Dompierre-sur-Besbre -

Departure Base

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

Starting out formalities & boarding

Riverly Dompierre ( Locaboat)
~~Le Port~~
~~Dompierre-sur-Besbre, FR 03290~~

Le Port des Vanneaux
Écluse n°12, 03230 Gannay-sur-Loire

/!\ Due to technical maintenance on the Dompierre canal section, our departure and arrival base has been temporarily moved to Gannay-sur-Loire (located 28 km north of Dompierre).

✉: dompierre@riverly.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:

A6 – E15 exit 26 Chalon-Sud, then N80, N70 and N79, exit 26 Dompierre-sur-Besbre, follow D779 to Dompierre-sur-Besbre.
Dompierre-Sept-Fons regional station (3 km) | Le Creusot-Montchanin TGV station (87 km)
Lyon Saint-Exupéry airport (196 km)

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:

Auberge de l’Olive tel.: 04 70 34 51 87
La Roseraie tel.: 04 70 48 01 30
Manoir de Sornat (Bourbon Lancy, 12 km)
tel.: 03 85 89 17 39 – Fax: 03 85 89 29 47

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:

Rose garden of the Abbey of Sept-Fons, Safari park Percières Le Pal at Dompierre, the castle of Toury, swimming pool (10 min. by foot from the base).

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…

Tourist office:

At Dompierre tel.: 04 70 34 61 31 – Fax: 04 70 34 63 24
www.ot-valdebesbre.com

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.