Narbonne, première colonie romaine hors d’Italie
Narbonne, ville construite en 118 Av. J.-C., avec l'ensemble monumental du Palais des Archevêques et de la Cathédrale ainsi que le Pont des Marchands, où ont été érigées des habitations qui retiennent l’intérêt. Plus au Sud, le Canal de la Robine traverse les étangs de Bages et Sigean, longe l’ile de Ste Lucie et débouche dans la Mer Méditerranée.
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24 Le Somail / Narbonne
This is a major additional stage that comes highly recommended. It leads you towards the city of Narbonne via a short stretch alongside a linking canal up to Sallèles-d’Aude. Then, given the lack of other options to cross the river, you need to continue via Cuxac-d’Aude along a road shared with motorized traffic to reach the Canal de la Robine at Raonel Lock. From there, a lovely, well-laid-out, signposted greenway leads to Narbonne itself.
25 Narbonne / Port-la-Nouvelle
This very Mediterranean, very nature-based stage takes you through typical coastal Languedoc landscapes. You follow an extraordinary band of land shared with a railway line that passes between two huge coastal lakes. After passing by the Sainte-Lucie Reserve, you reach Port-la Nouvelle, both a working port and a resort, with a great long beach that cyclists can relax on after their ‘crossing of the desert’!