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If you set off from Joigny, the cruise offered by Locaboat will enable you to discover two wonderful châteaux that stand on the banks of the Burgundy Canal.

Part of the fun of a waterways holiday is that you'll get to explore a new route every year and also learn how to handle a different canal boat.

The inland waterways routes offered by Locaboat have always made it possible to discover landscapes and the pleasures of the table.

Discover our departure base in Burgundy: Mâcon. Enjoy a wonderful canal cruise full of history, vineyards, local specialties and nature.

Sophie Pasquet has three teenage children. For their family barge holidays, she and her husband have been faithful customers for nearly 15 years.

For a successful canal boat holiday with Locaboat, it's important to make sure you have the right kind of clothing.

Mooring a boat successfully is the key to a perfect cruise. Here are a few tips for a smooth mooring of your licence-free Pénichette®

Paul Devos and his wife had their first holiday on the Canal du Midi in 2003 and have been faithful customers of Locaboat ever since.

What documents should you bring on board and what preparations should you make, before and during your canal boat trip with Locaboat?

Ten years ago, quite by chance, this retired couple from Marseilles became totally hooked on canal boat holidays.

Leaving your four-footed friend behind when you go on holiday can be quite a wrench. So why not take your pet with you on a waterborne holiday?

With 8,500 kms of canals and rivers great and small, France can rightly claim to be Europe's premier inland waterway network.

When they’re not going for a dip or a cycle ride, fishing is one of the favourite pastimes for our sailors who cruise the inland waterways.

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.

Nowadays, almost all the self-drive boats available for hire from Locaboat, from the “Terrasse” to the “Flying Bridge”, are fitted with what's known as a “bow thruster”.

Francis and Françoise Richard, a 70-something-years-young Greek couple, have been regular Locaboat customers since 1991. They go cruising twice a year.

Rain or fog… the weather’s taking a dive? Aboard your self-drive boat, bad weather doesn’t mean a bad holiday. Quite the opposite, in fact.

It may not be as famous as the Canal du Midi, but the Canal de Garonne runs through the countryside with a very rich cultural and architectural heritage.