STARTING OUT FORMALITIES:

departure days from 2 pm on.

BOARDING :

from 3 pm to 6 pm (according to preparing the boats)

CLIMATE :

see chart page 61 of the Captains handbook.

ACCESS :

By motorway :

• A11 -  E501 exit Durtal : 36 km (D859 + D78)

  Michelin maps n° 63  et 64, http://www.viamichelin.com/

  I.G.N. map n° 106, http://www.ign.fr/

  Green Guide Michelin Châteaux de la Loire

By rail :

• TGV : Angers station (34 km), www.sncf.fr

• Lion d'Angers Regional station (9 km)

By air :

• Nantes-Atlantique airport (128 km), http://www.nantes.aeroport.fr/

PARKING :

see the link on the left of this page: Locaboat services / parking.

CAR HIRE :

• Avis : Angers (34 km) Tel : 08 20 61 16 82, http://www.avis.com/
• Europcar : Angers (34 km) Tel : 08 25 35 83 58, http://www.europcar.com/
• Hertz : Angers (34 km) Tel : 02 41 88 15 16, http://www.hertz.com/
• Budget : Angers (34 km) Tel : 08 25 00 35 64

HOTELS :

• Les Ondines (Châteauneuf 15km) Tel : 02 41 69 84 38 Fax : 02 41 69 83 59
• Les Voyageurs (Lion d'Angers 10km) Tel : 02 41 95 81 81 Fax : 02 41 95 84 80

BED AND BREAKFAST AND GUEST HOUSE:

Booking office Tel : 02 41 23 51 23 - Fax : 02 41 23 51 26

RESTAURANT :

la Table du Meunier Tel : 02 41 95 10 98

BANKS :

at Lion d'Angers (10 km) closed Saturday afternoon, sunday and Monday

POST OFFICE :

at Lion d'Angers (10 km) closed Saturday afternoon and Sunday

SHOPS :

at Chenillé Changé "Au petit café"  Tel : 02 41 60 32 68 

at Lion d'Angers (10 km) closed Sunday.

MARKETS :

at Lion d'Angers (10 km) Friday mornings at Champigné (8 Km) Tuesday mornings.

TAXIS :

• Taxi Haut Anjou Tel : 02 41 95 70 70

TOURIST OFFICE :

at Lion d'Angers Tel : 02 41 95 83 19

MAINE-ANJOU-RIVIERES BASE SERVICES :

WC and shower according to the opening hours of the base, phone box, picnic area

Gastronomic specialities :

Feuilleté de brochet au Cointreau, filet de Sandre au beurre blanc.

Local wines : Anjou Villages, Gamay, Sauvignon, Chinon, Champigny, Cointreau…

Fishing :

(fishing licence obligatory on sale near the base)

Zander, perch, pike, carp, eel,…

To see :

Coteaux de la Vierge, water mill, the stud at le Lion d'Angers, the Angers Castle...