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The Canal du Midi was built by Pierre-Paul Riquet between 1663 and 1681 and has been a World Heritage Site since 1996.. It is about 240 km long, starts in Toulouse and ends in the Etang de Thau, a lagoon, which leads to Sète and from there to the Canal du Rhone à Sète.. <9> <9> Originally, the commercial shipping channel was of economic importance in avoiding the long journey around Spain, if one wanted to get from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic Ocean.. By the Canal du Midi and the subsequent Canal lateral à la Garonne you were much faster and cheaper at the destination.. Today the channel is used by holidaymakers with houseboats.. At various points of the canal they can be rented without license.. The former towpaths are also still largely preserved.. Here you can biking, hiking, jogging or horseback riding.. <9> <9> From Toulouse, climb up to the top at 190 m, the Col de Naurouze.. Here it is P. -P.. Riquet managed to ensure a generous water supply for the Canal du Midi.. From the parking space you can visit the today park-like complex on foot.. An imposing obelisk commemorates the great builder.. <9> From here we descend to the Mediterranean along small idyllic villages and the towns of Castelnaudary, Capestang, Carcassonne, Beziers and Agde.. <9> <9> At Béziers, the lock-staircase of Fonsérannes is worth a visit, consisting of six locks in a row today.. <9> The Canal du Midi is home to the world´s first tunnels tunnel, the Malpas Tunnel, 161 meters long.. <9> Those who travel by boat on the Canal du Midi have to overcome numerous locks and escalators and drive under many arch-shaped old bridges.. Especially worth seeing is the Pont Vieux of Port Somail.. <9> With the motorhome you drive often along the canal, but sometimes you have to deviate a bit and then crosses the canal again and again.. <9> <9> In this travel book are numerous official pitches, but also many parking lots, which are suitable as pitches also to stay overnight.. But there are certainly many more ways to stand directly on the canal, if you take your time to explore the beautiful landscape.. <9> Of course, cities, ports and other sights along the canal are also described in this travelogue.. <9> <9> In addition to the Canal du Midi, this travelogue also describes the connection to the Aude (Canal de la Jonction) and the Canal de la Robine, as they are short sections of canal that are closely linked to the Canal du Midi are connected.. <9> Behind Port du Somail, near the Cesse lock, the Canal de Jonction branches off from the Canal du Midi.. After a distance of five kilometers and 7 locks, the canal reaches the estuary southeast of Salleles d´Aude into the Aude.. <9> <9> After passing through the Aude, at Moussoulens you will reach the Canal de la Robine, passing through Narbonne and then on to Port-la-Nouvelle, where it flows into the Mediterranean Sea.. <9>
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Toulouse is located in the middle of the south of France in the department of Haute Garonne in the plain and in a bend of the Garonne.. It is the capital of the Midi-Pyrenées region.. The city is connected to both the Mediterranean and the Atlantic by the Canal du Midi and the Canal Lateral à la Garonne.. <9> Toulouse has a 2000-year history and therefore a lot of attractions to offer such.. B. <9> <9> The Romanesque Basilica of St-Sernin de Toulouse <9> The Gothic Dominican Monastery of Les Jacobins <9> The Capitol (now used as a town hall) with its 16th century tower and façade the 18th century <9> many old patrician houses <9> <9> but this is only a small selection of the main attractions.. <9> Toulouse is also known as the ´Pink City´ because its architecture is so characteristic with many brick buildings and sun-reflecting roof tiles.. The villages and country houses in the Midi-Pyrénées region were once built in this style.. <9> <9> Also worth seeing is the space park.. On June 28, 1997, the Space City opened as the first European space park in the capital of the European space industry, the southwestern French Toulouse.. <9> <9> Toulous markets <9> What would a French city be without a market hall?. Here you will find the best and freshest food.. In Toulouse these are the famous halls ´Victor Hugo´ and ´Les Carmes´.. The visitor experiences here a unique atmosphere of colors, smells and noises.. <9> <9> On the left bank of the river, next to St. Cyprien-Republique metro station, there is also an interesting outdoor market.. <9> <9> <9>
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This travelogue describes the Canal latéral à la Garonne or Garonne side canal.. Together with the Canal du Midi and the tidal Garonne, it forms a waterway from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic.. <9> The Garonne side canal was opened in 1856 as a bypass for the difficult to navigate Garonne.. It is 194 km long and extends from Toulouse, where it has access to the Canal du Midi, as far as Castets-en-Dorthe, where it flows into the Garonne.. It has three branch canals, once from Montech to Montauban (11 km long) to the Tarn river.. The other two are actually only two-stage lock staircase, which lead from the Garonne side canal at Moissac to Tarn and Buzet-sur-Baise to Baise.. <9> On the Garonne side canal there are 53 locks, which in total overcome a difference in height of 128 m and two aqueducts, once at Moissac over the Tarn and at Agen over the Garonne.. <9> There is a good towpath along the entire route.. By bike, the shady, lined with plane trees canal paths, enjoy pleasant ride.. The path leads between green hills and the riverbed of the Garonne.. <9> The landscape is characterized by dense forests and farmland.. Here tobacco and wine are planted.. <9> This travel guide does not end in Castets-en-Dorthe but continues along the Garonne to the mouth of the Atlantic Ocean.. <9> <9> Further details in this book are the interesting places along the canal, special sights and, of course, parking and overnight accommodation with the RV, be it simple parking spaces, right parking spaces or even campsites.. <9> If you want to get to know the south of France, you should definitely take this scenic route <9>