjoy the countryside, with its lines of trees, lock keepers’ cottages and tow-path.
The main manœuvres aboard a self-drive boat
When you try self-drive boat hire for the first time, you might feel a bit stressed. But as long as you stick to just a few simple rules, you should have no problems at all.
Let’s work together to replant the trees on the Canal du Midi
All the 42,000 plane trees on the banks of the Canal du Midi have been affected by a disease that threatens to wipe them out.
