Stong with its 8 500 kilometers
of channels and riverses,
lFrance has the most important river system of Europe. From
Picardy to the valley of the Rhone, from the Channel of
Midi to the Rhine, our territory is squared by many inland
waterways,which is a heritage of the time when the river
transport was an essential link of the nation economy .
With the appearance of the railroad, the commercial activity
of the channels appreciably decreased to the benefit of
river tourism.
To
visit France by its inland waterways, it is to join again
with the idea to take his time. Slipping at maximum 8 km/h,
the barge makes it possible to explore an area of the interior
and to see ravelling its villages, its secret landscapes,
its locks and its industrial inheritance. This formula of
voyage has many other advantages: no particular competence
is necessary to sail, certain barges can accomodate up to
a dozen passengers and the prices of the hirings are in
general rather reasonable.
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lFrance has the most important river system of Europe. From
Picardy to the valley of the Rhone, from the Channel of
Midi to the Rhine, our territory is squared by many inland
waterways,which is a heritage of the time when the river
transport was an essential link of the nation economy .
With the appearance of the railroad, the commercial activity
of the channels appreciably decreased to the benefit of
river tourism. 
To
visit France by its inland waterways, it is to join again
with the idea to take his time. Slipping at maximum 8 km/h,
the barge makes it possible to explore an area of the interior
and to see ravelling its villages, its secret landscapes,
its locks and its industrial inheritance. This formula of
voyage has many other advantages: no particular competence
is necessary to sail, certain barges can accomodate up to
a dozen passengers and the prices of the hirings are in
general rather reasonable. 