Pont à Bar
is a pretty small hamlet of a score of inhabitants,
founded during the construction of the
channel of the Ardennes, at last century. The pretty
small river port where you will take your boat is bordered
of houses typically of the Ardennes architecture. You
will appreciate the great diversity of landscapes, the
meanders of the Meuse, the legendary forest of the Ardennes…
With approximately 10km from there, the town of Sedan
opens its doors to you. Today town of Art and History,
Sedan and particularly its old centre are of a great
architectural richness. Take also the time of a halt
with Charleville Mézières to visit the
animalist park; you will undoubtedly see there various
wild boars, stags, roe-deers and birds. For the lovers,
the museum of Ardennes hides treasures of history and
archaeology.
-
To
see : the
castle of Sedan; the Olympe mount, the large marionnettist
and the Rimbaud museum in Charleville Mézières,
Verdun, the academy of the rural tool with Brécy,
the museum of Ardennes.
-
To
taste : paved bread
of the Ardennes, soup of the Ardennes, the
believed ham of the Ardennes, the Rimbaud
pot, the white roll of Rethel, droppings
Satan of Stenay.
-
To
know : Charleville
Mézières is the city of the famous
poet Arthur Rimbaud.
-
Very
Favourite : the
animalist park of Charleville Mézières.
Navigation on the Meuse :
Long
925 kilometres, the Meuse River crosses 3 countries:
France, Belgium and Netherlands. Silver plated ribbon
also called “the capricious Meuse”; this
river is rich in meanders and walks on between meadows
and fields, orchards, pastures, vines and forests.
Let go itself on this calm water and discover au fil
de of your navigation the heroic and attractive history
of the area. Who knows, perhaps will cross with the turning
of a meander one of these splendid ashy herons who lives
on the Meuse !
Navigation one the channelled Meuse (or the channel
of the east) :
Navigation on the channelled Meuse is punctuated of
22 locks until Verdun. You will discover the charms of
the valley of the Meuse, green, far away from the primary
distributors. Lovers of fishing, with your lines: water
of the channel abounds in pikes, carps and other fish
!
Navigation on the channel of the Ardennes :
This channel, length 106 kilometres and punctuated of
46 locks until Berry au bac, connect the slopes of Champagne
to the Meuse. You will walk on through the countryside,
until the famous scale of the 26 automatic locks in the
valley of Montgon. Total disorientation assured !
| From
Pont a Bar Base : |
Week
End
- Pont-à-Bar – Le
Chesne –
Pont-à-Bar : 80 km, 10 locks, 10 hours
- Pont-à-Bar – Stenay –
Pont à-Bar : 105 km, 18
locks, 14 hours
|
Mini
Week
- Pont-à-Bar – Dun-sur
Meuse - Pont-à-Bar : 130 kms – 24
locks – 20 hours
- Pont-à-Bar – Fumay -
Pont-à-Bar : 95 km, 24 locks, 23 hours
|
One
Week
- Pont-à-Bar – Givet
- Pont-à-Bar : 190 kms - 40
locks - 35 hours
- Pont-à-Bar – Verdun
- Pont-à-Bar : 220 kms
- 44 locks - 35 hours
|
|
Pont
A Bar Base Information
