RIVERS and CANALS, ALSACE:

Canal de la Marne au Rhin, Canal de l'Est, Canal des Houillères de la Sarre, Canal du Rhone au Rhin

Towns passed include:

- (along the Canal de la Marne au Rhin) Nancy, Toul, Einville, Lagarde, Gondrexange, Hesse, Lutzelbourg, Saverne, Strasbourg, Boofzheim

- (along the Canal des Houillères de la Sarre) Mittersheim, Sarralbe, Sarreguemines, Saarbrucken

Explore Alsace

RIVERS and CANALS, BRITTANY:

Canal de Nantes à Brest, L'Aulne, Vilaine and L'Erdre rivers and Canal d'Ile et Rance

Towns passed include:

- (along the Nantes-Brest canal) Chateaulin, Chateauneuf-du-Faou, Carhaix, Pontivy, Rohan, Josselin, Malestroit, Redon; Glenac

- (along the Erdre river, Vilaine River and Canal d'Ile et Rance) Nantes, Suce sur Erdre, Nort-sur-Erdre, Blain, Glenac, Messac, Point-Péan, Rennes, Dinan

Explore Brittany

RIVERS and CANALS, BURGUNDY:

Canal du Nivernais and Canal de Bourgogne

Towns passed include:

- (along the Canal du Nivernais) Joigny, Migennes, Brienon, Auxerre, Vincelles, Mailly-le-Chateau, Merry-sur-Yonne, Chatel-Censoir, Clamecy, Tannay, Sardy, Chatillon-en-Bazois, Cercy-la-Tour, Decize

- (along the Canal de Bourgogne) Brienon, Saint-Florentin, Tonnerre, Ancy-le-Franc, Montbard, Venarey-les-Laumes, Pouilly-en-Auxois, Pont d'Ouche, Dijon

Explore Burgundy

RIVERS and CANALS, ANJOU (WESTERN LOIRE):

Rivers La Mayenne, L'Oudon, La Mine, La Sarthe

Towns passed include:

- (along the Sarthe) Angers, Cheffes, Chateauneuf-sur-Sarthe, Sable-sur-Sarthe, Solesmes, Juigné, Parcé, Malicorne, Noyen, La Suze, Le Mans;

- (along the Mayenne) Grez-Neuville, Chateau Gontier, Neuville, Origné, Laval, Saint-Jean-sur-Mayenne, Mayenne

Explore Western Loire

RIVERS and CANALS, CHARENTE:

The Charente river between Angouleme and Rochefort

Towns passed include:

- Sireuil, Chateauneuf-sur-Charente, Jarnac, Bourg Charente, Cognac, Dompierre-sur-Charente, Chaniers, les Gonds, Saintes, Taillebourg, Port d'Envaux, Saint-Savinien, Tonnay-Charente, Rochefort

Explore Poitou-Charentes

RIVERS and CANALS, FRANCHE-COMTE, MARNE, SAONE:

The Saone River, the Canal between Champagne and Burgundy, and the Canal du Rhone au Rhin

Towns passed include:

- (along the canal du Rhone au Rhin) Dole, Saint-Vit, Thoraise, Besancon, Deluz, Baumes-les-Dames, Clerval, L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs, Montbeliard, Mulhouse

- (along the Saone river) Branges, Tournus, Gigny, Chalon-sur-Saone, Saint-Jean-de-Losne, Dole, Saint-Jean-de-Losne, Auxonne, Pontailler, Mantoche, Gray, Ray-sur-Saone, Port-sur-Saone, Fouchécourt, Corre, Selles, Fontenoy-le-Chateau, Epinal, Charmes,

- (along the Canal between Champagne and Burgundy) Cusey, Champigny-les-Langres

Explore Franche-Comté

RIVERS and CANALS, LOIRE:

Between the River Yonne and the River Loire, along the Canal du Loing, Canal du Briare and Canal Lateral à la Loire.

Towns passed include:

- Montereau, Nemours, Montargis, Rogny-les-Sept-Ecluses, Briare, Chatillon-sur-Loire, Sancerre, la Charité-sur-Loire, Marseilles-les-Aubigny, Plagny, Nevers, Decize

Explore Loire Valley

There are several picturesque rivers that cross the Pays de la Loire region of north-western France that are popular with visitors - see Western Loire rivers

RIVERS and CANALS, AQUITAINE:

Rivers Garonne, Lot and Baise, and the Canal de Garonne

Towns passed include:

- (along the Garonne river) Langon, Castets, Meilhan, Marmande, Mas d'Agenais, Buzet-sur-Baise, Agen, Moissac, Castelsarrasin, Montech, Montauban

- (along the Baise river) Buzet-sur-Baise, Vianne, Lavardac, Nérac, Moncrabeau, Condom, Flaran, Valence-sur-Baise

- (along the Lot, western section*) Clairac, Castelmoron-sur-Lot, Villeneuve-sur-Lot, Penne d'Agenais, Lustrac

- (along the Lot, eastern section*) Luzech, Douelle, Cahors, Bouzies, Saint-Cirq-Lapopie, Calvignac, Figeac

* note the portion of the Lot River between Lustrac and Luzech is NOT navigable - you need to approach either from the east or the west, but the two don't join up!

Explore Aquitaine

RIVERS and CANALS, MIDI-PYRENEES:

The Canal du Midi, from Valence d'Agen to the Etang de Thau, passing Toulouse and Carcassonne.

Towns passed include:

- Grisolles, Saint-Jory, Toulouse, Villefranche-de-Lauragais, Port-Lauragais, Castelnaudary, Bram, Trèbes, Carcassonne, Marseillette, Homps, Le Somail, Narbonne, Beziers, Port Cassafieres, Etang de Thau (including Agde)

(this route continues on to the Camargue route)

Explore Midi-Pyrenees

RIVERS and CANALS, CAMARGUE (Provence):

From the Etang de Thau along the canal du Rhone à Sète and the Rhone river, eastwards to Arles and Avignon.

Towns passed include:

- Sète (Etang de Thau), Frontignan, Palavas, Carnon, Port-Camargue, Aigues-Mortes, Saint-Gilles, Arles, Bellegarde, Beaucaire, Tarascon, Avignon

(This route is continuous with the Midi-Pyrenees route)

Explore Provence (includes the Camargue)