Quai des Régates, River pier in central Metz, France.
The Quai des Régates is a quay on the right bank of the Moselle in the Ancienne Ville district of central Metz. It runs along the Metz basin, where a marina holds small white moored boats tied to dark posts. The surface is reddish-brown rectangular paving, with a low concrete edging toward the water and a row of tall trees on the landward side.
The quai des Régates runs along the Moselle in the Ancienne Ville quarter of Metz-Centre. Its name refers to rowing regattas, and the quay shelters a marina on the Metz water body. The French source gives no founding date or construction history for the quay itself.
The name "Régates" refers to rowing regattas held on the Moselle, and the quay borders the plan d'eau de Metz, the broad stretch of river beside the marina. Moored cabin cruisers and open boats line the low quay, tied to dark mooring posts, with electric lights among the trees behind.
The quai des Régates runs along the right bank of the Moselle in the Ancienne Ville quarter of Metz-Centre, surfaced with reddish-brown rectangular paving stones and bordered by a low concrete edging toward the water. A low wall and a row of tall trees line the landward side, and several arched bridges cross the river ahead. The walkway is open to pedestrians and cyclists.
The quay borders the plan d'eau de Metz, a broad stretch of the Moselle, and shelters a small marina: white cabin cruisers and open boats tied to dark mooring posts, with electric lights glowing among the trees on the bank behind. The paved walkway, laid in reddish-brown rectangular stones, is the quai des Régates itself.
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