Royan / Talmont-sur-Gironde / Mortagne-sur-Gironde
Past Royan’s port, this stage begins at Royan’s Grande Conche Beach. Head along the seafront on a lovely shaded [...]
Past Royan’s port, this stage begins at Royan’s Grande Conche Beach. Head along the seafront on a lovely shaded [...]
From Mortagne-sur-Gironde to Vitrezay, the scenery is characterized by great expanses of marshes backed by hills [...]
Reaching the port of Vitrezay, you leave the département (French county) of Charente-Maritime, continuing on the Canal [...]
From Blaye, cross the Gironde Estuary by ferry to Lamarque, in the midst of the Médoc, a peninsula packed with some of [...]
Leaving Bordeaux, after crossing the St-Jean Bridge, a cycle track that runs in part alongside the Garonne leads to [...]
The route continues along the former railway line, recalled by converted stations and railway-crossing houses. A detour [...]
In the heart of the Entre-Deux-Mers area – between the two rivers, the Garonne and Dordogne, nicknamed ‘seas’ – [...]
The cycle route joins the Canal de Garonne close to the startling Musée de l’Allumette (Match Museum) at Fontet. [...]
Le Mas-d’Agenais is the highlight on this stage of the Canal des 2 Mers à Vélo cycle route. Its church of [...]
The Canal des 2 Mers à Vélo cycle route continues along the greenway beside the Canal de Garonne, passing through the [...]
Leave Agen’s port via a greenway. The way continues close to the Garonne, although the river is rarely visible from [...]
From Valence to Moissac, the cycle route sticks to the tranquil canal. The town of Moissac, located on one of the [...]
The Canal des 2 Mers à Vélo cycle route leaves Moissac via the Pont-canal du Cacor, a remarkable canal-bridge. Not [...]
Leaving Montech, the Canal des 2 Mers à Vélo cycle route leads south along the greenway beside the Canal de Garonne [...]
You can sense the outskirts of the huge regional metropolis of Toulouse long before reaching the centre of ‘the pink [...]
Leave Toulouse via the greenway beside the Canal du Midi, a path that is very popular with local cyclists avoiding the [...]
Up to Le Seuil de Naurouze, the Canal du Midi is shadowed by the Autoroute des 2 Mers motorway, but these parallel ways [...]
Going from lock to lock, the canal’s towpath leads you through the heart of the Lauragais area. Le Seuil de Naurouze, [...]
Leaving Castelnaudary, you pass the imposing St-Roch lock with its four interconnecting chambers. Further on, at the [...]
From Bram to Carcassonne, the route runs alongside the Canal du Midi, which is in no rush, so take your time to linger [...]
Not one, but two bridge-aqueducts were needed to cross the Fresquel and Orbiel Rivers to reach Trèbes, with its lively [...]
This stage is dotted with admirable technical feats, in particular the astonishing hydraulic overflow facility designed [...]
A string of wine-making villages, Argens-Minervois, Roubia, Paraza and Ventenac-en-Minervois, congregate here beside [...]
This is a major additional stage that comes highly recommended. It leads you towards the city of Narbonne via a short [...]
This very Mediterranean, very nature-based stage takes you through typical coastal Languedoc landscapes. You follow an [...]
It’s a wrench leaving enchanting Le Somail. Although the port of Sète is a long way off, this is just a short stage [...]
This stage is packed with surprises. The 17th-century Tunnel de Malpas draws the attention, built as Europe’s [...]
From the port at Béziers, the Canal du Midi à Vélo cycle route heads east towards the Mediterranean. You might halt [...]
The town of Agde, with its ancient roots and black basalt architecture, is a startling place. Its soaring church tower [...]