Harbour

Tournon Ponton

Name: Tournon Ponton
Address: Tournon-sur-Rhône, FR
Telephone: +33644307976

4.5Tournon-sur-Rhône, France

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Type: Harbour

River pontoon on the right bank of the Rhône at Tournon-sur-Rhône, Ardèche, opposite Tain-l'Hermitage.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Approach from the Rhône navigable channel. The pontoon sits upstream of the suspension footbridge linking Tournon to Tain. Watch the current, which can reach 4 to 5 knots on the Rhône during spring melt. Moor bow or stern into the stream.

Practical

Floating pontoon with water and electricity. No fuel on site. Visitor room is very limited, long-term boats and a tour boat taking up most of it, so the only space left is often the outer berth by the pump-out station, signed against mooring but usually tolerated and with a risk of being moved on. The overnight fee runs about 21 euros, paid at the police post around 200 m downstream, and a berth can be free off season. Town centre and shops within 200 m. SNCF station Tournon-Tain on the opposite bank via the footbridge.

Ashore

Hermitage vineyards rise directly above Tain-l'Hermitage on the far bank, reached on foot via the Passerelle Marc Seguin. Château de Tournon above the quay houses a museum on Rhône navigation. Train du Vivarais steam line departs from the town for Lamastre.

History

Tournon was a crossing point on the Rhône from Roman times. The first suspension bridge in continental Europe was built here in 1825 by Marc Seguin, replaced in 1849 after collapse.

Story

The Lycée Gabriel-Faure in Tournon, founded in 1536, is one of the oldest secondary schools in France and counted Stéphane Mallarmé among its teachers in the 1860s.