Saone with Nicols

River Saône

Cruise route map

Dole, ancient capital of la Comte, doorway to the Jura and 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-Soane or Champigny-les-Langres, or on the Burgundy canal beyond St Jean de Losne.

From Dole

Short break, return cruises

Dole, Besancon and return: 112 km, 40 locks, 23 hours cruising
Dole, Mantoche and return: 150 km, 24 locks, 22 hours cruising
Dole, Verdun-sur-le-Doubs and return: 114 km, 18 locks, 19.5 hours cruising

Weekend break, return cruises

Dole, Osselle and return: 72 km, 20 locks, 13 hours cruising
Dole, Auxonne and return: 64 km, 20 locks, 12 hours cruising
Dole, St Jean-de-Losne and return: 44 km, 18 locks, 10 hours cruising

One-week return cruises

Dole, Baume-les-Dames and return: 182 km, 62 locks, 37 hours cruising
Dole, Ray-sur-Saone and return: 250 km, 32 locks, 40 hours cruising

Two-week return cruises

Dole, Montbeliard and return: 294 km, 114 locks, 68.5 hours cruising
Dole, Selles and return: 434kms, 60 locks, 76 hours cruising

One week, one-way cruise

Dole - Gray- Port-sur-Saone: 154 km, 23 locks, 24 hours cruising

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.