The Canal du Midi has five elements, namely the main section that connects Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) to Étang de Thau at Marseillan along the Mediterranean coast (Hérault) over a length of 240 km; the ...

Float along France's historic canal system connecting the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. You'll pass through cute, medieval villages and delicious wineries.

Almost every time we drove our 15 metre canal boat into one of the small oval locks on France’s Canal du Midi, we drew a crowd. It could be our audience was made up of engineering fans there to ...

A four-night self-catered cruise on the Canal du Midi on board a Horizon 5, during the 2023 boating season, starting and finishing at Le Boat’s base at Homps, is priced from £2,499 per boat.

The Canal du Midi includes 91 locks, a series of tunnels, and the world’s first canal bridge, the Pont-Canal de Répudre. Construction began in 1666 and required the labor of approximately ...

Toulouse, the gateway to our four-day/160-mile bike trip to the Mediterranean along the Canal du Midi, seduced us with cultural diversity, café life and caramel-drenched crêpes.

The Canal du Midi, entirely hand-dug and hailed as an engineering marvel on completion in 1681, offers a refreshing alternate take on French travel: a bikeable path through the towns and ...