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 ...

Marie's bottle-green canal boat offers three rooms and two cabins that make the perfect family getaway on the Canal du Midi. It is the epitome of bohemian canal living: potted plants and wooden ...

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. Le ...

Hoseasons (0844 847 1170, www.hoseasons.co.uk) offers boating holidays on the Canal du Midi. A week on the Caprice, which sleeps up to six, starts from £1,335. Sea France operates 15 daily return ...

Le Boat currently has fantastic savings on boating holidays in France including the beautiful regions of the Canal du Midi and Burgundy - cruise longer for less with 7 nights for the price of 5 ...

The Canal du Midi - a UNESCO World Heritage site that runs from Toulouse to Sète in southern France - will close early this year due to drought.