David Edwards-May

INLAND WATERWAYS FRANCE 2 NORTH & SOUTHEAST

This edition of Inland Waterways of France is the ideal guide for planning cruises in and through Europe's most fascinating and diverse waterway network. This edition has a new paperback format, split into three volumes.

David Edwards-May has surveyed the many developments that have taken place over the past 10 years and provides a detailed description of France's extraordinarily diverse system of navigable rivers and canals. With the restoration of historical navigation systems, the system now totals 9000 kilometres and has become a favourite destination for tens of thousands of water sports enthusiasts from Europe and around the world.

This volume will serve to plan ongoing or future cruises through the 2,500 kilometres of waterways from the northeast - the cross-border rivers Meuse, Moselle, Sarre and Rhine - to the Mediterranean. On the busier waterways, recreational use is growing alongside commercial shipping, but there are many places where boats can moor safely. Waterways are an important part of France's appeal as a tourist destination.

This new edition presents the current state of the network in 126 full-colour pages, with detailed maps of 40 key sites, towns and junctions, and overview maps for each waterway. It is a unique blend of practical information, place descriptions, maps, historical background notes and colour photographs.