PK 71.7    Lock (Peyruque), bridge I would love to see Carcassone. We passed through two locks before arriving at the Hermínis Lock which had just closed for lunch. Many of the free moorings including electric have now been removed, due to people taking advantage we were told, out staying their welcome. Moorings are plentiful on the Canal du Midi, most of them are offering electricity and water refill for a small charge. It’s a gorgeous old shop located on the canal bank close to the old bridge and holds more than 50,000 books from all over the world – rare books, first editions, modern books. The Canal du Rhône à Sète (lit. Good bankside moorings above the lock near the small village; a lovely location albeit with some background traffic noise from the road a few kilometres away. Immediately west of the autoroute, a port de plaisance that is part of its spacious parkland rest area. –    Pont Rouge, avenue du Prado, 34500 Béziers (PK 151-240 and La Nouvelle ). If you find yourself in Le Somail, you have to visit the amazing Le Trouve Tout du Livre bookshop. PK 139.5    La Redorte bridge (Pont Vieux), quay d/s l/b for 15 boats, water, electricity, restaurant, village 500m l/b. Reserve a mooring spot in advance for Carcassone and stay an extra night or two! PK 168.3    La Robine basin l/b, bridge (Truilhas), 45 berths, night €16.85, diesel, water, slipway, wifi. You can see why as you explore this canal. Crew takes a couple of turns of the bow line around the forward bollard and then darts back to take the stern line from the skipper, around the aft bollard, back to the skipper and then forward to pick up the bow line and control the bow. PK 87.9    Aqueduct (Espitalet) The Canal du Midi, designed and built by Pierre-Paul Riquet in 1662-1681, is a remarkable work of engineer­ing, justifying its inclusion in the Unesco world heritage list in 1996, and one of the most popular cruising waterways in France. Don't worry, we will never sell your information to 3rd parties. Use biodegradable shampoos etc. 2016 marks the 350th anniversary of the royal decree authorising Riquet to build the canal, and the 20th anniversary of the world heritage listing. Very pretty village and bridge. Hubby is a sailor so hopefully we would find driving and navigating ok. From Béziers, we turned around and started off on our three-hour journey back to Campestang. To the left of the lock lies the spur canal that also connects with the river Hérault, below the weir, that provides a route to the sea. There are loads of restaurants in the medieval part so you won’t starve but this one looked good, had excellent reviews and was tucked away from the busy square. PK 7.1    Footbridge PK 3.0    Footbridge (Raisin) On the edge of the village is an excellent service station and convenience store. In fact, the round lock seems harmless enough but it is more difficult than it looks – it is easy (especially if the wind is blowing) to get ‘trapped’ on one quadrant or another, unable to get off and make the turn out through the gate. PK 5.1    Bridge (Saint-Sauveur or Montaudran), PK 5.0    Basin (Port Saint-Étienne) Hire boat base, lots of bank-side moorings, shops and restaurants. PK 160.9    Ventenac d’Aude bridge, quay u/s l/b, village l/b. There is a charge of $13 per day for the use of all waterside facilities and moorings along the Caledonian Canal, which we are required to collect in advance of your cruise.This will be added, as a cost, onto your booking. PK 222.0    Port Cassafières basin r/b, Le Boat hire base, 70 berths, night €20 (no mooring the week-end), diesel, water, electricity, showers, pump-out, restaurant, Redoute-Plage 1800m. Towpath – There is a good towpath throughout, except over the first 22km from Les Onglous to Portiragnes lock. After asking a few people for directions in our terrible French, we finally found the right place. We stocked up on bread and stopped for a coffee in an Irish bar which seemed to be the only place open in town. Our Waterside Mooring website has an easy search facility to help you find your nearest long-term mooring site managed by our Waterside Moorings team. My Jonathan was so excited about being on a boat, he was up and about by 5 am. I am hoping that we will get to do some version of this is the next few years. PK 4.2    Footbridge PK 98.2    Double staircase lock (Lalande) Unfortunately, due to let’s just say a few technical issues on board, we didn’t actually manage to actually begin cruising the Canal du Midi until around 3.30pm. Our Mooring Spot on the Canal du Midi in Colombiers, France. Moorings is also as easy. After a cool refreshing shower, we wandered into the town in search of a frosty alcoholic beverage and something to eat. The ‘Grand Bassin’ is a 5ha reservoir feeding the locks. Smiths Falls, Rideau Canal . We were hoping for two double cabins but alas some confusion in the booking, and we got one double and two singles! Terrific white marble bas-relief between the first two : the Mediterranean and the Atlantic personnified together with canal building cherubs busy with picks and shovels. PK 141.4    Bridge (Métairie du Bois) PK 133.4    Double staircase lock (Aiguille), bridge. Close by, a stunning, very large antiquarian bookshop and an equally extraordinary hat museum. If you walk back along the canal beware of the cyclists that you’ll share the path with. But luckily we had visited the supermarket that morning, you can never have too much wine, cheese and pate! Above, the Oppidum d’Enserune is an ancient hill settlement, occupied for 500 years up to 100ad – magical, but a very stiff walk up from the canal. Spend a night in Homps, we didn’t but kind of wish we had. The Canal du midi, the most famous canal in the world, together with the medieval city of Carcassonne have both achieved UNESCO world heritage status – a tribute to their historic and natural beauty. PK 11.5    Ramonville marina r/b, with dry dock, night €12.79, water, electricity. It leaves sea level at the lock in Portiragnes, and soon reaches Béziers, where the canal crosses the river Orb, this time on an aqueduct. PK 3.3    Bridge (Matabiau), narrow passage (former lock) PK 50.2    Bridge (A61, Autoroute des Deux Mers) We've listed all the canal boat hire companies on the Canal du Midi and other Langedoc canals below, with links to their website where you can get full price lists and descriptions of all their boats. Visited Capestang having been picked up by car by Mark & Kate Warren. Blue Links (en) (fr) (ho) - restoring navigation on the Deûle-Escaut link, which includes the Roubaix canal and the Espierre canal. The Canal du Midi towpath stretches the entire length of the tree-lined canal. "canal from the Rhône to Sète") is a canal in southern France, which connects the Étang de Thau in Sète to the Rhône River in Beaucaire, Gard. It was sweltering today, so we were glad we had found a mooring with electricity. It was tight, we held our breath as we went under, ducking our heads – yes, we made it! PK 208.5    Bridge, junction with Canalet du Pont Rouge r/b. We picked up some pain au chocolate in the local boulangerie and fruit from the morning market. Through the right-hand bridge is the short Canal de Brienne which takes water from the Garonne behind the Bazacle weir. PK 28.0    New road bridge (D813) There are ‘slidey poles’ but they are positioned at the extreme ends of the écluse, close to the gates. Canal du Midi - Negra to Argens We did this trip in the second week of May 2018. Vauban made a number of improvements in the 1690s, but was understandably impressed by the boldness of the project completed by Riquet and his engineers. It was rather easy, why had we worried? PK 152.3    Lock (Argens), beginning of long pound PK 5.2    Toulouse port de plaisance (Port Saint-Sauveur), moorings 800m from city centre, 40 berths, night €11.90, diesel, water, electricity, showers, slipway, pump-out. The first half of the trip we had terrible weather with freezing cold temperatures, rain, and wind. Not exactly typical French cuisine, but a really lovely and not too expensive by French standards, pizzeria. Only the busy locks at Trebes stay open during the summer months at lunch. PK 5.6    Footbridge (Soupirs) Waterweb Fluvial (en) (fr) (de) www.pnich.com (fr) Barging on Le Canal du Midi (en) - May 1999. PK 38.5    Aqueduct (Gardouch) PK 212.7    Motorway bridge (A9) This is presumably an abandoned property development. Even if you did need to keep the speed down! The canal is made up of two previously constructed canals, the Canal des Étangs and Canal de Beaucaire. Canal du Midi is the town's main claim to fame. PK 80.8    Bram bridge, basin and quays d/s r/b, Castel Nautique hire base, 40 berths, diesel (on request), water €5, electricity €5, shower, crane, slipway, repairs, restaurant. The Canal Latéral de la Garonne even runs all the way from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean. After a relaxing breakfast on the sun deck, we set off towards Beziers, to see the nine Fonserannes Locks. There are two situations where this doesn’t work. In general, properties whether on the banks of the Canal or in canalside villages will always be popular, and thus can be seen as good investments, with good re-sale values. Report inappropriate content . From its entrance at Les Onglous, marked by a charming small lighthouse, the canal cuts across the coastal plain to Agde, where it crosses the river Hérault behind a weir, then enters its lowest pound at the round lock in Agde. A very attractive village, with an ancient and seemingly untouched chateau set on the hill above. We bought this one https://amzn.to/2Yrhbl8 that was mostly a map that listed facilities. PK 0.4     Footbridge PK 102.3    Bridge (D6161, Carcassonne ring road). Just one more set to get through, our first triple then we could moor for the night. Arguably the finest canal in Europe, the Canal du Midi is a goal for all serious foreign going cruisers, it is magnificent and I have the barges and boats to take you there in comfort. But never did a barge tour. Fell into the cabin after rain, I was bruised but the butter dish and jam jar I was holding remained intact! PK 24.9    Deep lock (Montgiscard), footbridge. That evening, we enjoyed a fabulous dinner at La Guingette, a sister restaurant to the Auberge du Somail where we had enjoyed dinner in Le Somail. We continued onto Trebes. It was a hot night. PK 188.5    Bridge Again, there are vertical poles to moor to. Cruise into the terminal basin and turn round to appreciate the unique view of the ‘twin bridges’.There are now three, but the name stuck. PK 206.9    Six-lock (formerly eight-lock) staircase (Fonserannes). Beryl and I walked to the first lock of the day. When you walked away from the modern marina, it really was a charming town. Finally, we struck luck, enjoying a drink or two before heading to La Belle Époque, one of the few restaurants open on a Sunday night that was recommended to try Castlenaudry’s famous dish the cassoulet, a rich slow-cooked casserole containing white beans, duck meat and pork skin. PK 53.8    Le Ségala bridge, quay south bank, 8 berths, water €3, electricity €3. Sarastro. PK 33.3    Lock (Négra), bridge, Montesquieu-Lauragais 1000m l/b Five euros later, we had buckets full of tomatoes, figs and green beans. That evening, we enjoyed a seafood dinner at La Table de Riquet, overlooking the Canal du Midi. The sundeck looked like the aftermath of a major hurricane! ), crashing into trees, bringing down branches, hurling mugs filled with tea into tiny pieces onto the floor. Here it is worth stopping where the feeder enters (photo, right) to visit the former octa­gonal basin, the Rigole de la Plaine feeder, and the imposing obelisk erected in Riquet’s memory. Some of them go at breakneck speed. Coming from the other direction, Bayard is operated via a suspended pole or perche. The quantity of hirers naturally increases during the grandes vacances in July and August. At 7 pm, the red light came on, we weren’t going to Marseillette tonight but we were first in line for tomorrow morning when the lock opens again at 9 am. Located on the Canal du Midi, the marina Carcassonne has all the amenities for boaters passing. Spacious 5 bedroom villa in a stunning position on the banks of the Canal du Midi: 540,000€ For those that like swimming, there’s a swimming lake close by. The short canal spur off to the left provided access to the River Orb via a lock. Day 3 From Narbonne continue on the Canal de la Robine to the Nature Reserve at the Isle of Sainte-Lucie. Although we had walked from the canal to the medieval heart which takes about 30 minutes or so and it’s a lovely walk, we jumped on a bus back to the boat. PK 191.7    Bridge (Trézilles), D11 While there are segments of the route that are memorable, the inconsistencies in the surface and width of the towpath make cycling the entire route much better suited to experienced mountain bikers than recreational cyclists. PK 4.4    Bridge (Colombette) The good news is that on the Canal du Midi most locks are not only electrical but also manned, so going through them is a doddle: one person at the helm, one at the front and one at the back to throw the lines to the lock keeper, a few minutes wait, pull the lines back in et voila’! Jon said it was the best duck he had ever eaten. PK 12.1    Bridge (Madron) PK 108.7    Aqueduct (Fresquel) Bank-side and quay moorings (being extended – shallow area half-way along), hire boat base and café/restaurant L’Île aux Oiseaux (ownership changed 2012 after this photo was taken). Explore 43 listings for Canal boat for sale with mooring at best prices. PK 2.0    Deep lock (Minimes) These boats are larger than most and designed for slow and comfortable cruising. From Argens the canal climbs again in earnest through Carcassonne then Castel­naudary. PK 4.9    Bridge (Guilheméry) Start your search for a vacant mooring simply by entering a place name in the search box. Please do not cross the pathway with the … If you just want to keep a boat along the Canal du Midi, I do not believe there is any restriction as long as you pay the annual canal tax. The town is very pleasant to walk up to from the port, to sit in the main square by the statue of Paul Riquet, born in Béziers. I could easily have spent the whole day in there. Eventually, after a long day of motoring, we pulled in at Le Somail. The boys couldn’t wait to get behind the wheel, me a non-swimmer and not genuinely comfortable on moving boats glued myself to a chair and hung on for my life, yes even if it was only an 8km per hour maximum limit. You will either embark or disembark from this village that contains many remains from the Roman times. as we cruised clumsily and lazily along the canal. (It appears, the Escargot Bleu didn’t like to travel at 8km/h, preferring a more sedate 6km/h) Anyway, we finally made it back to Campestang, only hitting a couple of boats, trees and a bridge on the way!!! PK 113.4    Lock (Villedubert) Later on, soldiers captured from the Franco-Prussian war were used to dig the revised ‘through’ route, in particular the extremely deep cutting immediately above the PdP. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Jon has been toying with the idea of us living on a boat for a while. Leaving Campestang, we had to pass through the lowest bridge on the Canal du Midi. Our final lock to pass through was a quadruple! Returning to the Athos … A short distance further on we passed through another lock before mooring up outside Marseillette. PK 104.8    Bridge (Pont de la Paix) By the bridge, a romanesque arch and colonnade fronts a vineyard estate. The starting point is Argens-Minervois, a historic wine-growing village. PK 89.1    Bridge (Saint-Eulalie) A leisurely sail today, with only one lock to pass through. Bear this in mind when you choose your place to tie up. Two entrances (chains across) with an island between that would make an excellent, very safe overnight mooring. Can’t ask for more than that! Mais Oui! I really enjoyed the walking, just sitting on a canal boat and doing nothing, as lovely as it sounds can get a little monotonous especially if you’re not involved in the actual navigating, but walking or cycling alongside is great. PK 69.1    Lock (Guilhermin) PK 64.6    Castelnaudary quays both banks, moorings for 50 boats, night €20, water, electricity, shower, slipway, pump-out, wifi, town l/b New quaysides west of the bridge closer to the village centre. Excellent possible bank-side mooring (check depths). Beryl and I walked between some of the locks, as they were so close, it was easier to walk than keep getting on and off the barge. When first built, the Canal du Midi by-passed Carcassonne (the cost of going though the town was more than the town, impoverished by plague, could bear) and this is where that old canal emerged. PK 239.8    Quays (Les Onglous). Well, we could once we had removed all the debris from both the outside and inside of the boat. PK 0.5     Junction with Hérault maritime. The locks are invariably shared with other boats, of differing sizes and crew abilities, often quite tightly packed in. PK 47.5    Lock (Emborrel), bridge, Avignonet-Lauragais 1500m r/b Beside the staircase of locks is the ‘water slope’ or pente d’eau, built 9 years after the prototype at Montech, to slide 38-metre péniches between the upper and lower levels. PK 216.5    Bridge (Caylus) It's used mainly for pleasure boating between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean; between Bordeaux and Sète. Couple that with side visits to Carcassonne, Minerve, and Narbonne and … PK 3.6    Deep lock (Bayard), bridge, Toulouse Matabiau station r/b. Once we were settled, we went in search of a celebratory drink to celebrate surviving two weeks on our barge but not such an easy task before 7 pm on a Sunday evening. The lady on the bike pedals if you approach. We didn’t so we couldn’t, but instead enjoyed a lovely meal in a busy restaurant near the church, but alas, I cannot remember the name – some travel blogger I am! The first lock opened promptly at 1 pm, we passed through with ease. Having cruised across the Etang and on to the Canal du Midi itself, the barge comes to its evening’s shady, pretty moorings at Agde. There is a control panel at the lock-side with buttons. East of Agde lock, the canal uses the course of the Hérault for 1km (see under Hérault). We were the 7th boat in line, the lock only takes three boats at a time and roughly 25 minutes to get all the way through. I’m hoping that two weeks cruising the Canal du Midi will change his. The first half of the trip we had terrible weather with freezing cold temperatures, rain, and wind. When you hire your boat, you will be shown how it works, including the basic principles of navigation: mooring, how to pass locks… WELCOME TO AUXONNE'S PORT ROYAL : 150 MOORINGS WITH PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ABOUT THE PORT. Words by Sarah Wilson - Photos by Jonathan Look Jr. Is a Small Boat Expedition Cruise Right for You? PK 59.7    Lock (Domergue) PK 157.6    Paraza bridge, quay u/s l/b, water, village l/b A good place to moor for a day or two, nice village, excellent wine co-operative. ‘Bonjour madams, monsieurs!’ There at the door stood an elderly man with a basket full of fruit and vegetables. These dominate the more pastoral landscape after the canal leaves the Mediterranean climate west of Carcassonne. After spending too much time being on the boat yesterday, Beryl and I opted to walk along the canal towpath and meet the boys for lunch in Ventenac-em-Minervois, just 4.5 kilometres away. PK 67.2    Bridge (D6313) Headroom – The bridges leave a minimum clear headroom of 3.25m in the centre line of the arch and 3.00m at the sides. Shame, it looked nice, had good reviews, maybe he didn’t like travellers, perhaps he wasn’t in a good mood that day, but no matter. It sounds so great to enjoy wine, cheese and pate on the deck. Some spaces available for visitors (harbour off the river), or moor bankside nearby, plenty of scope. https://amzn.to/2GPb0fS. The first half of the trip we had terrible weather with freezing cold temperatures, rain, and wind. The number 4 bus stop is located just in front of the main entrance to the Cité de Carcassone, and there was a bus waiting, and it stopped only two minutes walk from our boat. The cut is about 500m long and includes a railway bridge offering a minimum headroom of 4.22m. There may be some shallower ‘spots’ at downstream lock entrances, at least until the current 10-year dredging programme is completed. Such a great place to stay, it is tempting even to live aboard throughout the winter! PK 19.8    Bridge (Deyme) PK 119.4    Bridge (Saint-Julia) PK 147.2    Stop lock (Ognon), footbridge PK 6.0    Railway bridge After weaving and swerving our way down the canal, breaking branches and hitting riverbanks but at far less regular intervals now, we pulled in for lunch under the shade of a large tree. PK 188.3    Capestang bridge, quay and moorings d/s l/b, France Fluviale hire base, 30 berths, night €16, diesel, water, electricity, showers, pump-out, restaurant. This caused a national outcry and comprehensive – somewhat inauthentic in places – restoration began. 22 Properties Lockside. PK 41.0    Aqueduct (Hers), Villefranche-de-Lauragais 2000m r/b. PK 95.9    Bridge (Rocles), Pezens 1500m l/b Burgundy Canal (en) - barge trips and cruises. It is best to be at the back, but beware of the gates closing on the stern. Toilets and showers will be closed to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Thefts from this tempting array of targets are not unusual, so boats should always be locked up! and the tiny country of Andorra (smelt strongly of duty-free perfume and cigarettes but hey, it’s got incredible Pyrenees scenery), we met up with our friends Beryl and Jonathan in the charming French town of Béziers. As we drove away from the port, a car behind us honked. PK 64.8    Bridge (Pont Vieux) For example, the passenger boat ‘le Capitain’ that we often seem to meet in, or coming out of, the lock. Down at canal level things have moved on a bit – there is the hire boat base (‘Port Occitanie’, no private plaisanciers, possibly fuel, crane) and bank-side moorings alongside the path where the locals play pétanque. PK 202.7    First passing place The works, which consisted essentially in lengthening the existing lock chambers, were completed from Toulouse to Baziège (PK 28) and from Argens (PK 152) to the Étang de Thau, including the entire branch to Port-la-Nouvelle, and the navigable dimen­sions in these sections increased accordingly. Six other boats were waiting behind us and at least five on the other side. Going into the first (lowest) chamber the configuration means that the crew won’t be able to walk in, bow line already in hand. Bankside (with bollards) for 500m from that bridge upstream, plus mooring off the old washing-place opposite. PK 203.8    Second passing place WEBCAM. The information published here results from more than ten years personal experience cruising the waterways from north to south and east to west. The medieval city of Carcassone is simply stunning. We like Homps. The river is worth a look at, or even to scramble down and paddle in. Facilities. Our travel plan for today was to stop at the town of Argeliers, just a few hours downstream. We have visited France several times and stopped at many spots along the Canal Du Midi. Just €18 for a three-course meal. There are moorings and facilities placed at regular intervals, often with electricity and water and sometimes even showers and a laundry. The Saint-Sauveur harbour, is run by friendly municipal staff. We pulled into Villesèquelande around 4 pm. PK 210.5    Bridge (Capiscol) PK 118.0    Triple staircase lock (Trèbes), bridge, PK 117.3    Trèbes bridge, quay u/s l/b, Le Boat hire base, night €20, water, village r/b. Canal du Midi, I really did not know about this place, but through your lens and experiences, I got to know a lot, A place with a lot of activities is like something we all traveler want. 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