Vos vacances en Pénichette®
Boating Holidays on a Pénichette®
Ferien auf der Pénichette®
Le vostre ferie in barca Pénichette®
Vaarvakantie in Pénichette®
Boating Holidays on a Pénichette®
Hire prices
All our hire prices at a glance! Click on the corresponding link to see or download our price lists for cruises of one week, 10/11 days, 2 weeks, 17/18 days, week-ends or mini-weeks. Please note that the reduction for extended cruises is already deducted, when applicable. To see the price lists you will need the Acrobat Reader.
- Hire prices (PDF) All our hire prices at a glance! Click on the corresponding link to see or download our price lists for cruises of one week, 10/11 days, 2 weeks, 17/18 days...
- Booking Conditions You can read and save the booking conditions in a PDF document as well. Click on the symbol to download the PDF file.
- Extra charges
Special Offers
- Special offers You will find here all our special offers. All these offers are unique, so don't hesitate too long! Click on "Reservation" at the offer you are interested in and make a direct reservation for that cruise.
- Special week-end offers Easter egg hunt on the Pénichette? Ask us about our offers for extended week-ends and mini-weeks. * Offer can be rented from 30th January 2013** Offer can be rented from 1st May 2013*** Offer can be rented from 1st June...
- Permanent offers Whether you want to travel with your partner or with the whole family, if you want to travel for several weeks, here are our special offers for everyone.
- Family offers Throughout all seasons Locaboat offers to families to cruise for a great price in France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Ireland and Poland.
Request Reservation
- How to book?
- Availability request
- Online booking Indicate the country, the region of your choice. A liste of departure bases will be submitted to you. In the next step you can make your reservation.
- Reservation slip If you have got a file number (option), pleasefill in the field "your file number". If not, take the file number 999999.
- Online Payment You will needyour booking reference number to finalise your payment
Info Locaboat
- F.A.Q. Here, all the question that you ask yourself concerning a boating holiday will be answered. We made four topics so that you can find more easy what you are looking for.
- Info bases All you have to know about the Locaboat bases is here. A table with the distances between our bases and large European cities can be downloaded as PDF document here
- Essential information
- Service at the base You can find here all our additional services for your cruiseyou can order directly at the departure base.
- Navigation guide
Short trips
Our basic short breaks BASIC WEEK-END from friday (between 2 pm and 6 pm) to sunday (6 pm) or monday (9 am) See basic Week-end prices BASIC MINI WEEK from monday (between 2 pm and 6 pm) to friday (9 am) See basic Mini Week prices
- Long week-ends Our offers for long week-ends! Locaboat offers long week-ends around public holidays. Benefit from the best offers for your short break!
- Green breaks FROM 2 TO 5 DAYS, BENEFIT FROM OUR 'GREEN BREAKS' OFFERS For a week-end or longer, take advantage of our 'Green Breaks' offers and escape for a short break. Two possible options : Basic and Premium as you wish !
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Current offers ...
News
Special offers in March and April ! :
Take advantage of special offers in March and April 2013 allowing you to save up to...
FREE Wi-fi on our bases
Good news for those that do not want to or cannot resign to internet access...
A new departure base in Germany
Southeast of Berlin, the rivers Spree, Dahme and Oder meander through an...
News from Anjou
In the next season, the base in La Suze-sur-Sarthe will be replaces by a new base...
Invitation to a transboundary round trip
Where is this portal from another world? We found it on a magnificent round trip...
A nice stage on the Canal de Bourgogne
The Abbey of Fontenay is situated close to Montbard, the new base of Locaboat.
2013 News
The 2013 boating holiday season has many news, which we would like to present to you:
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Our bases in Italy
ITALY: CHECK-LIST BEFORE DEPARTURE
- Documents to take:
Passport (or an identity card if you come from a European country within the Schengen treaty). You must be 18 years old to pilot a boat. - Highway Code:
Minimum age 18 years, compulsory to wear seat belts front and back. Speed limits: motorways: 130 km/h | other roads: 90 km/h | in built up areas: 50 km/h - Opening Hours:
Shops open from 9 am to 12.30 pm and 3.30 pm to 7 pm on weekdays | closed on Mondays. Larges stores open without a break from 9.30 am to 8 pm. - Bank Holidays:
Easter Sunday and Monday (31st March & 1st April 2013) | Liberation Day (25th April) | 1st May Labour Day | Republic’s Birthday on the (2nd June) | Assumption (15th August) | All Saints Day (1st November) - Phone:
Booths accept coins or cards (available at tobacconists) The international code for Italy: +39 and then you keep the ‘0’ - In case of emergency:
Police: 113 | Fire: 115 | Marine rescue: 1530 | International emergency: 112. - Health:
You should take a E 111 form or certificate of medical insurance
ADVICE FOR NAVIGATION
This is a region that requires more attention. The tides play an important role and the level of the water in the lagoon is generally quite shallow. As this level is not deep, it's very important to respect the buoys and to stay in mid channel. If you don't respect this rule, there is a great risk of running aground. Refloating a boat involves important costs. These are covered neither by the insurance nor by the accidental damage waiver and will be for you to pay should this happen.
Contrary to the canals or tributaries, the breakdown service can only intervene on the lagoon by boat, which means that, depending on the tides, the intervention might only be carried out after several hours and a wait of 4 – 6 hours isn’t impossible. You should take this into account. Take note that the navigation on the lagoon is much easier than on the Brenta Canal – where the locks are much narrower with a violent current. These locks require skillfulness and at least two agile people to help with the manoeuvres. During your initiation, the instructor will go through all the details. On the Brenta Canal and the Sile, some locks and bridges are open at set times. They will be given at the base. Going through the lifting bridges is free except for ‘Torre di Fine’ (€ 20 per passage) which is situated between Jesolo and Caorle.
The waterway police controls regularly the compliance of navigation restrictions in particular areas like the Canale Grande (these areas will be explained at the starting out formalities). They can also punish illegal mooring. The captain of the boat is personally responsible to pay the fine for any violation of the rules, even if he didn't steer the boat himself. By signing the hire contract, the captain obligates to respect the navigation rules and to pay for every penalty.
FISHING
Fishing in the Lagoon of Venice doesn't require a fishing licence. For all the rivers a fishing licence is required. Ordering a fishing licence is complicated. Please contact the base of Chioggia for details.
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