An unusual night on the water

A short article from our friends Weekend ailleurs who visited the Village des Monédières. Let’s get away from it all and head for the “ toues cabanées” of the Monédières. But what exactly is a toue cabanée? It’s a typical wooden boat from the Loire Valley, once used for river transport. Here, these boats are […]
Le Figaro introduces you to the Toue des Demoiselles village

A VILLAGE OF TOUES It’s an unusual vacation spot between Digoin (Burgundy) and Chassenard, (Auvergne), designed by two enthusiasts of river navigation and atypical hotels, Alfred Carignant and his father Claude, who run the boat rental company Les Canalous. On a pond, they have gathered nineteen “toues cabanées”, wooden boats that were once […]
