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Meuse

SELF DRIVE Canal BOAT RENTALS FROM Pont à Bar

The locks are manned by lock keepers. They are closed on some bank holidays.

Navigation on waterways in the Ardennes is quite easy and perfect for your first experience of boating.

You can moor anywhere along the banks in the heart of the countryside, except on the River Meuse where you have to use the designated moorings.

    Access
  • Car: motorway A203 - E44 - E36 exit 4 Sedan-Frénois, then D764 (7 km)
  • Train: Sedan station (10km) - Charleville-Mezières station (15km) - Luxembourg airport (131km)
  • Air: Charleroi airport (147 km) - Brussels airport (170 km)

      • Supermarkets
  • A Sedan (10 km) closed on Sunday. In Donchery (3 km) small supermarket; Monday-Saturday, Sunday morning.

      • Market
  • Sedan (8 km) Wednesday and Saturday morning.

      • Navigation
  • The Meuse river towards Belgium, the Meuse canalized towards Verdun and the channel of the Ardennes towards Reims: open every day from Monday to Saturday from 9h to 18h Direction Givet: 17 automatic locks; Verdun: 24 automatic; Dinant: 24 automatic, 2 manual. Closed May 1st and November 1st.

    • Possible cruises

    Pont à Bar
    round trip

    Cruise 3 of nights

    River Cruise Pont à Bar / Le Chesne / Pont à Bar

    56 kms - 12 locks - 10 h of navigation

    River Cruise Pont à Bar / Sedan - Charleville-Mézières / Pont à Bar

    54 kms - 10 locks - 9 h of navigation

    River Cruise Pont à Bar / Monthermé / Pont à Bar

    74 kms - 12 locks - 12 h of navigation

    River Cruise Pont à Bar / Charleville - Sedan / Pont à Bar

    54 kms - 10 locks - 9 h of navigation

    Pont à Bar
    round trip

    Cruise 4 of nights

    River Cruise Pont à Bar / Pouilly sur Meuse / Pont à Bar

    84 kms - 12 locks - 14 h of navigation

    Pont à Bar
    round trip

    Cruise 5 of nights

    River Cruise Pont à Bar / Stenay / Pont à Bar

    106 kms - 16 locks - 17 h of navigation

    River Cruise Pont à Bar / Revin / Pont à Bar

    112 kms - 20 locks - 19 h of navigation

    Pont à Bar
    round trip

    Cruise 7 of nights

    River Cruise Pont à Bar / Consenvoye / Pont à Bar

    166 kms - 28 locks - 28 h of navigation

    River Cruise Pont à Bar / Rethel / Pont à Bar

    122 kms - 68 locks - 30 h of navigation

    Canal Cruise Pont à Bar / Givet / Pont à Bar

    184 kms - 34 locks - 31 h of navigation

    Pont à Bar
    round trip

    Cruise 9 of nights

    River Cruise Pont à Bar / Verdun / Pont à Bar

    214 kms - 38 locks - 36 h of navigation

    Pont à Bar
    round trip

    Cruise 10 of nights

    River Cruise Pont à Bar / Berry au bac / Pont à Bar

    204 kms - 80 locks - 43 h of navigation

    Pont à Bar
    round trip

    Cruise 14 of nights

    River Cruise Pont à Bar / Reims / Pont à Bar

    250 kms - 98 locks - 53 h of navigation

    Travelling with CrisBoat

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