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LOCKS
:
The
locks on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin are automatic.
They are open daily (except 1st of May and 1st of November)
from 7 am to 7 pm. From 17/03 to 14/06 and from 16/09
to 10/11, on sundays and on public holidays they are
open from 9 am to 6 pm. Tunnel & Boat lift at Arzviler
always close 1h earlier.
On the Canal
des Houillères de la Sarre not all
locks are automatic. Navigation on request from 8.30
am to 12 pm and from 1pm to 6.30 pm at locks 1 to 15
and lock 27. Free navigation from 8.30 am to 6.30 pm
at locks 16-26 and 28-30. July & August = free
navigation.
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| Our base at Lutzelbourg provides an Alsatian
welcome, with its castle and its famous crystal workshops.
Whichever way you cruise, half timbered houses gay with
window-boxes, onion-domed church-towers, intricate wrought-ironwork
and a hundred small details give the villages a festival
air. Wherever you stop, you'll find the food equally special:
choucroute and charcuterie as well as mouthwatering plum
and greengage tarts. Cruising the Canal de la Sarre you
pass mainly through woodland with the odd small town to
tempt you with a restaurant meal. At Sarreguemines you'll be charmed by the hand-decorated
pottery. On your return you'll travel on the boat lift
at Arzviller which replaces 17 locks. Following the Marne-Rhine
Canal you pass through Saverne with its ducal palace
and across the Alsatian plain to the heart of Strasbourg.
At Toul, a town fortified by Vauban and enjoying fine
views over the loops of the river Moselle, you are entering
Lorraine. Its countryside is just as fine as its cities,
of which Nancy and Metz are the highpoints.
New: In Lorraine and the Ardennes locks will stay open
on Easter Sunday, Whitsun and on the 14th July. In Alsace
locks will operate at Easter and Whitsun, and probably
on the 14th July (check at the time of booking). |
STARTING
OUT FORMALITIES :
Departure
Days from 2 and 6:pm.
BOARDING
:
as soon as the boat is ready
ACCESS :
By motorway :
A1
- E15/E19 exit N° 13 Péronne (8
km - N29 & D164) By rail :
Lutzelbourg regional station (1 km)
Saverne station (11 km),
By
air :
Strasbourg Entzheim airport (77 km)
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PARKING
: under cover, not guarded, 46 € /
week ; enclosed, not guarded, 32 € / week. The
number of places is limited, please reserve a place
in advance
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POST
OFFICE :
at Lutzelbourg, opening hours: Monday to Saturday:
from 9 am to 11.30 am, and from 2nd May to 15th September
on fridays 2pm to 5pm. |
HOTELS:
Des Vosges** (Logis de France) Tel : 03 87 25 30
09 - Fax : 03 87 25 42 22 |
BED AND BREAKFAST AND GUEST
HOUSE:
Booking office Tel : 03 87 37 57 69 - Fax : 03 87
37 58 84 |
RESTAURANTS
:
Des Vosges (Logis de France) Tel
: 03 87 25 30 09
Au Soldat de l'an II (Phalsbourg 4 km) Tel : 03 87 24 16 16 Michelin *
Zum Staeffele (Saverne 10 km) Tel : 03 87 91 63 94 |
BANKS :
at Bray-sur-Somme (3 km) closed Sunday and Monday. |
SHOPS:
at Lutzelbourg grocer's is open every day from 8 am to
12 am and 3 pm to 7 pm, closed at 5 pm on Saturday,
closed on Wednesday and Sunday
. The
backer's is open every day from 7 am to 7 pm, closed at 5 pm on Saturday and
11.45 am on Sunday |
TAXIS :
* Taxi Michel tel.: 06 08 03 34 41
* Taxi Christine tel.: 06 99 66 14 14 |
LOCABOAT
SERVICES :
WC and shower according to the opening hours of the base,
phone box (300 m) |
| Airport
transfers : Locaboat
services / Transfers
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TOURIST OFFICE :
at Lutzelbourg (open in the afternoon), Tel : 03 87 25
30 19 - Fax : 03 87 24 27 68,
at Phalsbourg (4 km) Tel / Fax : 03 87 24 42 42 |
GASTRONOMIC
SPECIALTIES :
Tarte flambée, quiche lorraine, choucroute, backeoffe, waedele, fois gras,
game, presskopf, fish,
Local drinks : beers, wines from Alsace, Pinot noir, Tokay Pinot
gris, Riesling, Gewurtztraminer, Sylvaner, Pinot blanc and Muscat d'Alsace. |
FISHING
:
fishing licence obligatory: on sale near
the base Pike, trout, zander, carp, catfish, |
TO
SEE :
Valley of Crystal and Pays d'Erckmann and Chatrian,
Phalsbourg historical museum, crystal workshops, the
Dabo rock, the tourist train at Abreschviller |
