Locaboat - Southern Burgundy - Franche Comte France Region Information
Base Location: Loisy - Scey sur Saone -  St Leger
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A boat trip with the Pénichette in Southern Burgundy gives you the chance to discover the Canal du Centre, next to famous Chalonnais vineyards as Mercurey, Santenay or Montrachet. The Saône and the Seille offer many bathing opportunities. The Petite Saône at Gray and the Canal du Rhône au Rhin at Besançon are beautiful waterways with only a few locks. Going upstream the Canal de Vosges in direction Fontenoy-le-Château and Epinal, you pass the superb forests of the Vosges.

THE HERITAGE
St Jean de Losne - This small village is known until today as "capital of sailors". The harbour, far wawy from the sea, is astonishing. The vineyards Côtes de Nuits and Côte de Beaune are famous around the world. The rectangular towers of the vineyard of Vouget outshine one of the most famous vineyards of the region.

Tournus - with its gallo-romanic past and the old buildings, this city is the international centre of roman studies. The abbey Saint-Philibert from the Merovingian epoch is only one example of the extraordinary roman art in Burgundy.

Louhans - Dating from the 15th and 16th century, the arcades and Facades along the "Grand Rue" offer a spectacle unique in France. The Hospital "Hôtel-dieu" accomodates an impressive ancient pharmacy. Another particularity ist the "Atelier d'imprimerie": Here you can visit the last survivor of the ancient printing artisanry of France.

Die Saône, die Seille & der Doubs - According to the legend, the Doubs, father of the Saône, had to pick a husband of coequal beauty: the Rhône. This beautiful couple gave birth to a nice little river, the SEille. Indeed, the Seille meanders its way passing beautiful landscape and small, typical villages, where it is pleasant to take a rest.

Franche-Comté
The Saône - At the edge of Franche-Comté, the Saône reveals little by little its rich legacy in the heart of the countryside. In the east, the south part of the Vosges massif gives you an idea of the joys of the mountains.

The Doubs - Its navigable part flows through 200 km of a wild and charming area. The Canal du Rhône au Rhin, which accompanies and extends the Doubs, offers a varied navigation from still waters to natural flows.

" Meeting point" for fishermen - Franche-Comté is fishermen's paradise! In the deep lakes, rivers and canals, there are plenty of trout, carps, eels, pikes, pike perches, whitefishes and even brown bullheads… The local fishers communities, the departmental federations and the tourism offices will be pleased to give you all the necessary information about it.

Southern Burgundy
The Canal du Centre, ideally located, flows through the vineyards of Chalonnais and Beaune: Mercurey, Rully, Maranges and Montrachet are just on the river bank next to your Pénichette.

Chalon-sur-Saône will not disappoint you. This burgundian town is worth stopping by for its history and its gastronomy. Tournus, an old medieval town whose picturesque beauty with its Mediterranean influence leads you to another world.

After Tournus you head for Seille. It is going to be a real rural stroll. This small and authentic river leads you to Louhans among the many meanders hiding lovely villages where it is nice to moor. The river well known amongst the local fishermen and skippers. This is the reason why Locaboat decided to settle its one way base at Loisy, to welcome you in this particularly protected environment.