Cyclo-hiking THE CANAL DES DEUX MERS

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THE CANAL DU MIDI… SCANDALOUS.

The Canal du Midi has a huge media reputation.

Alas, once again, the dichotomy between reality and media image is fully proven.

In the pitiful departments of Aude and Hérault (from Port-Lauragais to Agde) there are no cycle tracks. The towpath is only a chaotic and often abominable path. It's a bike-cross path, breaking for equipment and humans… on almost 200 km!

SEE THE PAGE DEDICATED TO THE DESCRIPTION OF THE CANAL DU MIDI BY BICYCLE… A SCANDAL.

GENERAL DATA

Country	Departures	Arrivals	Tracks	Distance	Ascending Elevation	Year
France	BORDEAUX	AGDE	The canal de Garonne (formerly known as the Canal Latéral à la Garonne), and the Canal du Midi.	500 km	2,695 m	2013

SOURCES :

MAP		ACCOMODATIONS
Maps OSM (OpenStreetMap) openstreetmap.org velomap.org/ velomap.org/map Web site canal-et-voie-verte		Web site canal-et-voie-verte

STEPS

Step	Departure	Arrival	L. (km)	dH (m)	Track
1	BORDEAUX	FLOIRAC	5	37	GPX
2	FLOIRAC	SAUVETERRE DE GUYENNE	59	+408 -269	GPX
3	SAUVETERRE DE GUYENNE	MARMANDE	52	+500 -526	GPX
4	MARMANDE	AGEN	69	+306 -304	GPX
5	AGEN	CASTELSARRASIN	58	+390 -306	GPX
6	CASTELSARRASIN	TOULOUSE	60	+332 -255	GPX
7	TOULOUSE	VILLEFRANCHE DE LAURAGAIS	42	+387 -321	GPX
8	VILLEFRANCHE DE LAURAGAIS	CARCASSONNE	72	+370 -418	GPX
9	CARCASSONNE	LE SOMAIL	63	+301 -357	GPX
10	LE SOMAIL	AGDE	70	+376 -371	GPX

Update 10/01/2013