Cruise through a UNESCO world heritage site
4.6/5
(based on 100 review)
The best known French Canal in the world. From Toulouse to Agde (Canal du Midi) and Sète to Beaucaire (Canal du Rhône à Sète/Camargue), numerous tourist attractions bordering the waterway. The city of Carcassonne, the scale of locks of Fonsérannes, the Etang de Thau or Beaucaire are steps not to be missed during your canal boating Holidays from the Cathare Region to the shores of the Mediterranean.
On this waterway, here are the possible starting points : Bram, Port-Lauragais, Négra, Argens-Minervois, Castelnaudary, Agde, Port Cassafières, Carcassonne, Homps, Narbonne, Colombiers, Homps, Le Somail, Trèbes.
On this waterway, here are the possible starting points : Aigues-Mortes, Carnon, Bellegarde, Lattes, Saint Gilles.
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The Canal du Midi dates back to the time of Louis XIV; construction work, supervised by Paul Louis Riquet, started in 1666 and finished in 1681. Come and admire Riquet’s magnificent constructions (the Agde Round Lock, Fonsérannes staircase lock and the Naurouze spillway built by stonemasons). In 1996, the ‘Canal des Deux-Mers’ as it is also known became a UNESCO world heritage site.
Activities
 BikeA towing-path, allowing to ride the bike as close to the canal, is present on most part of the Canal du Midi. Converted into a Greenway from Trèbes to Carcassonne and Béziers to Agde. |
 VineyardThe best-known wines of the Languedoc are the Corbière, Minervois, Fitou, as well as the Muscats de Frontignan, Rivesalte and Lunel. |
 SwimSwimming is possible on the pond of Homps and when you navigate closer to the Mediterranean (between Agde and Sète) |
 GastronomyAt the closest points of the sea, you will find oysters, mussels and fresh fish in most of the restaurants. If you go through Castelnaudary, you have to try the local specialty, cassoulet. |
 MonumentThe Canal du midi, a world heritage site listed by UNESCO. From Toulouse to Agde, through Carcassonne and Béziers, you will cross by houseboat many works of river architectures (aqueduct, scale of locks). |
The Locks
Welcome to the Camargue, a land of wild horses and birds. There are more than 350 recorded species, including the famous the flamingos of course. You can access the beach by bicycle or on foot in numerous places. Discover the Alpilles region as you cross the vast marshy plains and ponds surrounded by reeds on your way to Beaucaire.
Activities
 NatureNavigating in the middle of a protected conservation area, you are in the middle of a wild space with unique biodiversity. |
Vineyard Muscat Frontignan and the Clairette de Bellegarde in Beaucaire, the vineyards are part of the local landscape. |
Bike On almost all of the Canal of the Rhône in Sète you will find a towing-path, allowing you to enjoy a nice and big bike rides. |
| Swim From Sète to the Grand Motte, the Canal runs along the Mediterranean, at any time the beaches are accessible. |
 Water sportResorts, such as Palavas, the Grau du Roi and Carnon, offer water sport activities to enjoy the Mediterranean. |
Monument From Sète, the native city of Georges Brassens, up to Beaucaire with its castle and its troglodyte Abbey Saint Romain, the monuments evoking the history of France are not lacking. |
The Locks
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 Camargue.
Airports in Carcassonne, Toulouse and Montpellier.
Hi-speed (TGV) train stations in Carcassonne, Toulouse, Montpellier, Narbonne and Béziers.
One-way cruises to Carnon and Bellegarde may be cancelled if weather conditions prevent crossing the Étang de Thau. One-way cruises are only confirmed 48 h before departure.
All departure bases have secure car parking, except Carcassonne (public car park).
4.6/5
(based on 100 review)
Duration : 7 Nights (1 week) - Cruise : entre Narbonne and Port Cassafières
"Generally very very good"