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Prepare your river cruise 2008 with Nicols !
Discover our entire range of river boats to prepare your next cruise aboard a Nicols houseboat ! 450 boats to hire without navigation licence from 18 bases throughout France, 2 in Germany and 1 in Portugal are available this year : choose your destination of river cruise, your Nicols boat, and we will arrange the rest !
Aquitaine / Lot : BUZET
Land of King Henri IV and D'Artagnan musketeers, a large circuit combining the serenity of the Deux Mers canal and the wild charm of the river Baïse, the beauty of the Lot (downstream portion) and the splendour of the Garonne will lead you to regional curiosities such as artistic glassmaking at Vianne, Nérac Castle, Flaran Abbey, cloisters of Moissac, Condom Cathedral, canal bridge of Agen, Montech water lift and the Bastille of Villeneuve sur Lot...
The attractions :
Navigation possible on both river and canal
Ideal for novices
Few and automatic locks
The gastronomy of the South-West (the wines of Buzet, Sauternes, Armagnac, foie gras, strawberries, melons, prunes...)
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How to get to the base :
Between Bordeaux (100 Km), Toulouse (140 Km) and Agen (25 Km). Easy access by A62 motorway (Aiguillon exit).
Served by the TGV to Agen - only 4 hours from Paris. 5 kms from Aiguillon train station on the Bordeaux - Toulouse line.
A 2 day week-end
| Itinerary | Km / Locks |
| Baïse : Buzet-Nérac and return Buzet - Clairac and return(Garonne and Lot) Canal : Buzet-Meilhan sur Garonne and return |
50 km,2 x 7 locks 60 km,2 x 4 locks 60 km, 2 x 6 locks |
Tourist places
Moulin Henri IV de Barbaste
Nérac (castle, royal park).
Agenais manor, church with Rembrandt, old farms.
Serignac (bell tower), Agen (canal-bridge, old town).
Mini week
| Itinerary | Km / Locks |
| Canal and Baïse : Buzet-Mas d'Agenais-Nérac and return Canal, Garonne and Lot : Buzet-Agen-Clairac and return |
90 km, 2 x 11 locks 80 km, 2 x 7 locks |
Tourist places
See above
1 week
| Itinerary | Km / Locks |
| Baïse : Buzet/Nérac/Condom/Valence sur Baïse and return Lot: Buzet/Clairac/Villeneuve sur Lot / Penne d'Agenais and return (with tow) Canal de la Garonne : Buzet/Agen/Moissac/Montech and return |
130km, 40 locks 140km, 16 locks 186km, 58 locks |
Tourist places
Buzet cellar, Barbaste windmill, Castle Royal Park and Nérac Town
Abbey of automation in Clairac, lock Castelmoron sur Lot
Bridge canal and Agen museum, Moissac cloister, Tarn descent, Montech water lift
10 days
| Itinerary | Km / Locks |
Tourist places
2 weeks
| Itinerary | Km / Locks |
| Baïse and Lot, Baïse and Canal Lot and Canal |
Tourist places
See above