Midi : LE SOMAIL
From our base at Le Somail on the Canal du Midi you can choose to head in the direction of the impressive walled city of Carcassonne or alternatively towards Narbonne via the Canal de la Robine and close to the Mediterranean sea.
Those looking to explore further afield can head towards the popular tourist city of Beziers and on to the Etang de Thau and the Camargue region with its small Crusader ports.
The best bits :
Navigate along the Mediterranean inland waterway with just a single lock on the Rhône to Sète canal
A wide variety of scenery cruising The Camargue, Etang de Thau and the Canal du Midi
Medieval cities serving local specialities
Sunny Mediterranean beaches
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How to get to the base :
Motorway: A61 and A9. At 770 km from Paris. TGV: Toulouse, Béziers and Narbonne (coming from Paris via Montpellier). Airports: Toulouse 148 km, Carcassonne 56 km, Montpellier 150 km
A 2 day week-end
| Itinerary | Km / Locks |
| 1) Le Somail / Fonsérannes (Béziers) / Le Somail 2) Le Somail / Homps / Le Somail |
1) 82 km / 0 lock / 12h30 2) 42 km / 10 locks / 10h |
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 / Narbonne / Fonsérannes / Le Somail | 102 km / 20 locks / 22h |
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 |
| 1) Le Somail / Trèbes / Le Somail 2) Le Somail / Carcassonne / Le Somail 3) Le Somail > Bram. |
1)100 km / 40 locks / 26h 2)124 km / 54 locks / 34h 3)86 km / 32 locks / 22h30 |
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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