The Triple Nations Cruise

Hesse > Saarbr�cken > Metz > Hesse

A fantastic cosmopolitan and cultural cruise through France, Luxembourg and Germany on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin, the Moselle and Sarre rivers and the Canal des Houillères de la Sarre. A licence is required for part of this journey.

Distance: 433 km
Cruising Time: 84 hrs
Locks: 74
Return Trip

Hesse > Saarbr�cken > Metz > Hesse

Hesse

A pretty and quiet village, Hesse has a charm and character that has been preserved over many years. Apart from a well-organised port the village also has the ruins of a Benedictine Abbey from the 11th century, whose church is now the village church.

Xouaxange

This is a pretty little village with an old church and a ruined castle to visit. There are no shops here. There is no bakerie but you can get bread and pastries in the restaurant �Au Mesnil�

Gondrexange�

To visit the Etang de Gondrexange. Set on 770 hectares, the lake offers boats for hire and the lake is also excellent for fishing and swimming. here. Groceries and bread are are available in the village, but otherwise, there's not a lot here apart from the watersport facilities.

Lagarde

Make sure you visit this village typical of Lorraine and which is moreover part of the Lorraine Regional Natural Park. Nice flowered harbour �Navig France�

Lun�ville

Attractive architecture from the 18th Century and magnificent gardens, together with a good range of shops and services

St Nicolas De Port

All shops in the town, supermarket and touristic sites that makes it an ideal place to visit

Nancy

So many things to see in that big town , nice architecture, big shopping center and good service in the harbour

Sarreguemines�

At Sarreguemines you are almost into Germany! . The name of �Sarreguemines� comes from the German word � gemund� means �join together� and the town has a chequered histiory, being transferred to Germany in 1871, with the Treaty of Frankfurt following the Franco-Prussian War. From 1871 to 1918 it formed part of Germany, in the imperial province of Alsace-Lorraine and manufactured plush velvet, leather, porcelain and earthenware, and was a chief depot for papier-m�ch� boxes, mostly used for snuffboxes. It was returned to France after World War I and today it is a large town offering a huge range of shops and services

Sarralbe

The Sarralbe Military cemetery lies on the right hand side of the D.156 which is reached by taking a right turn off the N.56 before entering the town of Sarralbe. It was begun by the Germans but now contains only the graves of Commonwealth soldiers who died as prisoners of war.

Harskirchen

There is a lovely old watermill dating from the 17th century that you can visit just on the outskirts of Harskirchen and if you feel energetic, you can visit the sports centre just by the moorings.