‘So serene and beautiful’: readers’ favourite riverside spots in France

Our tipsters celebrate the joie de vivre of experiencing France’s inland waterways, by boat, bike or on foot

In Auxerre, head for Le Batardeau (also called the Bike House) and choose your device – bike, pedalo, boat, paddle, kayak – for a day on the Yonne River and the Nivernais canal (once voted more beautiful than the famous Canal du Midi). There’s no need to book: they’re well equipped, and there’s also a bistrot with great homemade cakes, lunches anddrinks. The path along the water is so serene and beautiful. We did it twice: one day by bike, then by boat.
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Carole Lyandrat