From Lutzelbourg: Alsace boat hire: discover wines and landscapes

Arriving at the Lutzelbourg base, you will see its fortress and its renowned cut-glass and crystal factories. On all itineraries, you will see houses with flower-covered, corbelled balconies, beautiful churches with onion-shaped steeples, forged-steel gates and railings as you go along. Wherever you stop, you will find food specialties: sauerkraut and cooked meats as well as mouth-watering pastries made with red fruits, plums and damsons. Cruising westward you will pass through the boat lift at Saint-Louis Arzviller. This impressive feat of engineering looks rather like a bathtub full of water sloping upwards. It does the work of 17 locks. Going westwards you reach Sarreguemines by following the Canal des Houillères de la Sarre (Sarre Coalmines Canal) in a wooded setting. Still going westwards, you can also get to Nancy, the natural home of Art Nouveau with its famous glassworks and the Place Stanislas, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.