River Tourism at its best !
Prepare your river cruise 2008 with Nicols !
Discover our entire range of river boats to prepare your next cruise aboard a Nicols houseboat ! 450 boats to hire without navigation licence from 18 bases throughout France, 2 in Germany and 1 in Portugal are available this year : choose your destination of river cruise, your Nicols boat, and we will arrange the rest !
Midi : LE SOMAIL
From the charming small ports of Le Somail or Bellegarde, cruise away to discover the Canal du Midi in the direction of Carcassonne or if your cruising time permits down to Narbonne close to the Mediteranean Sea.
Or simply navigate the long reach above Beziers, a tourist Mecca, continuing to the Etang de Thau to go to Camargue area.
The attractions :
Navigate along the Mediterranean inland waterway with just a single lock on the Rhône to Sète canal, richness and variety of scenery between la Camargue, Ethang de Thau and the Canal du Midi, medieval cities and Gastronomy Meridional sunny beaches, Le Grau du Roi and Palavas...
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How to get to the base :
Motorway : A61 and A9. At 850 km from Paris. TGV : Toulouse, Béziers and Narbonne(coming from Paris via Montpellier). Airports : Toulouse, Carcassonne, Béziers, Montpellier
A 2 day week-end
| Itinerary | Km / Locks |
| Le Somail / Fonsérannes (Béziers) | 82 km, 14 locks |
Tourist places
Argeliers : XIIth castle classified historical monument; market on Tuesday and Friday mornings.
Capestang : XVth collegiale church and castle, wine cellar, market on Wednesda and Sunday morning. Colombiers : cellars; Malpas tunnel and Ensérune Oppidum.
Fonsérannes : beautiful scale of 7 locks.
Béziers : churches, cathedral, museums and arenas (férias)
Mini week
| Itinerary | Km / Locks |
| Le Somail / Agde Le Somail / Trèbes |
132 km, 24 locks 96 km, 42 locks |
Tourist places
Portiragnes : bathing place at 3 km. Agde : one of the oldest town in France. Ventenac castle. Paraza ant its canal bridge.
Homps : XIIth romanesque chapel, crusaders tower. Minerve : caves, archeological museum. Puichéric : medieval village. Trèbes : close to Carcassonne; Cathare castles.
1 week
| Itinerary | Km / Locks |
| Le Somail / Narbonne / Agde Le Somail / Narbonne / Trèbes |
166 km, 48 locks 130 km, 66 locks |
Tourist places
Sallèles : ancien roman pottery (museum, exhibitions)
Narbonne : Roman city + medieval monuments
10 days
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2 weeks
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