- Coming to the Grand Site Occitanie and Grand Site de France in a “Canal du Midi, Béziers” project is like taking a trip back in time.
- The Canal du Midi is considered a masterpiece of French engineering, linking Toulouse to the Mediterranean via a waterway running for almost 250 kilometres.
- 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.
- Canal des Deux Mers consist of two canals. From the Mediterranean port of Sète to Toulouse, a distance of 240 km, runs Canal du Midi.
- 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.
- In 1974, at Montech on the Canal Latéral à la Garonne, and in 1983, at Fonserannes on the Canal du Midi, two unique “water slopes” were erected.
- Canal Du Midi, Toulouse’dan başlayarak Akdeniz’e doğru uzanan bir kanal sistemi. İsminin anlamı “İki deniz arası kanal” olarak Türkçeye çevrilebilir.
- The UNESCO World Heritage Canal du Midi and its key structures: the Fonseranes locks, canal bridge and Malpas tunnel. Béziers vineyards.
- 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.
- 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).