Start- and Baseport is “Messac”. Can you imagine that 1771 potatoes were cultivated here for the first time? Not far of “Messac” lies “Loheac”, where you can visit an automuseum, which is admitted by visitors far over its borders. On the route towards south you drive through the valley of the Villaine – a very romantic place! In “Langon” there is a wonderful garden, “jardin anglais”, the english garden.
You will pass numerous Chateaus and gardens on all routes, this garden however is something special. The next larger city is “Redon”, the city of the flowers, but it naturally gives to discover still more: exclusive restaurants, historical buildings, churches… the route continues directly to the heart of the city. “Redon” explore it best with the bicycle on its numerous cycle tracks.
Here there are many possibilities to buy proviant. At “Foleux” you can put on directly in the heart of the city for an overnight stop: a Candle Light Dinner on your boat – wouldn t that be nice?! You can open the salon roof, a mild summer breeze and over you the clear starlit sky. Have you already lived that feeling ?
A further remarkable point is the bridge of “Pont de Cran”, which can be pulled open for larger ships, so that e.g. sail yachts can pass by- but you can drive through simply.
Afterwards you cross a wonderful valley, which is overspanned at “la Roche Bernard” by an enormous bridge. Exploring the village is pure medieval Flair and originalness.
In “Arzal” the route finally ends fur channel boats.

Briefly after “Messac”, you pass your first sluice to our base port and already reach soon “Pont Rean” river downwards. You discover a beautyfull bridge from the 18th Century – a beautyfull place of creation, nearly in village center nevertheless a little apart.
The travel continues to lead it toward the north – towards Rennes. In the capital of Brittany you can put on at “Quai St. Cyr” , ideally for cyclists, because on approx. 100 km cycle tracks you can reach fast to the most beautiful goals of the brittany metropole. The cathedral “St. Pierre”, the parliament building, the museum of brittany arts and numerous parks and gardens, like the picture-like “Park Thabor” in the heart of “Rennes”, wait for it to be discovered and explored.
The travel continues towards the north, by the way, you drive by the “Canal d’ille et Rance”, and the next attraction is no longer waiting at you – we drive to the Stair of sluices at Hede. Besides, do you notice somewhat? Sea-air! Correctly, we approach the coast and in direct proximity of the route lies some of the meaningfullest Chateaus of Brittany: “Le Chateau de la Bourbanais”, “Chateau Combourg” or “Chateau de la Beaumanoir” emerge before you and pull down slowly on past whilst you are driving your boat and you are breathing the history and culture of Brittany.
On slow speed you run into the port of Dinan and put on.
The city lures with its typically brittany restaurants and specialities, here you can enjoy typical brittany hospitality, because Dinan is one of the oldest and meaningfullest coastal settlements of Brittany.