Criterion (iv): The Canal du Midi is notable as the first major summit level canal built to meet a strategic territorial development objective. It represents, par excellence, a significant period of ...

Boating along the Canal du Midi is surely one of life’s finer pleasures ... each is a small marvel of engineering and history. Indeed the canal is considered such a great creation that in ...

The Canal du Midi in the south of France is an extraordinary feat of engineering, history, and beauty. This iconic waterway stretches 223 miles, linking the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean ...

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 ...

The Canal du Midi traverses the Occitanie region and gives ... of all skill levels access to parts of France that are rich in history, yet sometimes passed over by visitors with (only) Paris ...

Boats berthed on the bottom of the Canal du Midi after water was drained for maintenance work in November, 2019. (Photo by ERIC CABANIS / AFP) As drought forces the reopening of the Canal du Midi ...

A lack of water supply was the obstacle that genius Pierre-Paul Riquet overcame to construct the Canal du Midi in the 17th Century. An engineer from Béziers, his feat in its day was equivalent to ...

Toulouse, the gateway to our four-day/160-mile bike trip to the Mediterranean along the Canal du Midi, seduced us with ... its fascinating Greek and Roman history and the Museum’s archaeological ...

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 ...