Departure Base

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

Starting out formalities & boarding

Locaboat Holidays
Le Port
Dompierre-sur-Besbre, FR 03290

✉:  dompierre@locaboat.com
T: + 33 (0) 4 70 48 27 27
G: N 46°31’18.04 E 03°41’16.31

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:

 Car park:

  • Covered, unguarded: 56 € / week
  • Public, not enclosed or guarded: free
Car hire:

  • Avis (Moulins, 37 km) tel. : 04 70 46 58 24
  • Europcar (Moulins, 37 km) tel. : 04 70 46 60 66
  • Hertz (Moulins, 37 km) tel. : 04 70 44 38 92
 Taxi:

  • Taxi Duroutoy André tel. : 04 70 43 89 34
  • Taxi Charmet tel. : 04 70 47 04 79
  • Taxi Christine tel. : 06 85 75 63 14

Hotels, restaurants and shopping facilities on site

Hotels:

 Restaurants:

  • “Le grand méchant loup” tel. : 04.70.49.29.33. Grande rue
    03290, Dompierre sur Besbre
  • “La péniche” ( along the canal at 9.6 kilometers ) tel. : 09.55.96.52.57. 1 chemin du port
    03470, Pierrefitte sur Loire
Shops:

  • At Dompierre closed on Sunday afternoons.
 Markets:

  • At Dompierre on Saturday mornings.

Touristic Information

Gastronomic specialities:

  • Pâté with potatoes, ‘pompe aux grattons’ (a special salted cake), andouillette from Saint-Pourçain.
 Local drinks:

  • White, rosé and red wines of Saint-Pourçain ; waters from Saint-Yorre and Vichy-Célestin.
To see:

 Fishing:

  • Fishing licence obligatory: on sale at Euro pêche, grande rue, Dompierre, open 8.30-12.30 am and 2-7.30 pm, Tuesday to Sunday, tel.: 04 70 34 81 45.
    Pike, zander, carp, perch, roach…
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Information on the waterways

Waterways:
The Canal de Roanne à Digoin is open daily from 9am to 12pm and from 1 to 6pm, except for the 1st November.

The locks on the Canal latéral à la Loire and Canal du Nivernais are open daily from 9am to 12pm and from 1 to 7pm. Most of them are manual with lock keepers. Closed on the 1st Mayand 14th July, on 1st November only on the Canal latéral à la Loire.

On the 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.