Vernarey les Laumes is quite an important town with a large and well used railway station offering train connections with Paris, Dijon and Montbard.

There are many shops, although at quite a distance from the canal.

The port has been rebuilt and now offers deeper moorings. The quay is quite calm and you can have an agreeable stay.

This is also a base for the hireboat company called Nicols.

You are also just a few miles from the abbey of Fontenay and the Roman site of Alesia Sainte Reine.

Venarey les Laumes, many years ago, port with wooden hulled barges awaiting cargo. The photo is taken looking up stream.