River Tourism at its best !
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 !
Vallée de la Saône : PORT SUR SAÔNE
From here, you will navigate along peaceful waterways, dotted with typical small villages revealing the history of the river : Port sur Saône, Gallo-Roman village in the origin, Gray fascinating with its patrimonial treasures, unless you have chosen to sail to the east to discover the densely wooded countryside of the Vosges : here you will be charmed with the calm of unspoiled nature - so do not forget your binoculars!
The attractions :
Few locks
High-quality ports, warm welcome from the local population, Selles : Turn bridge classified historical monument.
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How to get to the base :
Port sur Saône is easily accessible : from Paris (about 3 hours) by the A5 motorway as fas as Langres, then the N19 main road to Combeaufontaine and the D54 departmental road. There is also a train service from Paris to Vesoul station, then a coach to Port sur Saône (about 3 1/2 hours). From Switzerland : Basel - Port sur Saône : 160 kms (about 2 1/2 hours)
A 2 day week-end
| Itinerary | Km / Locks |
| La Saône : Port sur Saône - Ray sur Saône Saône + Canal de l'Est : Port sur Saône - Fontenoy |
110 km, 15 locks 96 km, 33 locks |
Tourist places
Ray S/Saône : fortified castle rebuilt in the 18th century and its English garden.
Fontenoy la Château : its caravan rides, its embroidery museum (1840).
Mini week
| Itinerary | Km / Locks |
| La Saône : Port sur Saône - Rigny | 186 km, 19 locks |
Tourist places
Rigny castle (18th century) fitted out in a hotel-restaurant.
1 week
| Itinerary | Km / Locks |
| La Saône : Port sur Saône - Savoyeux - Mantoche Canal de l'Est : Port sur Saône - Epinal |
210 km, 21 locks 166 km, 125 locks |
Tourist places
Savoyeux : underground canal, 643m long.
Mantoche : in its neighbourhood, one can admire nice merchant houses (facade of 1564), the castle which was improved in the 18th century and its factory renowned for its tiling.
The East canal offers good sensations to the cruiser, edging its way through rocks and fir trees.
10 days
| Itinerary | Km / Locks |
Tourist places
2 weeks
| Itinerary | Km / Locks |
| ONEWAY : Port sur Saône - Dole | 180 km, 23 locks |
Tourist places
Scey/Saône, pearl of the "pretty Saône", this village offers numerous remains of the past, St Martin church, old Spanish houses, Chemilly castle and the History and Costume Museum, the Saint Albin Tunnel (680 m long).