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 ...

Captain your own vessel on the canals and waterways of Europe this summer. Le Boat tour company offers private boats for rent that couples, families or groups can use to explore at their own pace ...

The Canal du Midi traverses the Occitanie region and gives cyclists of all skill levels access to parts of France that are rich in lore, yet sometimes passed over by visitors.

The Canal du Midi passes through the hill on the top channel, created by Riquet in 1679. Below it is a railway tunnel, constructed in 1854.

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 ...

Canal du Midi at Le Someil, a 17th-century port with an 18th-century stone bridge. Credit: Alamy. Its hundreds of features – aqueducts, feeders, locks, staircase locks, siphons, spillways ...

The Canal du Midi is a 150 mile long canal in southwestern France connecting the Garonne River to the Étang de Thau on the Mediterranean.

Cruising the Canal du Midi: Move over Rick Stein... it's my turn for a French odyssey. By BRIDGET MCGROUTHER . Published: 06:21 EDT, 21 July 2013 | Updated: 06:21 EDT, 21 July 2013 ...

This 360-km network of navigable waterways linking the Mediterranean and the Atlantic through 328 structures (locks, aqueducts, bridges, tunnels, etc.) is one of the most remarkable feats of civil ...