{"id":3261,"date":"2018-01-23T16:17:23","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T15:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lescanalous.com\/qui-sommes-nous\/"},"modified":"2024-08-27T16:20:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T14:20:22","slug":"who-are-we","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lescanalous.com\/en\/who-are-we\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Once upon a time\u2026 Les Canalous<\/span><\/h2>

Les Canalous is the sto\u00adry of an idea that has already come a long way in 42 years\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

\"MadeIn 1982, Ren\u00e9 Carig\u00adnant and his son Claude had the idea of intro\u00adduc\u00ading an orig\u00adi\u00adnal alter\u00adna\u00adtive to tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal tourism<\/strong> : allow\u00ading peo\u00adple to dis\u00adcov\u00ader Charo\u00adlais \u2013 Brion\u00adnais from a new and unusu\u00adal per\u00adspec\u00adtive, nav\u00adi\u00adgat\u00ading the canal aboard a house\u00adboat\u2026<\/strong> A crazy project or a glimpse of the future ? Arguably a bit of both\u2026<\/span><\/p>

Now, sea\u00adson after sea\u00adson, Les Canalous are attract\u00ading more and more fans seek\u00ading a dif\u00adfer\u00adent kind of hol\u00adi\u00adday expe\u00adri\u00adence<\/strong> : cou\u00adples, fam\u00adi\u00adlies, but also groups of friends and asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtions set\u00adting off for an adven\u00adture on the canals<\/strong>\u2026 Per\u00adhaps this idea wasn\u2019t so crazy after all\u2026 Les Canalous are get\u00adting big\u00adger. Hav\u00ading first start\u00aded in Bur\u00adgundy and Franche-Comt\u00e9, they then estab\u00adlished them\u00adselves in the South of France, Camar\u00adgue, but also Mayenne, Alsace and, more recent\u00adly, Char\u00adente, Aquitaine and Lot..<\/span><\/p>

Eager to pro\u00advide an ide\u00adal hol\u00adi\u00adday for every\u00adone, Les Canalous have also been devel\u00adop\u00ading their fleet : from the small\u00adest to the largest boats and the sim\u00adplest to the most com\u00adfort\u00adable of set-ups\u2026 there is now a wide and var\u00adied choice for any\u00adone who wants to sam\u00adple the sim\u00adple joys of water\u00adway tourism. Over the years, Les Canalous have become a big fam\u00adi\u00adly<\/strong> and a hotbed of new ideas and inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive projects. This 40th anniver\u00adsary is sym\u00adbol\u00adic, remind\u00ading us that any lit\u00adtle idea can evolve into a great sto\u00adry. It is, above all, a step\u00adping stone in an ongo\u00ading pro\u00adgres\u00adsion \u2013 there\u2019s no doubt that Les Canalous will have many sur\u00adpris\u00ades in store for you<\/strong> over the com\u00ading years\u2026<\/span><\/p>

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France\u2019s lead\u00ading renter-manufacturer<\/span><\/p>

\u201c<\/span>From Producer to Consumer\u201d<\/span><\/h2>

\"Claude<\/span><\/p>

Les Canalous is a com\u00adpa\u00adny found\u00aded in 1982 in Digoin, Bur\u00adgundy<\/strong>, on the ini\u00adtia\u00adtive of a hand\u00adful of water\u00adway enthu\u00adsi\u00adasts who were among the first to encour\u00adage hol\u00adi\u00adday\u00admak\u00aders to dis\u00adcov\u00ader their regions aboard a houseboat.<\/span><\/p>

Les Canalous is more than a trav\u00adel agency \u2013 it also builds boats<\/strong>, includ\u00ading the famous Tar\u00adpon (a water\u00adway cruise clas\u00adsic) to nav\u00adi\u00adgate the canals and rivers of Europe.<\/span><\/p>

Today, Les Canalous, with its 41 bases in Europe, has become a ref\u00ader\u00adence for water\u00adway tourism<\/strong> and offers trips for all bud\u00adgets and all types of clien\u00adtele<\/strong> (cou\u00adples, fam\u00adi\u00adlies, groups of friends, peo\u00adple with reduced mobil\u00adi\u00adty, etc.).<\/span><\/p>

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