"With a boat through Lorraine & Alsace" Lorraine by himalia11

Lorraine Travel Guide: 760 reviews and 1,994 photos

We’ve spent one week on a boat, travelling through Lorraine & Alsace. This was adventurous, exhausting and funny!

We started in Mittersheim on the Sarre-Cole-Canal (Canal des Houillières de la Sarre) and continued on the Marne-Rhine-Canal (Canal de la Marne au Rhin) up to Saverne. We spent there a night and the whole morning as Saverne is a very beautiful city. Then we turned and went back to Mittersheim.

We drove 62 km in a beautiful landscape with lakes, forests and hills, had 52 locks (that’s where I got so exhausted!), went through two canal tunnels and passed a boat lift. The weather was a mixture of rain and sun, some good days and some bad days. Back home, I was happy to have a big bathroom again (and electric power for my hair dryer!), but living and driving around on a boat was a great experience!

Last visit to Lorraine: May 2006
Intro Updated Oct 26, 2006
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Reviews (7)

Discover Lorraine on a houseboat Transportation (1)

Lorraine is a nice place to go around by houseboat. There are several companies where you can rent a boat and you even... more travel advice

Saar-Cole-Canal(Canal des Houillières de... Things to Do (6)

This canal diverges from the Rhine-Marne-Canal at the lake “Etang de Gondrexange”. This lake is higher than the canal... more travel advice

Mittersheim Things to Do (6)

Mittersheim is a little village at the Sarre-Canal and the place where we started with our boat trip. It has a little... more travel advice

Xouaxange Things to Do (6)

If you can't pronounce the name of this village then you are having the same problem as me... but the mooring for boats... more travel advice

Comments (3)

mtncorg Apr 28, 2009 at 10:03 AM Report Abuse

What an excellent and unique trip! Another great reason to bounce around the World on VT!
wandeljp May 6, 2007 at 1:19 AM Report Abuse

We passed in Gondrexange a few years ago on the GR5 hiking trail to the south. We have wonderful remembers about this area. Nice done Angela. Beautiful pics also! Jean-Pierre
aadil Jun 6, 2006 at 6:39 PM Report Abuse

Interesting lock and boat stuff out here!!! I am sure you must have enjoyed it a lot!!!