This type of tourism attracts each
year a little more people because it is another way of making
tourism at a time when one travels too quickly (TGV, plane,
motorway) and where one does not take any more time to look
at, visit, to dream... One leaves thus in the course of
road so beautiful things... River tourism is, cooler, more
convivial since one travels with his family or friends.
One lets oneself to slip in the current, all smoothly,:
fishing, photo, idleness, visits of the sites and monuments,
culture and local gastronomy, all that is within reach for
a few who can seize it.
Rivers and channels offer to the sailors extremely varied
routes and astonishing discoveries. France is the best equipped
country in waterways in all Europe, that is to say a network
of 8 500 km which scatters in various routes. The floret
of these networks is the Channel of Midi which connects
the Mediterranean to the Atlantic. The area of Midi is also
the most required but the other areas miss neither of attractions
nor of charms. If the French travel on these networks inthe
weekends and the summer months, Europeans, Americans, Australiens,
are also very fond of of this kind of tourism.
One currently counts a hundred companies which put in hiring
1800 boats; 5 hirers have a fleet of more than 100 units,
it is for example the case of LOCABOAT with more than 350
boats(pénichettes). Whoever the hirer is, he will
propose to you boats especially designed for this type of
navigationwhich are handy, easy to lead, comfortable and
sure. The majority are designed to receive from 2 to 12
people. Get the information from the hirers by giving the
number of travellers, the duration of the voyage. According
to time that you have, you consequently choose the route.
If you pass through an approved hirer, the licence is useless.He
delivers you a dated licence for the duration of the cruise.
In 30 minutes of training, here you are ready to leave.
HIGH-SPEED RIVER MOTORBOAT
or BARGE HOTEL...
... To choose hisboat is essential to fully take advantage
of your stay on the channels of France. For a stay, one
weekend or a few hours on the channels, everyone has pleasure
of being his own captain or to be the privileged host on
board of a barge-hotel.
Type of boat: BOAT WITHOUT
LICENCE
the high-speed river motorboat
:
• the access on board in general is done through the
square
• The kitchen is integrated along the corridor. This
shape of boat allows a rather roomy and independent bed.
• the cabins are separate
between the front and the back, generally equipped with
independent medical and the square remains a non convertible
common part in beds
• The manoeuvrability of these boats remains easy,
allowing an accosting and a half-turn which is so easy.
The
"HOUSE BOAT" :
• the access on board Is done in general from the
front or the back of the boat .
• The kitchen is integrated along the corridor. This
shape of boat allows a rather roomy and independent bed.
• the square Is generally transformed into bed inthe
night
• An external cockpit on certain models allows a perfect
visibility for navigation.Also the terrace offers the occasion
to hold around a table during the meals, navigation...
Type of boat: barges
“TRADITIONAL" barges become famous thanks to
their ressemblance to the traditinal barges.Ex: TRADITIONAL
barge 935 Roof of the back cabin for storage bicycles Cockpit
raised with 2/3 back, exellente visibility, broad roof vast
and stable bridge solarium 2 side doors facilitating the
external Circulation and easy accesses thanks to the broad
gangway protected by a rail .Gangway located at the level
OF the banks and quays, easy access to board
"TERRACE"
BARGES"
• Elegant, modern, roomy with the back terrace
Extending the stay pleasantly
Ex :TERRACE barges 1260 N
the back terrace extends the stay, broad with bench out
of U, the meals can be taken out
vast and stable bridge solarium for sun bath, storage of
bicycles and picnic. bicycle Carrier.
Bench and table bar style
Gangways located at the level of the banks and quays, facilitated
access on board Cockpit raised to 2/3 to the back, exellent
visibility and permanent inside and external contact
easy,and sure external circulation thanks to the broad gangways
protected by a rail
EACH CABIN HAVE A DOUBLE
BED, WASH-HAND BASIN, CLOSET AND ARRANGEMENT.
"FLYING BRIDGE" BARGES "
• The last born, equipped with a double interior and
external piloting, offering an extraordinary equipment of
an unequalcomfort
Ex: FLYING BRIDGE barges 1500 FB
Broad Flying Bridge with external piloting, fixed table
and bench
vast and stable solarium Bridge. bicycles Carrier
. Bench and table bar style
Easy Circulation and facilitated by many accesses on the
sides and on the back of the boat. Scale of gangway to the
inside
Elevated interior Piloting with the 2/3 to the back
broad Gangways protected by a rail
. Easy access to the banks and quays
Type of boat: Barge
Hotel
Immediate embarking:
• For the barge Hôtel "idleness" is
honored, which enables you to let yourselve guided to discover
the pleasures of river tourism
• On board of these true floating hotels you find
all comfort and the reception worthy of the most beautiful
hotel services
• the cabins which are cordial and comfortable, are
equipped in general with a bathroom with privative shower
and WC
• A sun bridge and a terrace bridge to loundge.
• A dining room that will bring you the hot and matted
old boat atmosphere..
The locks
• They remain a moment of pleasure: priority boat,
, not of interminable waitings, not of perilous acrobatics
for the belaying.
• Sometimes the captain will offer you the possibility
of initiation to navigation Organized meals each day for
the pleasure of the gastronomical discovery.
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