Direction

Locaboat Holidays Quai du Port au Bois Joigny, FR 89300

[email protected] T: + 33 (0) 3 86 62 06 14 F: + 33 (0) 3 86 62 69 74 G: N 47°58’52.27 E 03°23’26.60

Starting out formalities & boarding

Starting out formalities: Boarding : departure days between 2 and 6 pm. 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: Parking: from the west/north: A6 – E15 – E60 exit 18 Joigny, then enclosed, not guarded : € 35/week D943 (11,5 km) | from the east/south:A6 – E15 – E60 exit 19 public parking, not guarded, not covered : (free) , then N6 (21 km) | from the north-east A5 – E511 exit Troyes-Est, then N77 and D943 (79 km) Joigny regional station (1 km) Airport Paris-Orly (138 km) | Airport Paris-Charles de Gaulle (177 km)

Car hire: Taxi :

Avis (Auxerre, 28 km) Tel.: 03 86 46 83 47 REUILLER Taxi +33 (0) 6 08 58 65 00 Europcar (Joigny) Tel.: 03 86 62 40 30 Taxis Aumeilus : +33 (0)6 07 23 87 91 Hertz (Auxerre, 28 km) Tel.: 03 86 46 57 30 email : [email protected] Taxi S.M.J. : +33 (0)6 79 61 50 32 Taxi KS : +33 (0)6 50 64 25 30

Hotels, restaurants and shopping facilities on site

Hotels : Restaurants :

Côte Saint-Jacques **** Côte Saint-Jacques **** tel.: 03 86 62 09 70 – Fax: 03 86 91 49 70 tel.: 03 86 62 09 70 – Fax: 03 86 91 49 70 Le Rive Gauche *** Le Rive Gauche *** tel.: 03 86 91 46 66 – Fax: 03 86 91 46 93 tel.: 03 86 91 46 66 – Fax: 03 86 91 46 93 Le Paris Nice tel.: 03 86 62 06 72 Le Paris-Nice tel.: 03 86 62 06 72 L’Auberge du Moulin (, 2 km) tel.: 03 86 91 00 63 Fontaine aux Muses (La Celle-St-Cyr, 8 km) tel.: 03 86 73 40 22

Bed & Breakfast : Shops :

Le Puits d’Athie at Joigny: all shops, closed on sunday afternoon. Tel : +33 (0)3 86 53 10 59 / +33 (0)6 08 71 82 97 [email protected] Markets : AUBOIN Agnès et Xavier at Joigny on Wednesday and Saturday mornings. Mobile : +33 (0)6 81 28 10 48 [email protected] Le Montant au Palais Mobile : +33 (0)6 67 35 53 05 [email protected]

Touristic Information

Gastronomic specialities: Local drinks: Coq au vin, gougères (special pastry with cheese), snails, ham White wines from , red wines from and ‘à la chablisienne’, andouillette from Chablis Coulanges, Crémant from Bailly.

To see : Fishing :fishing licence obligatory: on sale at the tourist office

Old quarter (houses of the Pilori), the Tree of Jessé, pedestrian alleyways, Espace Jean de Joigny (cultural centre). Tourist office :

4 quai Henri Ragobert, tel.: 03 86 62 1105 – Fax: 03 86 91 76 38 www.tourisme-joigny.fr

Information on the waterways

Waterways :

The locks on the (direction Auxerre), Canal de Bourgogne and Canal du Nivernais are open daily from 9am to 12 pm (or 12.30 pm) and from 1 pm (or 1.30 pm) to 7 pm. On the Yonne direction Paris and on the Canal de Briare, the locks are open daily from 9am to 12 pm and from 1 pm to 6 pm.The locks are closed on 1st May, 14th July opened on the 14th of july on Canal du Nivernais), on the Yonne and the Canal de Briare also on 1st November. There are lock keepers on most of the locks. On the Yonne, the locks are mechanical, on the Canal du Nivernais and the Canal de Bourgogne are manual locks.