River Tourism

400 km waterways

On board leisure boats, passenger boats, cruisers or house-boats, discover the Rhine and the waterways of Alsace and Lorraine.

For 184 km, the Rhine, ranking as the top commercial route in Europe, forms between Basel and Lauterbourg a link between France and Germany.

From Strasbourg, European capital, the Rhine is connected to Nancy and Paris by the Rhine-Marne canal. It passes the Vosges mountains via the impressive Saint-Louis/Arzviller inclined plane.

Beyond Gondrexange you can opt for a boat trip to Nancy or on the Sarre canal through the “Alsace Bossue” to Sarreguemines. To the South, this time on the Rhine-Rhône canal, another drive offers boaters a kaleidoscope of landscapes through the Ried plain, changing from meadows to copses and cultivated land with the Vosges and Black Forest providing a beautiful backdrop.

Exploring Alsace by boat is quite simply amazing. It’s an original way of discovering village and admiring landscapes usually only seen by river boatmen.

House boat rentals

Hiring out house boats in Northern Alsace

Download the details about the canals

• The Rhine
• The Sarre canal
• The Rhine-Marne canal
• The Rhine-Rhône canal

Cruises

Cruises on hotel-barges on the canals. Cruises down the Rhine.