The Canal du Midi is still in operation with characteristics essentially unchanged since its creation. The numerous modifications that it has undergone over the centuries (initial adaptation to the ...

Houseboat on the Canal du Midi. Alamy It's summertime in southern France and we're cycling the towpath of a canal built more than a century before the bicycle was even invented. One of Europe's ...

Boating along the Canal du Midi is surely one of life’s finer pleasures. And with the speed limit set at just 8km/h you cannot but slow down – and relax.

The Canal Royal was renamed the Canal du Midi during the Revolution, and by 1856 it carried 111,000 metric tonnes of cargo and a million passengers a year.

Incredible £9m road that's one of the most photographed in Europe [LATEST] The tourist site canal-du-midi.com says: "By bike is a great way to experience this exceptional waterway.

The Canal du Midi includes 91 locks, a series of tunnels, and the world’s first canal bridge, the Pont-Canal de Répudre. Construction began in 1666 and required the labor of approximately ...

The Canal du Midi, entirely hand-dug and hailed as an engineering marvel on completion in 1681, offers a refreshing alternate take on French travel: a bikeable path through the towns and ...

The famous Suez Canal often receives worldwide recognition but Europe's version is no less impressive. The Canal du Midi in the south of France is an extraordinary feat of engineering, history ...