Departure Base

Discover all the useful information and advice related to your departure base.

Starting out formalities & boarding

NICOLS
Port De Buzet
244 chemin de Bacalan
Buzet-sur-Baïse, FR 47160

✉: buzet@nicols.com
T: + 33 (0) 5 53 84 72 50

Starting out formalities:

Departure days on reservation between 2 and 6pm.

Return day between 8 and 9am.

 Boarding:

As soon as the boat is ready.
On site:

WC and shower available according to marina opening hours.

  

How to get to the base

Access:

  • A 62 (exit n°6 Aiguillon located at 5 km from Buzet)
  • Aiguillon train station (6 km) | Agen TGV station (30 km)
  • Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (140 km) | Bordeaux Airport (120 km)
 Car park:

  • Closed, not guarded : 42 € / week
  • Public, not closed and guarded : free
Car hire:

  • Avis (Agen, 30 km) tel. : 05 53 47 76 47
  • Sixt (Agen, 30 km) tel. : 05 53 47 09 40
  • Rent A Car (Agen, 30 km), tel : 05 53 87 00 47
 Taxi:

  • Taxi Bacarisse, tel. : 06 33 43 37 78
  • Taxi Pelot, tel : 06 80 60 40 80

Hotels, restaurants and shopping facilities on site

Guest houses and hotels :

  • L’île aux bateaux – Port de Buzet, Buzet, tel. : 05 53 83 98 65
  • Les Tilleuls de la Voie Verte, 330 chemin de Baïse, Feugarolles, tel. : 05 53 95 30 27 / 06 35 21 18 33
  • Hôtel de la Confluence, 62 avenue de la Confluence, Damazan, tel. : 05 53 20 38 28
 Restaurants :

  • L’île aux bateaux (Buzet), tel. : 05 53 83 98 65
  • Le Vigneron (Buzet), tel. : 05 53 84 73 46
  • Au bord de l’eau (Buzet), tel. : 06 35 95 11 99
  • Le Marronnier (Vianne, 8km), tel. : 05 53 97 35 43
Shops :

  • Intermarché in Aiguillon (6 km)
  • SPAR Supermarket in Buzet (200m), closed on Sunday.
 Markets :

  • In Lavardac (15 km) every Wednesday
  • In Nérac (20 km) every Saturday morning

Touristic Information

Gastronomic specialties:

  • Confit and duck breast, Foie gras, Agen prunes
 Local drinks:

  • Buzet wine
To see:

  • In Mas d’Agenais: Rembrandt’s painting (Le Christ sur la Croix)
  • In Sérignac: le clocher tort
  • In Agen: Canal Bridge and Musée des Beaux-Arts, Vianne village
  • In Nérac: Château Henri IV Museum
 Fishing:

  • Fishing license required: order online at cartedepeche.fr or buy it at the tobacconist’s in Buzet sur Baïse.
    Carp, eel, roach, pike-perch, bream, bleak.
Tourist office:

  • In Nérac (20 km) ; tel. : 05 53 65 27 75
  • In Agen (30 km) ; tel. : 05 53 47 36 09
  • In Marmande (35 km), tel. : 05 53 64 44 44
  

Information on the waterways

Waterways:
The locks are all automatic and do not require a lock operator.
The Baïse locks are open from April 1st to November 1st included, every day from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. (6 p.m. in October). On the Canal de Garonne, the locks are open daily from 9am to 6pm/7pm (depending on the season), except on May 1st.