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FOUR OF US ARE WANTING TO CRUISE ON A FRENCH RIVER OR CANAL WE HAVE DECIDED BURGANDY LOOKS REALLY NICE, WE WILL BE ON THE BOAT FOR A WEEK IN AUGUST 2007 STARTING HOPFULLY FROM ..MIGENNES, ANY DONT MISS PLACES OR ANY HELPFUL BOOKS ETC WOULD BE MOST WELCOME ..CHEERS..JON AND TRISH

Hi John,

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I'm curious, what made you decide on Migennes as the starting point?

Well we are driving from Calais so didnt want to go too far also the canal going east towards Tannay looked very nice but we are open to suggestions

We have done two canal boat trips in Burgundy. Both were wLocaboat, one way 7 day trips, and were highly succesful
1) Nivernais: Corbigny - Joigny (you must do a side trip to Vezelay)
2)Bourgogne: Venarey les Laumes - Joigny
It is all a gorgeous part of France. Both were great, but if you asked me to chose, I'd probably go the Nivernais again. You mention that you'd prefer the opposite direction to what we chose. Six of one, but IMHO the canal starts out very pretty and 'small'at the Corbigny end and opens out as you get down towards Joigny. Sigh. Memories.