SELF DRIVE RIVER BOAT RENTALS FROM Lattes
This lively city, with no less than 20 restaurants, in which we recommend a visit to the archeology museum Henri-Prades, is the starting point for river cruises on the Canal du Midi. Simple to Argens Minervois.
The locks are automatic or electric and manned by lock keepers. The locks are closed the 1st of may and the 14th of july.
The ladder of locks at Fonsérannes (near Béziers) is very busy during the high season. Frontignan Bridge opens twice a day, in the morning and mid-afternoon.
The one-way or the navigation towards the Carmargue while crossing the Etang de Thau can be canceled or interrupted if the climatic conditions, in particular the wind, do not allow to pass the Etang de Thau. This does not prevent you from sailing while waiting for the reopening of the pond to navigation.
You can moor anywhere along the banks on the Canal du Midi and in the Camargue.
- Car: Access A9-E15-E80 follow A709 Montpellier and take exit 30 Montpellier-Sud
- Train: Montpellier TGV station (5 km) | from Montpellier station: tram Nr. 3 to the center of Lattes. Then 10 minutes. walk to Port Ariane (to "Carrefour Market" and pedestrian path through the tunnel)
- Airport: Montpellier-Mediterranee airport (6 km)
- Supermachés in Lattes (closed on Sunday afternoon)
- in Lattes every Wednesday and Sunday morning
- At the Mas de Saporta (3 km) local products market, on Tuesdays and Fridays from 6 pm to 10 pm, (July-August)
- From the Thau pond to Franqueveaux (on the Rhone canal in Sète), there is no need for a fishing map). After Franqueveaux, the fishing map is necessary and available at St Gilles or Beaucaire.
- On the Lez and the Canal du Rhône at Sète, the few locks are automatic. Warning: the drawbridge at Frontignan only opens twice a day (8.30 am and 4.00 pm) for a few minutes. The crossing of the Etang de Thau is prohibited by wind greater than 3 Beaufort. Most of the locks on the Canal du Midi are electrified, with lock keeper. On the Canal de la Robine they are automatic with a lock keeper for 4 locks. The locks are open from 9h to 12h30 and from 13h30 to 19h (HS) or 18h (BS). On May 1st, the locks are open only on Lez.
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Best current offers for the destination Lattes
From €411 / pers
Week of the 5/3/25 to 5/10/25
- Max. people : 5
- Cabins : 2
- Bathroom & Toilet : 2
Two steering positions
Bow thruster
Bimini Top
220V socket
Electric toilets
From €355 / pers
Week of the 5/3/25 to 5/10/25
- Max. people : 7
- Cabins : 3
- Bathroom & Toilet : 3
Two steering positions
Bow thruster
220 V converter
Bimini Top
Electric toilets
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