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The organisation for boaters on the French inland waterways. Active on all our behalves – a very useful website.
A great website. Kairos is a working barge that takes guests – a terrific experience to travel with Marine and Gil Bouchard.
Roger Van Dyken’s website covers many aspects of barge voyaging, including training.
Even if you’ve got your own boat there, a cruise on a Bateau Mouche through Paris is a great trip.
The official website about one of the waterways most popular ‘southern’ wintering places, just west of the Rhone.
Award-winning practical and theory inland waterways school, based near High Wycombe. Our Alma Mater.
Information (in English) about the Rhone, and conditions on the Rhone, primarily (inevitably) focused on commercial users.
It was the Dutch Barge Association once, but nowadays the remit and information value is much wider – both UK and European waterways.
Brenda and John Davison’s website about their catamaran travels through France, with much interesting and good advice.
Information from France’s leading inland waterways magazine, publishers of Fluviacartes.
Di Murrell’s blog about barge life, with the emphasis on food, wine, market produce and recipes.
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Information about France
The site covers every French waterway with detailed information (easily found, and clearly presented) about flood and current flow.
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French property, living in France, holidays in France
The H2O Gare d’Eau at St Jean (on the Saone) is one of the best known harbours, places to stop-over, brokerages and boat hire locations.
Sue and Roger Biddle’s blog of journeys through the waterways, over many years. Very informative. Harmonie is for sale.
Jean-Phillipe is one of the leading French writers about the waterways. English version available.
Languedoc-Midi.info is a unique and personally managed website listing many of the best English speaking businesses in Languedoc-Roussillon.
From a wealth of personal experience, Michael Briant’s website bursts with information.
A wealth of information from Elessina about building and fitting out barges – and more.
Yannick Barbier’s information site, based at Port-St-Louis marina on the River Seine.
Port la Nouvelle tourist office, with some marina information. The Mediterranean port and entry into the Midi via the Canal de la Robine / Canal du Midi.
Charles Berg’s superb website about the French canals, their history, details of the barges – and not least, some of his beautiful drawings.
One of the great waterways experiences is travelling up the Seine through Paris and berthing at the Arsenal marina.
The official website (in English) for the waterways and canals. All details – locks, depths, heights, closures, works etc.
Europe’s primary forum website for anything boaty – motor boats, yachts, practical advice, River Thames, jokes . . and this link, to the Liveaboard Forum.
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