A guidebook to cycling the Canal du Midi route from Toulouse to Sete on the Mediterranean coast. Covering 260km (162 miles), this long-distance cycle through France’s southern Languedoc can be cycled in 1 week and is suitable for both first-time and experienced long-distance cyclists.
The route is described west to east in 5 stages, each between 40 and 63km (25–39 miles) in length. Optional side trips exploring the countryside and historical towns and villages are also detailed.
- 1:200, 000 maps and profiles included for each stage?
- Refreshment and accommodation information given
- Handy stage planning tables help you plan your itinerary
- Information on cycle shops with repair facilities along the route
- Advice on planning and preparation
Table des matières
Map key
Overview map
INTRODUCTION
Regions of the canal
History
Wildlife
Culture
Cycling the Canal du Midi
When to go
Getting there and getting around
Accommodation
Food and drink
Your bike
What to take
Cycling the towpath
Health and safety
Weather
Maps
Money and communications
Using this guide
THE CANAL DU MIDI
Stage 1 Toulouse to Port Lauragais
Stage 2 Port Lauragais to Carcassone
Excursion 1 From Criminelle lock to St-Ferr&##xe9;ol reservoir
Stage 3 Carcassone to Homps
Excursion 2 From Tr&##xe8;bes to Lastours
Excursion 3 From Homps to Minerve
Stage 4 Homps to B&##xe9;ziers
Excursion 4 To Narbonne and Port la Nouvelle
Stage 5 B&##xe9;ziers to S&##xe8;te
Excursion 5 To Vendres salt lagoon
Excursion 6 Across Portiragnes marshes to S&##xe9;rignan
Appendix A Stage planning tables
Appendix B Accommodation
Appendix C Useful information
Appendix D English-French glossary
Appendix E Further reading
A propos de l’auteur
Declan Lyons has a lifelong passion for cycling and touring. He was bitten by the bug when, as a teenager in the 1960s, he explored the wilds of Connemara on a rusty three-speed Rudge bicycle. Since then he has toured extensively in Ireland and further afield, including regular trips from the Channel to the Mediterranean. Declan is an advocate of cycle touring – taking time on his cycles and relishing the nature, history and daily life all around. He has toured the region between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean extensively.
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