Departure Base

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

Starting out formalities & boarding

Locaboat Holidays
Port de la Vauvelle – La Chaise
Corbigny, FR 58800

✉:  corbigny@locaboat.com
T: +33 (0) 3 86 20 07 29
G: N 47°13’30.853 E 3°40’15.957

Starting out formalities:

  • Departure days between 2 and 6pm.
  • Return day between 8 and 9am.
 Boarding:

  • As soon as the boat is ready.
On site:

  • WC and shower according to the opening hours of the base.

How to get to the base

Access:

  • From the west: A6 – E15 – E60 exit 19 Auxerre Nord (81 km – N6, N151, D985) | From the east: A6 – E15 – E60 exit 22 Avallon (52 km – N6, D957, D958). The base is about 4 km from Corbigny.
    Leave Corbigny towards Nevers on the D958 (Route de St. Saulge). In front of the bridge over the canal, turn left towards La Chaise, then follow the canal. Follow the Locaboat signs (disregard the traffic ban).
 Car park:

  • Closed, unguarded : 42 € / week.
Car hire:

  • Avis (Nevers, 57 km) tel.: 03 86 57 51 03
  • Europcar (Avallon, 43 km) tel.. : 03 86 34 39 36
  • Hertz (Avallon, 43 km) tel.: 03 86 34 25 00
 Taxi:

Hotels, restaurants and shopping facilities on site

Hotels:

 Restaurants:
Shops:

  • Supermarkets B1 and ALDI (4km), open on Sunday mornings
 Markets:

  • Corbigny: on Friday mornings. Fair every second Tuesday of the month.

Touristic Information

Gastronomic specialities:

  • Croquettes de Corbigny, almond based cake.
 Local drinks:

  • Wines of Tannay (Pinot noir, Melon, Chardonnay).
To see:

  • Old town, Bénédictine Abbey at Saint Léonard, Tuilerie de la Chapelle de Sarre, Saint Seine Church…
 Fishing:

  • Fishing licence obligatory: on sale at Letellier Patrick Peugeot Cycle et Accessoires, 23 rue des Forges, Corbigny, open Tuesday – Saturday 8-12am, 2-7 pm -tel: +33 (0)3 86 20 07 96.
    Whitebait, pike, zander, perch, eel…
Tourist office:

  Activities:

  • Locaboat operates in conjunction with Grapes & Corks to bring you selected heritage, wine and gastronomy-based activities that will turn your holiday into something special. For further information or to make a booking, call them on +33 (0)613 593 175 or info@grapesandcorks.com
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Information on the waterways

Waterways :
On the Canal du Nivernais and Canal latéral à la Loire the locks are manual with lock keeper. They are open daily from 9am to 12pm and from 1-7pm. Closed on 1st May and 14th July (Canal du nivernais opened on the 14th of july).

On the Canal du Nivernais, the boats are accompanied by a lock keeper for several locks (from March to June and in September and October). In July and August, there is a lock keeper at each lock.