![]() ![]() ■ France Afloat/Linssen: Vermenton and TonnereĬanal du Nivernais – River Yonne – Canal de BourgogneĪ hundred miles south east of Paris, North Burgundy is a region steeped in culture and history and is considered by some to be the gastronomic heart of France, with its Boeuf Bourguignon, its buttery garlicky snails and its Coq au Vin, not to mention its stunning Chablis wine. Hire Boating - Burgundy North and The Nivernais Equally charming is the ancient town of Montargis, which with its network of narrow canals and bridges invites comparisons to Venice. Thousand year old castles are plentiful – Saint Fargeau and Sully-sur-Loire boast breathtaking examples. The Palace of Fontainebleau originally served as a hunting lodge and of all royal residences it is the only one to have been continuously inhabited for seven centuries. There are engineering feats to marvel at along the waterway –the elegant aqueduct at Briare, once the longest in the world, and at Rogny an atmospheric flight of seven locks, no longer in use but full of echoes of the past. South of Paris, where the western part of Burgundy blurs prettily with the Loire Valley, a cruise along the Canal de Loing, the Canal de Briare and the Canal Loire Lateral reveals a number of hidden treasures in a landscape that inspired the painter Alfred Sisley. ■ Nicols: Rogny-les-Sept-Ecluses and PlagnyĬanal de Briare – Canal Loire Lateral – *Canal du Nivernais ![]() ■ LeBoat: Chatillon-sur-Loire and Decize (also Tannay*) ■ Locaboat/Linssen: Briare and Dompieerre s/Bresbre (also Corbigny*) ► Self-drive boats available in Northern Burgundy-Nivernais-Upper Loire Hire Boating - Loing Valley, Briare and Loire ![]()
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