- The commercial success of the Canal du Midi in the 17th century led to the construction of another canal in 1686 to link Narbonne to the Canal du Midi.
- From the Canal du Midi to Saint-Chinian: an authentic tourism destination, wine tourism in the heart of unspoiled nature!
- It takes typically 10 days to travel the length of the Canal du Midi by barge, and provides an interesting way to see the countryside of the Midi.
- The Canal du Midi is considered a masterpiece of French engineering, linking Toulouse to the Mediterranean via a waterway running for almost 250 kilometres.
- The Canal du Midi (Occitan: Canal de las Doas Mars, meaning canal of the two seas) is a 241 km (150 mi) long canal in Southern France (French: le Midi).
- A few key facts & figures about the Canal du Midi: Length: 241 kilometres (150 miles), making it one of the longest navigable canals in Europe.
- Together with the 193 km long Canal de Garonne, the Canal du Midi forms the Canal des Deux Mers – joining the Atlantic Sea to the Mediterranean Sea.
- The Canal du Midi is a divided canal, with one side on the Atlantic side, 57 km long, and the other on the Mediterranean side, 189 km long.
- Canal Du Midi, Toulouse’dan başlayarak Akdeniz’e doğru uzanan bir kanal sistemi. İsminin anlamı “İki deniz arası kanal” olarak Türkçeye çevrilebilir.
- ...booking a holiday on the Canal du Midi, is that it is an open sewer, with fleets of leisure craft including unfortunately ours emptying waste directly into the canal.