Cruising, the best way to recharge your batteries?
For Philippe Corset, boating is a great way to recharge your batteries, but it’s also a chance to reflect on what life's all about…
An expert on canal cruising advises beginners
It was back in 1996 that Denis Ravy discovered Locaboat on the Canal du Midi. Every year for almost 20 years, he has faithfully returned to Locaboat.
The story of a boat trip to Venice by Patrick Neubrunn
Patrick Neubrunn has been a Locaboat customer since the 1980s and is a real fan of canal and river cruising. A really different experience.
Locaboat: a website editor reports on her first trip
As a journalist I sometimes write for Locaboat’s blog, interviewing regular customers about their trips on a Pénichette®.
Free and easy… With guaranteed fun
Alain Trouvé, who spent a week holidaying with his family on board a Locaboat boat, talks about how easy it is to handle a canal barge.
Canal boat trip of 3 fishermen in Ireland
We are three brothers, aged 25, 23 and 18. We’d never been away on holiday before, just the three of us without our parents.
The story of a barge cruise in Burgundy : 3 generations on one canal boat
Our boats in Burgundy are perfect for an intergeneration family gathering, learn more on travel diaries, the blog by Locaboat.
Pierre Sallin talks about his barge holiday
Pierre Sallin and his wife Inès are looking forward to their 12th holiday next month aboard a 'Pénichette'® canal barge.
From the river to the mountains, tale of a barge cruise
Our friend Jean-François Macaigne tells of the ups and downs of his trip in a canal barge on the Sâone, from Scey to Besançon : recollections and advice from a devotee of France's canals.
