le réseau du canal du Midi, réalisé entre 1667 et 1694, constitue l'une des réalisations de génie civil les plus extraordinaires de l'ère moderne, qui ouvrit la voie à la révolution industrielle. Le ...

Boating along the Canal du Midi is surely one of life’s finer pleasures. And with the speed limit set at just 8km/h you cannot but slow down – and relax. Stretching some 240km between Toulouse ...

42,000 plane trees which run along the historic Canal du Midi will have to be chopped down due to the spread of an infectious, incurable fungus. The site has UNESCO status and links the Atlantic ...

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 ...

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 ...

Built in the 17th century and located in southern France, the Canal du Midi is one of Europe's oldest canals still in operation and a UNESCO World Heritage site. For a long time, the canal served ...

Eight couples, all of them from Fairbanks except for one couple from Homer and a woman from Seattle, made the trip across the Atlantic to the Canal du Midi, where the adventure really began.