The Canal du Midi, entirely hand-dug and hailed as an engineering marvel on completion in 1681, offers a refreshing alternate take on French travel: a bikeable path through the towns and ...

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 ...

From 1681 everything travelled up and down that canal until commercial barging was phased out in the late 1900s. The Canal du Midi has since been granted UNESCO World Heritage status for its ...

The Canal du Midi includes 91 locks, a series of tunnels, and the world’s first canal bridge, the Pont-Canal de Répudre. Construction began in 1666 and required the labor of approximately ...

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.

A cruise down a 17th century French canal: the perfect antidote to our times. By Thomas G. Donlan. We've detected you are on Internet Explorer.

The Canal du Midi includes 91 locks, a series of tunnels, and the world's first canal bridge, the Pont-Canal de Répudre.