Departure Base

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

Starting out formalities & boarding

Ardennes Nautisme
12 Hameau Pont A Bar
Dom-le-Mesnil, FR 08160 

✉:  info@ardennes-nautisme.com
T: +33 (0)3 24 54 01 50/ +33 (0) 6 75 02 72 08
G: N 49°41’22.88 E 04°50’21.55

Starting out formalities:

  • Departure days between 2 and 6 pm.
  • 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 + Free WIFI.

How to get to the base

Access:

 Car park:

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

 Taxi:

  • “BLUE TAXI” 18 Rue Jules Lobet 08000 CHARLEVILLE-MEZIERES Tel 03.24.59.90.45 OR 06.68.80.88.88
    mail: contact@bluetaxis.fr
  • “Taxi JEANJEAN” in Sedan Tel 03.24.27.16.84 OR 06.75.17.80.02
    mail: taxijeanjean@gmail.com

Hotels, restaurants and shopping facilities on site

Hotels:

 Restaurants:

  • Pizzeria les Halles
    tel.: 03 24 29 42 42
  • Le Médiéval (Sedan)
    tel.: 03.24.29.16.95
Shops:

  • At Sedan (10 km), closed on Sunday.
  • At Donchery (3km): “petite superette” opened from monday to saturday and sunday morning.
 Markets:

  • At Sedan (8 km), Wednesday and Saturday mornings.
  • At Charleville-Mézières, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday (from 8 am to 2 pm)

Touristic Information

Gastronomic specialities:

  • Sugar pie, Rethel blood sausage, bacon salads, ham from ardennes.
 Local drinks:

  • Stenay beers, Ardennes beers and champaign.
To see:

  • Trade fair at Sedan in September, the castle at Sedan.
 Fishing:

  • Fishing licence obligatory: on sale in Donchery (3 km) and Nouvion / Meuse.
    Pike, zander, carp, tench…
Tourist office:

  • At Sedan (10 km) tel.: 03 24 27 73 73
  • At Charleville-Meziere tel.: 03 24 55 69 90
  

Information on the waterways

Waterways:
From PONT A BAR – 3 possible directions:

• LA MEUSE
North: To Charleville-Mézières, Montherme, Givet and Belgium
East: To Sedan, Mouzon, Stenay, Dun-sur-Meuse and Verdun

• LE CANAL DES ARDENNES
South: To Le Chesne, Attigny, Rethel and Asfeld

Most of the locks are automatic, and open every day, including Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays from 9am to 6pm (except on May 1st).