![]() So it seems it's the second approach that would interest you. There are at least 2 basic ways to plan a long walk, one is to follow an established long-distance path (Grandes Randonnées - GRs), the other which I chose given it was the chateaux that interested me, plot your way on a variety of paths. PK 0.While I haven't walked in the Dorgogne, I have done 2 long walks in France, the first from chateau to chateau in the Loire, beginning at Chambord, ending in Chinon & the 2nd along the Burgundy Canal which as you can imagine is easier to plan, follow the canal. PK 6.9 Le Fleix bridge, quay d/s r/b, village r/b PK 11.9 Sainte-Foy-la-Grande quay l/b, small town PK 12.3 Port-Sainte-Foy bridge, quay d/s r/b, village r/b PK 18.3 Eynesse quay and small village l/b PK 20.8 Saint-Aulaye quay and small village r/b PK 27.2 Pessac-sur-Dordogne bridge, quay, village l/b PK 33.7 Lamothe-Montravel quay and village r/b PK 39.3 Castillon-la-Bataille bridge, quay, village u/s l/b PK 42.6 Islands, navigation in middle arm PK 43.2 Civrac-de-Dordogne quay and village l/b (access from d/s) PK 43.8 Island, d/s tip, access to Civrac in l/b arm PK 45.7 Sainte-Terre, mooring r/b, village 500m PK 49.5 Saint-Jean-de-Blaignac bridge, quay and village u/s l/b PK 56.1 Branne bridge, quay u/s l/b, village l/b ![]() PK 64.5 Slipway (Carré) r/b, poor condition PK 75.0 Libourne bridge, quay u/s and landing stage d/s r/b, slipway, town centre r/b PK 77.7 Fronsac quay and slipway, village r/b PK 85.6 Saint-Pardon quay and village l/b (access poor) ![]() PK 98.3 Pontoon, slipway l/b (Cavernes), water, electricity PK 101.9 Cubzac-les-Ponts bridge (Eiffel), pontoon capacity 16 boats, night €10, water, electricity, slipway, village 1500m r/b PK 110.6 Ambès pontoon capacity 8 boats, water, electricity, restaurant, slipway, village l/b PK 113.9 Bourg quay and slipway, village r/b, castle PK 117.0 Ambès oil terminal and refinery, industrial quays l/b PK 117.6 Confluence with the Gironde, Bec d’Ambès lighthouse l/b ![]() Restoration of Grand-Salvette lock in Bergerac, along with this canal, would open up navigation up to the spectacular Trémolat meander. These were finally bypassed by the remarkable Canal de Lalinde, with its triple staircase locks, built in 1838-1844. As well as mills and fish farming ponds, a serious obstacle throughout the 17th and 18th centuries was the series of rapids at La Gratusse, upstream of Bergerac. History – Plans to canalise the Dordogne were never completed. Pontoon moorings have been established at the more important towns and villages on the river. It is to be noted that the possibility of mooring at most of the ‘quays’ indicated in the distance table depends on the state of the tides. The distance from Saint-Pierre-d’Eyraud to the confluence with the Garonne is 118km. ![]() This is a free-flow navigation, with the difficulties that entails, down to Castillon-la-Bataille (PK 39). However, navigation is now impossible over the first 14km below the weir and officially begins at Saint-Pierre-d’Eyraud, 12km upstream of the small town of Sainte-Foy-la-Grande. The Dordogne was formerly navigable from Bergerac weir to its confluence with the Garonne at Bec d’Ambès. ![]()
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