The Saone Valley with Nicols

Dole, the ancient capital of la Comte, doorway to the Jura and the birthplace of Louis Pasteur the famous pharmacist, is situated in the heart of a marvellous region gifted with one of the most beautiful navigation areas offering a very large choice of cruising: le Canal du Rhone au Rhin (in fact it's the Doubs) with Besançon and citadel of Vauban, Baumes-les-Dames, the charm of Comtois villages and market towns, wild beauty of fauna and flora in the superb deeply embanked valleys just waiting to be explored.

You can cruise upstream one way to Port-sur-Saône or Champigny-les-Langres, or on the Burgundy Canal beyond Saint-Jean-de-Losne.

From Port-sur-Saone navigate along peaceful waterways, dotted with typical small villages revealing the history of the river: Port-sur-Saone, Gallo-roman village in origin, Gray fascinating with its patrimonial treasures unless you have chosen to sail to the east to discover the densely wooded countryside of the Vosges: here you will be charmed by the calm of unspoilt nature - so don't forget your binoculars.

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One-week return cruises from Dole

• Dole, Besançon and return
  Cruise distance 112km (69.59 miles), 40 locks, 23 hours of cruising

• Dole, Mantoche and return
  Cruise distance 150km (93.21 miles), 24 locks, 22 hours of cruising

• Dole, Verdun-sur-le-Doubs and return
  Cruise distance 114km (70.84 miles), 18 locks, 20 hours of cruising

Weekend break, return cruises from Dole

• Dole, Osselle and return
  Cruise distance 72km (44.74 miles), 20 locks, 13 hours of cruising

• Dole, Auxonne and return
  Cruise distance 64km (39.77 miles), 20 locks, 12 hours of cruising

• Dole, St Jean-de-Losne and return
  Cruise distance 44km (27.34 miles), 18 locks, 10 hours of cruising

One-week return cruises from Dole

• Dole, Baume-les-Dames and return
  Cruise distance 182km (113.09 miles), 662 locks, 37 hours of cruising

• Dole, Ray-sur-Saone and return
  Cruise distance 250km (155.34 miles), 32 locks, 40 hours of cruising

Two-week return cruises from Dole

• Dole, Montbeliard and return
  Cruise distance 294km (182.68 miles), 114 locks, 69 hours of cruising

• Dole, Selles and return
  Cruise distance 434km (269.68 miles), 60 locks, 76 hours of cruising

One week, one-way cruise from Dole

• Dole, Gray, Port-sur-Saône
  Cruise distance 154km (95.69 miles), 23 locks, 24 hours of cruising

One-week return cruises from Port-sur-Saone

• Port-sur-Saône, Mantoche and return
  Cruise distance 158km (98.18 miles), 22 locks, 26 hours of cruising

• Port-sur-Saône, Bains-les-Bains and return
  Cruise distance 118km (73.32 miles), 44 locks, 28 hours of cruising

Two-week return cruise from Port-sur-Saone

• Port-sur-Saône, Epinal and return
  Cruise distance 210km (130.49 miles), 132 locks, 65 hours of cruising

One-week, one-way cruise from Port-sur-Saone

• Port-sur-Saône, Gray, Dole
  Cruise distance 154km (95.69 miles), 23 locks, 24 hours of cruising