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Alsace Lorraine
From the Woodlands of Lorraine to the gentle landscapes of the Alsace, this region offers and array of delights: deep blue forests, enchanting castles, the magnificent cathedral at Strasbourg, the capital of Europe, and the world-famous St Louis Arzviller incline which lifts your boat up the mountainside!

Hesse - Strasbourg and return : Canal de la Marne au Rhin 156 km ; 68 locks ; 37 hours cruising

Highlights: St Louis Arzviller incline, crystal factories, Renaissance architecture at Saverne 

 Hesse – Sarreguemines and return : Canal des houillères de la Sarre 160 km ; 54 locks ; 35 hours cruising

Highlights: Exceptional forest at Fenetrange, Gondexrange lake, pottery at Sarreguemines

Hesse - Boofzheim ONE WAY : Canal de la Marne au Rhin + Canal de Rhone au Rhin 106 km ; 43 locks ; 28 hours cruising

Highlights: St Louis Arzviller Incline, crystal factories, timbered housing, vineyards

 

 

Alsace Lorraine
A crossroads of cultures there is so much to explore in the Alsace and Lorraine regions, proudly French with distinctive Germanic influences.
Bordered by the Vosges Mountains and the Black Forest of Germany, it is architecturally and culturally unique, boasting a host of historic sites set against a back drop of rolling hills.

One week cruises

Saarbrucken to Saarburg and return:Saar and Moselle cruise
150 km / 10 locks ( license required)

One way cruise
Saarbrucken to Hesse:Saar cruise
103 km / 31 locks

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ALSACE, for the gourmets !
From Saverne :
Commence your river and canal escapade in Alsace, land of history and gastronomy, either taking the direction of Strasbourg, European city or towards Lutzelboug, renowned for the inclined barge lift.

Beyond this, you will arrive on the verdant Lorraine plateau amidst lakes and forests, at Gondrexange you can join the Canal des Houilleres de la Sarre taking you through the Lorraine Regional park up to Sarreguemines, renowned for it's porcelain, and quite close to the German boarder.

From Saverne
One week return cruises:
Saverne, Arzviller, Mittersheim, La Garde and return; 154kms, 80 locks
Saverne, Strasbourg, Boofzheim and return; 154kms, 60 locks

Two week return cruises :
Saverne, Strasbourg, Nancy and return;296 kms, 122 locks
Saverne, Strasbourg, Sarreguemines and return;308kms, 124 locks

 

Locaboat

Our base at Lutzelbourg provides an Alsatian welcome, with its castle and its famous crystal workshops. Whichever way you cruise, half timbered houses gay with window- boxes, onion-domed church-towers, intricate wrought-ironwork and a hundred small detaiIs give the villages a festival air. Wherever you stop, you'll find the food equally special: choucroute and charcuterie as well as mouthwatering plum and greengage tarts.Cruising the Canal de la Sarre you pass mainly through woodland with the odd small town to tempt you with a restaurant meal. At Sarreguemines you'll be charmed by the hand-decorated pottery. On your return you'll travel on the boat lift at Arzwiller which replaces 17 locks.  Following the Marne-Rhine Canal you pass through Saverne with its ducal palace and across the Alsatian plain to the heart of Strasbourg. At Toul, a town fortified by Vauban and enjoying fine views over the loops of the river Moselle, you are entering Lorraine. Its countryside is just as fine as its cities, of which Nancy and Metz are the highpoints.

One week cruises from Lutzelbourg
Lutzelbourg, Saverne, Strasbourg  and RETURN; 114 km; 62 locks; 4hr45 cruising per day
Lutzelbourg, Arzviller, Mittersheim, Sarralbe  and RETURN; 144 km; 48 locks; 4hr45 cruising per day
Lutzelbourg, Arzviller, Dombasle, Nancy  and RETURN; 190 km; 50 locks; 5hr30 cruising per day

Ten/eleven day cruises
Lutzelbourg, Arzviller, Sarreguemines, Saverne  and RETURN; 212 km; 82 locks; 4hr45 cruising per day

Two week cruises
Lutzelbourg, Arzviller, Sarreguemines, Nancy, Toul  and RETURN ; 402 km; 126 locks; 5 hr cruising per day
Lutzelbourg, Arzviller, Dombasle, Nancy, Metz  and RETURN ; 346 km; 68 locks; 4hr30 cruising per day
Lutzelbourg, Arzviller, Sarreguemines, Saarbrucken  and RETURN ; 234 km; 72 locks; 5hr cruising per day

Discover France: regions

• Alsace Lorraine
• Anjou
• Aquitaine
• Brittany
• Burgundy canal
• Burgundy Nivernais Loire
• Burgundy Saone and Doubs
• Camargue
• Charente
• Lot
• Midi

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