View over the canal

The viewpoint over the canal, in Roanne

The viewpoint over the canal offers a pretty view over the marina of Roanne, one of the most appreciated places of the town. The Roanne audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this peaceful setting at the water's edge, where the canal from Roanne to Digoin testifies to the boating past of the town.

The marina and the canal

You arrive here at the edge of a canal, in the marina, one of the most appreciated places of Roanne. This port and this canal are linked to the canal from Roanne to Digoin, an artificial waterway dug in the nineteenth century to link the town to the river network and to facilitate the transport of goods, at a time when Roanne was a great industrial and commercial centre, notably thanks to its textile industry. The canal thus prolonged the role of the Loire and allowed to convey the productions of the town. With the decline of the fluvial transport, the canal has lost its commercial function, but it has found a new life: its end, in Roanne, has been laid out into a pleasant marina, where the boats and the barges of tourism and leisure moor. This viewpoint offers a pretty perspective over the calm waters of the canal, the vessels, the banks and the peaceful animation of the port. It is a place of promenade prized by the Roanne people, that mixes fluvial heritage, nature and sweetness of living. A peaceful belvedere and a witness of the boating past, the viewpoint over the canal is a fine stop of the discovery of Roanne.

What to see

Here you enjoy a pretty view over the marina of Roanne, at the end of the canal from Roanne to Digoin dug in the nineteenth century for the transport of goods at the time of the textile industry; reconverted into a pleasant marina where the leisure boats moor, the place offers a peaceful perspective over the calm waters, the vessels and the banks. The viewpoint over the canal is a peaceful setting of Roanne. It is a fine stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The viewpoint over the canal lies at the marina of Roanne, at the end of the canal from Roanne to Digoin, reachable on foot. It is a public open-air space, freely accessible. It is a peaceful and appreciated place of promenade, pleasant along the water.

What is the canal of Roanne?

The canal from Roanne to Digoin, an artificial waterway dug in the nineteenth century to link the town to the river network and to transport the goods at the time of the textile industry; having lost its commercial function, its end in Roanne has been reconverted into a pleasant marina, one of the most appreciated places of the town.

Where is the viewpoint over the canal in Roanne?

At the marina of Roanne, at the end of the canal from Roanne to Digoin, in France.