With its 680 kilometres of navigable canals and rivers, our region is a river tourism paradise.


It opens directly into the sea, Northern Europe and the whole of France and Belgium. Its many-branched network gives it the advantage and peculiarity of being able to offer a whole series of cross-border discovery loops and tours by tourist boat or houseboat, or cycle rides and walks along the towpaths.

From canal to canal, from marinas to moorings, the amateur boater can explore these circuits in a haven of greenery and peace, under bridges and through locks, and where a succession of pastoral landscapes, picturesque villages, historic cities and outstanding engineering works alternate with one another. Old mills, old abbeys, elegant châteaux, vast forests, ponds and marshes full of fish, and thousands of flowers and birds: surprises and true moments of happiness await you.

On land, sports activities, museum visits, and cultural excursions combined with the gastronomic delights of Nord-Pas de Calais and Hainaut are added to the pleasures of a cruise, offering a real combination of river-land tourist and recreational products: a very attractive association of river and land services!

Visit our website dedicated to river tourism www.larueeversleau.fr