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 ...

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 ...

France's first hydrogen-powered tourist river boat has recently been cruising the canals of Burgundy, with zero carbon emissions. A relaxing canal cruise is a lovely way to spend a sunny summer ...

General view of boats in the marina in Castelnaudary along France's Canal du Midi in 2020 (AFP / REMY GABALDA) The Canal du Midi - a UNESCO World Heritage site that runs from Toulouse to Sète in ...

Cruising a stretch of Paul Riquet’s magnificent 17th-century canal, Canal du Midi in south west France means wineries and olive oil refineries, ... Le Boat (leboat.co.uk; ...

Before stepping aboard Pivoine (Peony), one of Belmond’s seven private-hire boats in France, my only previous experience of barging, as its fans call it, was on the Grand Union Canal in southern ...