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Gray - Branges
Distance: 193 km
Locks: 12
One Way - Either Direction
Explore the best of three regions - Franche Comté, Burgundy and La Bresse - using the Petite Saône, the Grand Saône, and the Seille rivers. A gastronomic delight, some notable wines, abundant wildlife, excellent fishing and only twelve locks (ten of which are either automated or permanently manned!) await you. All beneath wide, ever changing skies which have inspired generations of artists. This is a one week cruise.
Special Interests
Food and Wine
Gray - Branges
Cruise Bases
Gray
Base Manager Ian Lambert welcomes you to Gray. We’re sure you will never tire of cruising these beautiful waterways – there’s so many places to visit, wines to taste and sights to see. Your base at Gray on the River Soane was once a thriving port for the wine, wheat and iron trades and evidence of the region’s rich cultural and trading heritage is plain to see in the surrounding towns, villages and countryside. Medieval and Renaissance-era homes, churches and monasteries – many topped by the region’s distinctive multihued tiles roofs – line your route in every direction and are sure to add to your lasting memories of this beautiful region.
Branges
Base manager Colin Farrow welcomes you to Branges. From the base, on the banks of the river Seille, you can wind your way through the meadowlands and fields to the splendid town of Louhans, famous for its poultry fair. Or perhaps you’ll choose to follow the majestic Soane river south towards Macon, famous for its rich red wines or head north towards Verdun where the Canal du Centre and the Canal du Rhone au Rhin open up your choice of cruising routes and destinations still further.
