The Sarthe river (Sablé sur Sarthe)
From your arrival to Sablé sur Sarthe, you will be seduced by this charming provincial town.
Just the time to get on with your boat, which already the Gregorian chants of the monks of the abbey of Solesmes will invite you in the first stopping place. Privileged, you can tie up wherever you like. Juigné, Pincé, Malicorne, La Suze, in the Golf of Sablé-Solesmes, the Cheffes/Sarthe and The Plessis Bourré, so many places as you can discover with your horse-drawn barge... Do not either forget to bestride your bicycle to discover Asnieres sur Vègre, the oldest medieval village of Maine.
The Mayenne river, the Oudon river
Sinuous, green, the Mayenne spreads according to its meanders a pleiad of unsuspected wealth.
Water mills still in service, manor houses, you will take advantage of the sweetness from Anjou by discovering your place of loading. Past the lock of Grez-Neuville, you will enter the world of the bargemen; Chenillé-Changé, Chambellay, Daon, Ménil, Château-Gontier, the Mayenne will lead you according to its will to the discovery of beautiful landscapes. Small river which throws itself into the Mayenne, near Grez-Neuville, Oudon will enchant you with its peace. The national Stud farm of The Lion of Angers deserves a stopping place!
Our opinion: the Mayenne and The Oudon are two wilder rivers, they will seduce the nature lovers.
The Maine river
Born of the confluence of the Sarthe and the Mayenne, the Maine will lead you in Angers and its castle, quoted from King René, famous for the tapestries of the Apocalypse.