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Bike holidays Canal du Midi

Cycling: Canal du Midi

Enjoyment and Precious Buildings

60.000 trees have been planted along Canal du Midi in France to affix the bank. Until today many trees are seaming the waterway which leads from Toulouse to the Mediterranean Sea. The trees also shade the tow paths and roads which are leading during this journey to the numerous cultural monuments: to cathedrals and palaces, to roman and medieval buildings. Besides richness of culture there are also culinary delicacies located at Canal du Midi. Great wine is growing and wonderful cuisine has its origin here. Enjoyment is tradition.

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Itinerary

Individual arrival to Toulouse in the late afternoon. Toulouse is also called the "ville rose" because of the reddish stone of many buildings. One sight is the Basilica St-Sernin de Toulouse, a culinary speciality is the duck breast with green beans.

Many buildings are built with red bricks in Toulouse, therefore this city is also named “ville rose”. A wonderful place of interest is the basilica St. Sernin de Toulouse. A culinary delicacy is the duck breast with green beans.

approx. 60 km
120 – 145 m
95 – 155 m

You cycle to water reservoir St. Férról. The clear water and sandy beaches as well as paddleboats, canoes and catamarans are inviting you to a wonderful day at the beach.

approx. 40 km
25 – 65 m
105 – 130 m

Carcassonne free disposal or a round trip to Montolieu. There are 15 antique stores with over 200.000 books in the worth seeing city of book “Montagnes Noires”. The former royal textile manufacturing was declared to a National Monument in 2004.

approx. 40 km
205 m
205 m

In the lower city of Carcassonne bastion Saint Louis is located and in the house of memories you learn a lot about the life of Catharist people. Welcome to Olonzac, you will enjoy it.

 

approx. 45 km
40 – 75 m
90 – 170 m

Welcome to Homps. This picturesque village on the Canal du Midi has the third largest port on the canal. Destination today is Narbonne with the cathedral Saint Just et Saint Pasteur.

approx. 45 km
25 – 30 m
60 – 70 m

You drive to Capestang and on to Béziers. The city is the centre of winegrowing und birth place of Paul Riquet, the builder of Canal du Midi.

approx. 45 km
120 – 150 m
70 – 105 m

You start your tour of today in the port and fishermen-town Sète, where the Canal du Midi flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The town is surrounded by water and its surname is “Venice des Languedoc“. The reasons for this surname are beneath the Canal du Midi countless additional waterways, which cross the town. Your cycling alongside the Canal du Midi leads you past masterpieces of engineering like the lock of Agde. It is the only round lock of the Canal du Midi and was built with volcanic rock. The basic measurements of the lock are 29.90 metres diameter and 5.20 metres depth. Cap d´Agde at the Mediterranean Sea is your destination today. The biggest European marina is part of the French town Agde and a paradise for water sportsmen like divers, surfers or sailors. But people, who just want to bath and to rest at the beach, get their money‘s worth too.

approx. 40 km
30 – 35 m
85 – 90 m

The "modern" Sète was built in the middle of the 17th century by Paul Riquet so that his Canal du Midi would have a port on the Mediterranean. There were Romans here, naming this Mons Setius some 17 centuries earlier, and pirates were ensconsced on Mont Saint-Clair in the 16th century. But it was Riquet's new "Port-Saint-Louis-du-Cap-de-Cette" that became the seaside and canal town of today.

approx. 35 km
50 m
70 m
Map Canal du Midi

Tour character

You will cycle on partly uneven, with roots interspersed sand and pebble paths, partly asphalted, as well as on little frequented side roads.

Prices & dates

All data for 2023 at a glance
Place of arrival: Toulouse
  Season 1
25.03.2023 - 31.03.2023
24.09.2023 - 07.10.2023

Saturday
Season 2
01.04.2023 - 16.06.2023
03.09.2023 - 23.09.2023

Saturday
Season 3
17.06.2023 - 02.09.2023

Saturday
Canal du Midi, 10 days, Cat. A, FR-CMRTS-10A
Base price
1'659.-
1'815.-
1'935.-
Surcharge single room 415.- 415.- 415.-
Canal du Midi, 10 days, Cat. B, FR-CMRTS-10B
Base price
1'285.-
1'429.-
1'525.-
Surcharge single room 359.- 359.- 359.-

Category A: 3*- and 4*-hotels (french classification) and Cambre d'hotes

Category B: 2*- and 3*-hotels (french classification) and Cambre d'hotes

Season 1
Mar 25, 2023 - Mar 31, 2023
Sep 24, 2023 - Oct 7, 2023
Saturday
Season 2
Apr 1, 2023 - Jun 16, 2023
Sep 3, 2023 - Sep 23, 2023
Saturday
Season 3
Jun 17, 2023 - Sep 2, 2023
Saturday
Canal du Midi, 10 days, Cat. A, FR-CMRTS-10A
Base price
Surcharge single room
Canal du Midi, 10 days, Cat. B, FR-CMRTS-10B
Base price
Surcharge single room
1'659.-
415.-
1'285.-
359.-
1'815.-
415.-
1'429.-
359.-
1'935.-
415.-
1'525.-
359.-

Category A: 3*- and 4*-hotels (french classification) and Cambre d'hotes

Category B: 2*- and 3*-hotels (french classification) and Cambre d'hotes

Season 1
Mar 25, 2023 - Mar 31, 2023
Sep 24, 2023 - Oct 7, 2023
Season 2
Apr 1, 2023 - Jun 16, 2023
Sep 3, 2023 - Sep 23, 2023
Season 3
Jun 17, 2023 - Sep 2, 2023
Toulouse A Komfort
Extra night double room (BB)
Extra night single room (BB)
Sète A Komfort
Extra night double room (BB)
Extra night single room (BB)
Toulouse B Standard
Extra night double room (BB)
Extra night single room (BB)
Sète B Standard
Extra night double room (BB)
Extra night single room (BB)
95.-
144.-
125.-
224.-
85.-
130.-
85.-
154.-
95.-
144.-
125.-
224.-
85.-
130.-
85.-
154.-
95.-
144.-
125.-
224.-
85.-
130.-
85.-
154.-
Additional nights
Place of arrival: Toulouse
  Season 1
Mar 25, 2023 - Mar 31, 2023
Sep 24, 2023 - Oct 7, 2023

Saturday
Season 2
Apr 1, 2023 - Jun 16, 2023
Sep 3, 2023 - Sep 23, 2023

Saturday
Season 3
Jun 17, 2023 - Sep 2, 2023

Saturday
Toulouse A Komfort
Extra night double room (BB) 95.- 95.- 95.-
Extra night single room (BB) 144.- 144.- 144.-
Sète A Komfort
Extra night double room (BB) 125.- 125.- 125.-
Extra night single room (BB) 224.- 224.- 224.-
Toulouse B Standard
Extra night double room (BB) 85.- 85.- 85.-
Extra night single room (BB) 130.- 130.- 130.-
Sète B Standard
Extra night double room (BB) 85.- 85.- 85.-
Extra night single room (BB) 154.- 154.- 154.-
Filter
Bicycle 21-gear
Mietvelo-PLUS
Electric bicycle
129.-
199.-
299.-
Prices per person in CHF

Services and information

Services

Included:    

  • Accommodation in the selected category
  • Breakfast
  • Welcome briefing (German, English)
  • Luggange transfer
  • Best developed route
  • Detailed travel documents 1x per room
  • GPS-data available
  • Service hotline

Note:

  • Tourist tax, if due, is not included in the price
  • Reservation fee of CHF 15 per adult (incl. legally required customer money protection) 

Optional:

  • Bike rental, including rental bike insurance
  • Return transfer to Toulouse (minimum 2 people, maximum 8 people) every Saturday and Monday, costs CHF 129.- per person, extra CHF 30.- for your own bike, reservation is necessary, payable in advance.
Information

Arrival/Departure:

  • Train station Toulouse or Sète
  • Airports: Toulouse, Montpellier or Béziers/Cap d´Agde
  • Cat. A: Parking spaces at the hotel, costs approx. CHF 15.- per night, no reservation possible.
    Cat. B: Parking house near the hotel, costs approx. CHF 15.- per night, no reservation possible.

     

Other important information: 

  • The distance travelled is approximate and may differ from the actual distance.  
  • Travel cancellation insurance, including travel interruption insurance is recommended. 

Ratings

4 of 5 Stars (3 Ratings)
4 stars
Claudine Bovay CH | 16.08.2022
Canal du Midi 10 jours
Pour avoir réservé un parcours B, nous avons été agréablement surpris par la qualité des hôtels que soit leur prestation (ex: piscine) et par leur emplacement (ex: hôtel de Carcassone à 2 minutes de la cité) proche des centres de ville, idéal pour la visite à pied depuis l'hôtel.
4 stars
Res Bernardinis CH | 12.08.2014
Velotour du canal du midi
4 stars
Alice Zimmermann CH | 20.07.2014
Canal du Midi
Radfahren muss man ja selber :-) Und das war wieder mal eine wirklich schöne Strecke. Vor allem war sie abwechslungsreich, obwohl meistens flach, nicht immer nur ein eintöniger flacher Weg. Landschaftlich wunderschön obwohl viel Canal.Die Hotels waren meistens gut und sauber, leider ab und zu etwas gar kleine Zimmer. Alles hat wieder sehr gut geklappt. Die beste Art Ferien zu machen!!

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