UNESCO World Heritage Sites – Canal du Midi

Canal du Midi

It was a hot and sunny day…..

Wait, shouldn’t it have been a dark and stormy night? Well it wasn’t.

Blonde and Brunette were cavorting in a sweaty way through the charming lower part of Carcassonne in Southern France trying to  find a boat ride on the Canal du Midi.

Voilà! Although the canal doesn’t begin or end in Carcassonne it’s one of many places you can experience it. We found a ride that was leaving in an hour so we retreated for some air conditioning and caloric fortification before the aquatic and historical adventure.

What’s the Canal du Midi? It’s a cultural UNESCO World Heritage site and a canal that is 241km (or 144 miles) long and links the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean sea. Work on it began in 1665 and it’s already done!

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16 May 2014