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 famous Suez Canal often receives worldwide recognition but Europe's version is no less impressive. The Canal du Midi in the south of France is an extraordinary feat of engineering, history, and ...

If the relentless and rapid e-mails and deadlines have simply become too much, we highly recommend a decompression break: renting a sleeper boat and put-putting at five miles per hour along the Canal ...

The lock door slowly opened, the water churned in a white rush and I quickly realized that we’d tied up too far forward. The easy-going lock keeper noticed my mistake and slipped my bowline from ...

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 see ...

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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 ...