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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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.

Toulouse, the gateway to our four-day/160-mile bike trip to the Mediterranean along the Canal du Midi, seduced us with cultural diversity, café life and caramel-drenched crêpes.