WATERWAYS GUIDES

 

WELCOME TO WATERWAYS GUIDES


Waterways Guides is the publishing branch of Boating in France Ltd., specialising in the publication and sales of waterways guides to the UK, France and other European countries. Our own publications include the following:

The Boating in France introductory guide to the French Inland Waterways which includes chapters on the Canal du Midi, Canal de la Robine, Canal du Rhone a Sete, the canals and rivers of Brittany, The Loire, the Anjou region, Aquitaine, Gascony and the Lot, the Burgundy canals, Franche Comte and Doubs, Champagne, Paris, the Seine and the Marne, as well as the Ardennes, Alsace and Lorraine. This guide will be particularly useful in terms of helping you to choose which particular canal or river you would like to explore! We can supply this guide  as a downloadable PDF  at a cost of £12.99.

To give you an idea of what our own guides are like, we’ve included our Brittany Waterways Guide, which you can download free of charge, by clicking here.

The Boating in France “Boating Basics” guide is aimed particularly at those who would like to hire a boat on the French inland waterways but are somewhat apprehensive about handling a boat for the first time, negotiating locks and are doubtful even about what clothes to pack! This guide is available to download as a PDF at a cost of £11.99

We’ve written other guides that you can buy and download as PDF's too, including:

The Canal du Midi Guide £9.00

The Burgundy Waterways Guide £9.99

The Boating in Britain Guide £10.99

The Boating in Europe Guide £10.99

The Guide to the Norfolk & Suffolk Broads £9.99

The Guide to the Fens £9.99

The Guide to the Thames £9.99

 

To purchase any of these guides see our Downloadable Guides page.

Boating in France are also UK distributors for the comprehensive “Guides Fluvial” series of specialist navigational guides to each of the French waterways. These guides feature fully detailed full colour maps, details of locks, distances, mooring places, canal-side attractions and even information about nearby restaurants. These guides really are invaluable in terms of detailed information, advice on a range of topics, and as a means of making your cruise even more interesting and enjoyable. For more details see our Guides Fluvial page.