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Canal du Midi

Enjoyment and precious buildings.

60.000 trees have been planted along Canal du Midi in France to affix the bank. Until today many trees are seaming the waterway which leads from Toulouse to the Mediterranean Sea. The trees also shade the tow paths and roads which are leading during this journey to the numerous cultural monuments: to cathedrals and palaces, to roman and medieval buildings. Besides richness of culture there are also culinary delicacies located at Canal du Midi. Great wine is growing and wonderful cuisine has its origin here. Enjoyment is tradition.

  • 10 Days / 9 Nights
  • Individual
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Itinerary

Welcome briefing and distribution of rental bikes (if booked).

Castelnaudary ist the destination of your tour today. In former times it was the place of a lot of mills. Till today the Moulin de Cagurel from the 17th century on the pestilence hill testifies it. Splendid manors, built in the 17th century too, and beautiful half-timbered houses let this town become an architectural jewel. A popular culinary delicacy in Castelnaudary is the savoury bean stew Cassoulet, which came up during the Hundred Years‘ War. Pork or duck, bacon, garlic sausage and white beans are possible ingredients.

Carcassonne is today one of the best preserved fortress towns in Europe and since 1997 part of the UNESCO World Heritage. The mightiest building of the town and one of the biggest fortresses in Europe is the fortress Cité Médiévale of Carcassonne with its 52 towers. You can experience the lively Carcassonne best in the downtown with its lively streets and the bastion Saint Louis. Here you have the chance to taste the Micheline, an herb liqueur of the region. Worth visiting is the house of memories, which tells you a lot of things about live and fate of the Cathari. Carcassonne was a centre of the Christian Faith Movement of the Carthari, which were banished from town in 1209.

Carcassonne free disposal or a round trip to Montolieu. There are 15 antique stores with over 200.000 books in the worth seeing city of book “Montagnes Noires”. The former royal textile manufacturing was declared to a National Monument in 2004.

Enjoy of the most scenic parts of your journey alongside the Canal de la Robine and the Canal du Midi. Villages, wine-growing estates and vineyards are located pictorially around the waterways. You reach Olonzac. You will have the chance to taste some good wines.

The former capital of the Romanesque antiquity was the first Roman colony outside of Italy. Sights like the relics of the street “Via Domitia“ or the houses-bridge with Roman origin “Pont des Marchands“ are evidences of this time. But later centuries too have left their marks in the town: for example the archbishop’s palace or the Gothic cathedral.

Pines shade your way to the mouth of the Hérault and further alongside the Canal du Midi to Béziers. The town can look back to a 2,700 years old history. And it is the birthplace of that man too, who was the father of the Canal du Midi: Pierre-Paul Riquet. The alley Paul-Riquet in the centre of the town is dedicated to him. Béziers is located scenic in a winegrowing region, where the grapes for an excellent wine grow. Maybe you allow yourself a glass?

Your cycling alongside the Canal du Midi leads you past masterpieces of engineering like the lock of Agde. It is the only round lock of the Canal du Midi and was built with volcanic rock. The basic measurements of the lock are 29.90 metres diameter and 5.20 metres depth. Cap d´Agde at the Mediterranean Sea is your destination today. The biggest European marina is part of the French town Agde and a paradise for water sportsmen like divers, surfers or sailors. But people, who just want to bath and to rest at the beach, get their money‘s worth too. One overnight in Cap d´Agde.

The "modern" Sète was built in the middle of the 17th century by Paul Riquet so that his Canal du Midi would have a port on the Mediterranean. There were Romans here, naming this Mons Setius some 17 centuries earlier, and pirates were ensconsced on Mont Saint-Clair in the 16th century. But it was Riquet's new "Port-Saint-Louis-du-Cap-de-Cette" that became the seaside and canal town of today.

Tour character

This tour is slight-challenging. You cycle on asphalted paths, gravel roads and side roads with less traffic.

Prices and events

All data for 2023 at a glance
Place of arrival: Toulouse
  Season 1
25.03.2023 - 31.03.2023
24.09.2023 - 07.10.2023

Arrival Saturday
Season 2
01.04.2023 - 16.06.2023
03.09.2023 - 23.09.2023

Arrival Saturday
Season 3
17.06.2023 - 02.09.2023

Arrival Saturday
Canal du Midi, 10 days, FR-CMRST-10X
Base price
1,199.00
1,299.00
1,359.00
Surcharge single room 329.00 329.00 329.00

Category A: 3***Hotels (french classification) and Cambre d´hotes

 

 

Season 1
Mar 25, 2023 - Mar 31, 2023
Sep 24, 2023 - Oct 7, 2023
Arrival Saturday
Season 2
Apr 1, 2023 - Jun 16, 2023
Sep 3, 2023 - Sep 23, 2023
Arrival Saturday
Season 3
Jun 17, 2023 - Sep 2, 2023
Arrival Saturday
Canal du Midi, 10 days, FR-CMRST-10X
Base price
Surcharge single room
1,199.00
329.00
1,299.00
329.00
1,359.00
329.00

Category A: 3***Hotels (french classification) and Cambre d´hotes

 

 

Season 1
Mar 25, 2023 - Mar 31, 2023
Sep 24, 2023 - Oct 7, 2023
Season 2
Apr 1, 2023 - Jun 16, 2023
Sep 3, 2023 - Sep 23, 2023
Season 3
Jun 17, 2023 - Sep 2, 2023
Toulouse
Double room p. P.
Single room
Sète
Double room p. P.
Single room
77.00
119.00
77.00
140.00
77.00
119.00
77.00
140.00
77.00
119.00
77.00
140.00
Additional nights
Place of arrival: Toulouse
  Season 1
Mar 25, 2023 - Mar 31, 2023
Sep 24, 2023 - Oct 7, 2023

Arrival Saturday
Season 2
Apr 1, 2023 - Jun 16, 2023
Sep 3, 2023 - Sep 23, 2023

Arrival Saturday
Season 3
Jun 17, 2023 - Sep 2, 2023

Arrival Saturday
Toulouse
Double room p. P. 77.00 77.00 77.00
Single room 119.00 119.00 119.00
Sète
Double room p. P. 77.00 77.00 77.00
Single room 140.00 140.00 140.00
Filter
21-gear unisex
21-gear gents
7-gear unisex
7-gear gents
Rental bike PLUS
Electric bike
119.00
119.00
119.00
119.00
179.00
279.00
Prices per person in EUR

Services and infos

Services

Included:

  • Accommodation in hotels as mentioned
  • Breakfast buffet or extended breakfast
  • Welcome briefing (German, English)
  • Well elaborated route
  • Detailed travel documents 1x per room (German, English)
  • Luggage transfer between the hotels
  • GPS-data is available
  • Service-hotline

Optional extras:

  • Bike rental, including rental bike insurance
  • Return transfer to Toulouse every Saturday and Monday costs € 120,- per person excl. bike, extra € 30,- for the transfer of your own bike, reservation is necessary, payable on site. Max. 6 persons.
Infos

Arrival / Parking / Departure:

  • Train station Toulouse
  • Airports Toulouse, Montpellier or Béziers/Cap d´Agde
  • Parking house near the hotel for about € 12,- per day

Please note:

  • Tourist tax, if due, is not included in the price!

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Contact & booking

Do you still have questions about the tour? We are happy to help and look forward to your inquiry.