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	Canal du Rhône à Sète - Camargue Languedoc - Beaucaire to Sète For our departure ports-click here... For Canal du Midi-click here... see Canal de Rhône à Sète and Canal du Midi holiday report (7 pages)-click here... Download a pdf map of Languedocc and the canals ...(courtesy to Sunfrance) see for restaurants in the Herault and the Gard departments: http://www.cuisine-francaise.com/resto-departement-herault-34.htm http://www.cuisine-francaise.com/resto-departement-gard-30.htm just click on one of the places in the list The Canal du Rhône à Sète starts at the closed down junction lock of Beaucaire, flows past the lock of St. Gilles (junction Petit Rhône / Rhône) and continues parallel to the Mediteranean Sea to Sète. You can moore somewhere and make a stroll to the beach to take a dive into the Mediterranean sea.The voyage goes right through the middle of Camarque with huge groupes of flamingoes, grazing horses and so on.. . If you have enough time you should absolutely make the detour to Aigues-Mortes. At the end the beautiful Etang de Thau and with it the Canal du Midi is waiting for you. We have a base in Carnon (Montpellier Plage) and from there you can make a one way trip to Homps by the Canal du Midi. You can also make a return trip to Agde, on the Canal du Midi canal information: length: 99 kms; headroom 500 cm; locks: 1; draught 180 cm; maximum length of boat: 120 x 8 mtrs


km	Place	Information: click on the blue names for info links for explanation symbols used-click here...

1	Beaucaire

14	Pont de Bellegarde

25	Saint-Gilles

39	Gallician

55 b	Aigues-Mortes

55c	Le Grau du Roi

61	La Grande Motte

70	Carnon

75	Les Quatres Canaux/Palavas

85	Km 85

98	L'Escale

93	Frontignan

96	Le Peyrade

99	Sète