Multilingual
French Canals & Waterways Links

Michael Briant's Routes Between the English Channel and the Mediterranean

See also Books ... and, for maps, see Canal/Waterway Size Restrictions.

Note: if a page is not available in a language you can read, you can use a web translation service to transalate the page. For example, see the Google translation tool.

Some trip reports on French waterways will be found on the Trip Reports ... (en) page.

Publications from the Dutch Barge Association (some en, some fr)

French waterways magazine Fluvial (fr)

The French waterways' authority - VNF (fr)

Fédération des Industries Nautiques (en) (fr)

Large boat sales/marina/hire boats/hotel boats, H2O (en) (fr) (de)

Burgundy Canal (en)

Blue Links (en) (fr) (ho) - restoring navigation on the Deûle-Escaut link, which includes the Roubaix canal and the Espierre canal

Waterweb Fluvial (en) (fr) (de)

www.pnich.com (fr)

Barging on Le Canal du Midi (en) - May 1999

Ruff Hausboote + Hotelboote in Frankreich (de)

Hausboot fahren in Frankreich (de)

Kanalen in Frankrijk (ho) (en)

Paris

Bateaux Parisiens (en) (fr)

Canauxrama - Parisian canals (en) (fr) (de)

Le Melodyblues (fr) - pour receptions, seminaires, mariages, &c, sur la Seine

Sightseeing Cruises on the Seine and the Canals of Paris (en) (fr)

Boat Building and Sales

Services

Near the water...

Hotel Boats

See also Hotel Boats and Barges, under the heading "Hotel Boat Firms and Agencies - Continental Europe".

Boat Trips

See also "Paris" above

Hire Companies

alpha-croisiere.com - agency (en) (fr) (de)

Anjou Navigation - Sarthe-Mayenne (fr) (en)

Aquaplaisance - Mayenne Fluviale (fr)

Aquavac Plaisance (fr) (de) - NE France

Aquitaine Navigation (en) (fr) (de) (es) - Canal du Midi

Ardennes Nautisme (fr) (en) (de) (dutch?) - NE France

Arolles Marine (en) (fr) - South of France

Babou Marine (en) (fr) - River Lot

Blakes (en)

Bourgogne Fluviale (fr) - sur le canal du Nivernais

Bretagne Plaisance (en) (fr) - Brittany

Bretagne Fluvial (fr) - Brittany

Camargue Plaisance (en) (fr) (de) (it)

Caminav (en) (fr) (de) (es) (it) (ho) - South of France

Les Canalous NE France (fr)

Castel Nautique (en) (fr) (es) - Canal du Midi

Charmes Nautiques (en) (fr) (de) (ho)

Connoisseur - 13 bases

Crown Blue Line (en) (fr) - multiple bases

Emeraude Navigation (en) (fr) - SE France

France Afloat (en) (fr)

France Passion Plaisance (fr) (de) - multiple bases (Has craft equipped for people with disabilities)

Franche-Comte Nautic (en) (fr) (de) - Saône

Inter-Croisières (en) (fr) - R. Charente

Locaboat (en) (fr) (de)

Maine Anjou Rivières (fr) (en) (de) (es) (it)

Marne Loisirs (fr) - central France; 2 bases

Minervois Cruisers (en) (fr) - Canal du Midi

Nautic (en) (fr) (de) (ho?) - S. France

Nicols (en) (fr) (de) (es) (it) (po) - agency representing multiple bases

Saône Bateaux (en) (fr) (de)

Saône Plaisance (en) (fr) (de) - [Warning: site plays music]

Scite Plaisance (fr) (en) (de) - Burgundy