The French Waterways, Rivers and Canals
Michael Briant's Routes Between the English Channel and the Mediterranean
See also Books ... and, for maps, see Canal/Waterway Size Restrictions.
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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)
Comité des Canaux Bretons et Voies Navigables de l'Ouest (fr)
Large boat sales/marina/hire boats/hotel boats, H2O (en) (fr) (de)
Burgundy Canal (en) - barge trips and cruises
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)
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)
See also Hotel Boats and Barges, under the heading "Hotel Boat Firms and Agencies - Continental Europe".
alpha-croisiere.com - agency (en) (fr) (de) (es) (it)
Anjou Navigation - Sarthe-Mayenne (fr) (en) (es)
Aquitaine Navigation (en) (fr) (de) (es) - Canal du Midi
Ardennes Nautisme (fr) (en) (de) (ho - NE France
Arolles Marine (fr) - South of France
Babou Marine (en) (fr) - River Lot
Bourgogne Fluviale (fr) - sur le canal du Nivernais
Bretagne Fluvial (fr) - Brittany
Caminav (en) (fr) (de) (es) (it) (ho) - South of France
Les Canalous - multiple bases (fr)
Canalous Mayenne - Mayenne Fluviale (fr)
Castel Nautique (en) (fr) (es) - Canal du Midi
Charmes Nautiques (en) (fr) (de) (ho)
Connoisseur - 13 bases
Crown Blue Line is now Le Boat (en) (fr) - multiple bases
Emeraude Navigation (en) (fr) - SE France
France Afloat (en) (fr)
France Passion Plaisance (en) (fr) (de) (es) (it) (ho) (czech) - multiple bases
Franche-Comté Nautic (en) (fr) (de) - Saône
Inter-Croisières (en) (fr) - R. Charente - Website plays music
Le Boat (en) (fr) - multiple bases
Locaboat (en) (fr) (de)
Maine Anjou Rivières (fr) (en)
Minervois Cruisers (en) (fr) - Canal du Midi
Nautic (en) (fr) (de) (ho) (es) - S. France
Nicols (en) (fr) (de) (es) (it) (po) (ho)- agency representing multiple bases
Saône Bateaux (en) (fr) (de)
Saône Plaisance (en) (fr) (de) - [Warning: site plays music]
Scite Plaisance (fr) (en) (de) - Burgundy