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France Passion Canal Boats
Crusing Area: France - Le Sud

  
Bases: Carcassonne, Homps, Agde, Carnon

France Passion - Le Sud

 
Areas and Suggested Cruises
Canal du Midi
Bases: Carcassonne, Homps, Agde

The canal des Deux Mers, between the ocean and the sea was the brainchild of Baron Riquet. It took fourteen years to build it. Almost nothing has changed since its opening : round and oval locks that work as they used to in the seventeenth century, elegant arched bridge in Roman style classified World Humanity Heritage by Unesco … From Agde, a famous little southern town dedicated to agriculture and fishing or Homps located in Minervois at Cathare country's door and in the middle of vineyards, the canal lazily meanders through a romantic landscape, full of thousand Mediterranean fragrances. Under the sun which filters through the leaves of plane trees, among the shimmering tones of multi - coloured flowers, amid the profuse song of crickets and grasshoppers, your cruise will be a never ending delight. You will relish in the pleasure of being with your family or friends, of walking or riding on towpaths, of stopping over at historic or gastronomic places, totally losing track of time. These are the memories that you will keep of your cruise on the South canal.

** Homps - Carcassonne transfers available from Carcassonne Airport **
 

From Carcassonne:
One week

- Carcassonne - Castelnaudary - Carcassonne : 80 Kms - 46 locks - 25 hours
- One way Carcassonne - Agde : 125 Kms - 36 locks - 25 hours
Two weeks
- Carcassonne - Montgiscard - Carcassonne : 160 Kms - 88 locks - 42 hours

From Homps:
Mini week

- Homps - Carcassonne - Homps : 72 Kms - 42 locks - 20 hours
- Homps - Béziers - Homps : 118 Kms - 8 locks - 17 hours
One week
- Homps - Marseillan - Homps : 188 Kms - 34 locks - 25 hours
- Homps - Bram - Homps : 130 Kms - 54 locks - 35 hours
- Homps - Narbonne - Homps : 72 Kms - 30 locks - 14 hours
- One way Homps - Carnon : 140 km - 17 locks - 25 hours
Two weeks
- Homps - Toulouse - Homps : 280 Kms - 86 locks - 70 hours
- One way Homps - Carnon : 276 km - 26 locks - 39 hours

From Agde:
Mini week

- Agde - Aigues Mortes - Agde : 140 Kms - 4 locks - 20 hours
- Agde -Capestang - Agde : 104 Kms - 22 locks - 20 hours
One week
- Agde - Homps - Agde : 160 Kms - 34 locks - 28 hours
- Agde - Narbonne - Agde : 144 Kms - 30 locks - 25 hours
- Agde - Saint Gilles - Agde : 196 Kms - 4 locks - 26 hours
Two weeks
- Agde - Carcassone - Agde : 250 Kms - 72 locks - 50 hours
- Agde - Beaucaire - Agde : 246 Kms - 6 locks - 40 hours
Three weeks and more
- Agde - Castelnaudary - Agde : 330 Kms - 118 locks - 75 hours
 
Camargue
Base: Carnon

Camargue is an extraordinary destination where you can spend traditional holidays with being completely out of your element. It is a very interesting place to discover with a housboat : you can easily join the beach by foot or with a bike to enjoy bath sun on the Mediterranean cost. You can also choose to discover the wild side of the Camargue :
- A land of marshes, a vast natural park, the haunt of many wild animals, with a magnificent Wild Bird reserve. You will observe : pink flamingos, black bulls, free horses and many other birds.
- “L’Etang de Thau” : Go for adventure, you will experience real maritime cruising on this great and large pond. Many sympatics harbours as Marseillan or Frontignan will welcome your team.
- Cultural curiosity as the town of Aigues – Mortes, a medieval city, the starting point for the first crusades in 13 th century. This town is protected by 1640 m of ramparts. Beziers is an other very sympatic and culturally rich town placed in the
“cathares” land that you will cross if you cruise towards the “Canal du midi”.
Cruising in Camargue means cruising under the sunshine, among the nature and cultural cities.

** Transfers available from Motpellier TGV or Frejorgues Airport **

From Carnon
Mini week

- Carnon - St Gilles - Carnon : 102 Kms - 0 lock - 15 hours
- Carnon - Adge - Carnon : 110 Kms - 4 locks - 23 hours
One week
- Carnon - Capestang - Carnon : 196 Kms - 28 locks - 30 hours
- Carnon - Aigues Mortes - Carnon : 138 Kms - 2 locks - 30 hours
- Carnon - Marseillan - Carnon : 132 Kms - 0 lock - 20 hours
- One way Carnon - Homps 140 Kms - 17 locks - 25 hours
Two weeks
- Carnon - Narbonne - Carnon : 280 km - 34 locks - 50 hours
- One way Carnon - Homps 220 Kms - 28 locks - 50 hours

 


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