This 360-km network of navigable waterways linking the Mediterranean and the Atlantic through 328 structures (locks, aqueducts, bridges, tunnels, etc.) is one of the most remarkable feats of civil ...

Along with the Canal de Garonne, it forms the Canal des Deux Mers, which joins the Atlantic near Bordeaux to the Mediterranean. Running from the city of Toulouse down to the Mediterranean port of Sète ...

For nearly 200 years, the plane trees lining the 17th-century Canal du Midi have watched over Europe's oldest, largest and most spectacular manmade waterway. Making a tree-lined avenue of the entire ...

The Canal du Midi traverses the Occitanie region and gives cyclists of all skill levels access to parts of France that are rich in lore, yet sometimes passed over by visitors. By William Fleeson The ...

Boats berthed on the bottom of the Canal du Midi after water was drained for maintenance work in November, 2019. (Photo by ERIC CABANIS / AFP) As drought forces the reopening of the Canal du Midi to ...

After kayaking some of Norfolk's tiny Dilham canal we were ready for our next canal adventure - abroad, by bike and including chancing upon two Norfolk exiles running a fabulous B&B deep in the French ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Designed as a shortcut between the Atlantic and the Med, today the scenic waterway from Toulouse to Sète is seen as a living ‘work of art’ Centuries before Donald Trump started playing around with the ...

The United Nations called it one of the world’s most remarkable feats of engineering, as well as a work of art. But the beauty of the Canal du Midi in southern France is under threat. A deadly fungus ...