Canal du Midi Guide: Canal boat rentals, places to visit, restaurants, holiday houses for rent, property sales

CANAL DU MIDI GUIDE
HOLIDAY HOMES FOR RENT Le Pin Sucre Capestang Sleeps 8. Garden. Pool Wifi Internet Surrounded by vineyards - walk to restaurant on Canal Pied a Terre, Olonzac Balcony. Pool. Garden. Sleeps 2 Le Gabachou, Bram 2 rentals. Pool. Garden. Sleeps 4, and 2 Domaine de la Fontaine Poilhes Sleeps 6. Swimming Pool. Walk to restaurant Belle Roubia, Roubia Sleeps 10. Swimming Pool. Walk to restaurant café Estival, St Valière 3 rentals + studio, with swimming pool. Sleeps 2-7 Charming Village House, Poilhes Close to restaurants, and Med. Sleeps 4 plus child Maison Poilhes, Poilhes Looks onto Canal du Midi, with garden. Sleeps 4 Domaine St Pierre de Trapel Carcassonne Swimming Pool. B & B, Gites La Maison d'Oc, Carcassonne Swimming Pool. B & B, Gites Belle Bize, Bize Minervois Natural Swimming Pool. Sleeps 6 MORE Canal du Midi house rentals	The Canal du Midi, near Trebes and Carcassonne Canal du Midi Maps Castenaudary - Carcassonne Carcassonne - Narbonne - Poilhes Poilhes - Beziers - Sete Sete - Aigues Mortes - Saint Gilles See detail information on Sète to Agde Introduction to the Canal du Midi Be seduced by the Canal du Midi, built from 1666, by up to 12,000 men, crossing rivers, tunnelling through hills, irrigated from the mysterious Montagne Noir, with grace and beauty that lives on to this day. It runs 235 kilometers, requires over 100 locks. It is a love affair of man, nature, and engineering. The canal was created by Riquet, the tax farmer for Languedoc who wanted to join the economies of the Mediterranean to the Atlantic. He sacrificed everything to make sure of its completion - even using his daughters' dowries for the cause. From the handsome city of Toulouse to the port of Sete, the canal cuts masterfully with grace and physical agility through the Southern France. Villages and towns reaped profit from its golden days, in grand homes, houses, chateaux that brace the waters edge. Now canal boats cruise full of tourists and leisure seekers where king fishers and bright birds sing. Lock keeper houses some still keep the keepers, whilst others have been opened up as restaurants, art galleries, and holiday homes. TAKE A SHORT TRIP ALONG THE CANAL DU MIDI Start the Canal du Midi guide at Sete where the canal opens onto the Mediterranean. Then to Agde, with its fortress church, small village streets, past the thriving town of Beziers famous for bullfights in the Summer and its Flower Market, on past to the incredible 13th century Etang de Montady, with nearby Roman oppidum. Squeeze under canal bridges such as at Capestang with its muscular village church, and Sunday market, and stop the night under trees. Then take a side trip, through the 1780's Ecluse de Gailhousty with dry dock, on the Canal de la Robine, to Narbonne with Cathedral, shops, and a huge outdoor Market. Yearning for bathing and beaches? go on to where the canal skirts the Mediterranean. Back on the Canal du Midi, stop in and taste the wine, as at Ventenac, glide past bluff top villages like Paraza, and sleepy Minervois villages of Roubia, and Argens Minervois, through graceful locks near Homps and be enchanted by master surrealist wood sculptures near Puicheric. There are still more wonders and magic at every turn, visit Trebes, with Medieval paintings at the church then - Carcassonne - the Medieval castle and city featured in many a movie, Castelnaudary where the valley widens, and finally to Toulouse, full of wild exuberance, and colorful nightlife.	CANAL BOAT HIRE Canal du Midi Boat Rentals Hire Save 15% on boat rentals on Canal du Midi for 2012! Boats can be rented at 6 ports on the Canal du Midi Hotel Barges Take all inclusive guided tours for a week on the Canal BOATS FOR SALE Canal boats PROPERTIES FOR SALE Home Hunters HF Immo Hamiltons Belle Aude Own Direct Canal du Midi Properties RESTAURANTS Le Tournebelle Narbonne - Gruissan O Soleil Marseillan La Restanque Argeliers La Guingette Argens Café du Port Paraza La Fourchette Folle Roubia. L'Auberge de la Croisade Port Seriege, near Cruzy Chez Philippe Marseillan Maguelone Aigues Mortes Le Moulin de Trebes Trebes

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