SELF DRIVE RIVER BOAT RENTALS FROM Le Somail
This city, whose Pont-Vieux is often in tourist photos, is also known for its hat museum, which we advise you to visit before your departure or when you return from a cruise. This base is the starting point for one-way cruises on the Canal du Midi to Port Lauragais or Aigues-Mortes.
The locks are automatic or electric and manned by lock keepers. The locks are closed the 1st of may .
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.
Notice: Navigation conditions on the Canal du Midi are evolving according to the following schedule:
Homps: reopening on 25 March
Trèbes: reopening on 10 April
Full canal navigable: from 15 April (restrictions remain in the Narbonne area)
Please note: from 25 March, departures from Homps are possible in downstream direction only, i.e. heading east (towards Béziers).
You can moor anywhere along the banks on the Canal du Midi and in the Camargue.
- Car: A61, A9, Paris (770 km)
- Train: TGV Béziers & Narbonne
- Airport: Toulouse (148 km), Montpellier (150 km), Carcassonne (56 km), Béziers (35 km).
- Intermarché and Aldi in Saint Marcel d'Aude (2 km)
Possible cruises
Le Somail
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River constructions
Vineyard
Monument
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Le Somail
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River constructions
Vineyard
Monument
Sports and leisure activities
Swimming
Le Somail
round trip
Vineyard
Monument
Sports and leisure activities
Swimming
River constructions
Le Somail
round trip
Le Somail
Bellegarde
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Monument
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Vineyard
Swimming
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Le Somail
Port-Lauragais
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Le Somail
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Bellegarde
Le Somail
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Le Somail
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Bellegarde
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Swimming
Nature
Le Somail
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Monument
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Swimming
River constructions
Le Somail
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