From the Provence of the Popes to the Luberon – Self-guided
Duration: 8 days and 7 nights
Starting from
per person
Duration
14 nights
Level
3 - Moderate - hilly, sometimes mountainous - 50 to 80 km
This trip is also available as a Self-guided tour.
Connecting Toulouse to the Mediterranean, the Canal du Midi, built between 1667 and 1682, is considered the greatest engineering feat of the 17th century. Your journey, organized in loops around four stopover towns, will allow you to appreciate its ingenuity and explore it at your own pace. In Carcassonne, we suggest you visit the medieval city, whose fortifications stretch for nearly 3 km and house the count's castle and the Basilica of Saint-Nazaire.
Looking for something different? Narbonne invites you to explore an underground labyrinth of ancient warehouses (horreum) dating back to Roman times. In Béziers, located on a majestic promontory, you can admire the canal's masterpiece: the nine locks of Fonseranes. Then in Sète, bordered by the Thau lagoon and nicknamed the little Venice of Languedoc, the terminus: the Mediterranean and sandy beaches await you. What a delight along the water!
4 STOPOVER CITIES: this way of traveling allows you to put down your suitcase and take it easy. Your itinerary, designed as loops around four stopover cities, limits the number of trips you have to make and gives you plenty of time to discover and enjoy the places you visit. Make the most of it!
air transportation of the passenger, their luggage, and their bicycle with Air Transat;
transfer between the airport and the hotel, at the destination, on arrival and departure; coach transfer on day 14;
14 nights in three- and four-star hotels, double occupancy;
14 breakfasts and 3 dinners;
air transportation of the passenger, their luggage, and their bicycle with Air Transat;
transfer between the airport and the hotel, at the destination, on arrival and departure; coach transfer on day 14;
14 nights in three- and four-star hotels, double occupancy;
14 breakfasts and 3 dinners;
equipment, such as bicycles
Travel and cancellation insurance
equipment, such as bicycles
Travel and cancellation insurance
Montreal-Trudeau
Toulouse
Toulouse
Montreal-Trudeau
For groups of 12 or more cyclists, accompanied by our guide.
Route rating: 3+
Moderately difficult route: hilly, sometimes mountainous; 50 to 80 km.
Montreal-Trudeau
Toulouse
Toulouse
Montreal-Trudeau
For groups of 12 or more cyclists, accompanied by our guide.
Route rating: 3+
Moderately difficult route: hilly, sometimes mountainous; 50 to 80 km.
Discover the elevation changes along this route and plan your upcoming trip with all the necessary information. Please note that elevation changes are provided for informational purposes only and may not always reflect the actual conditions on the ground.
Day 1
Arrival in Toulouse and transfer to Mirepoix (1 hour 15 minutes).
Day 2
Free day or loop via Viviès, Tourtrol, Dun, Lieurac, Laroque-d'Olmes, Esclagne, Pradettes, Limbrassac, Senesse de Senabugue, Besset. (36 miles)
Day 3
Mirepoix, Moulin-Neuf, Caudeval, Alaigne, Belvèze-du-Radez, Cailhau, Lavalette, Carcassonne. Option via Tréziers, Peyrefitte-du-Razes, Monthaut. (34 or 42 miles)
Day 4
Free day or loop via Villedubert, Malves-en-Minervois, Villeneuve-Minervois, Sallèles-Cabardès, Conques-sur-Orbiel, Villemoustaussou. Loop via Marmorières, Limousis (29 or 34 miles).
Day 5
Carcassonne, Trèbes, Badens, Aigues-Vives, Puicheric, Montbrun-les-Corbières, Ferrals-les-Corbières, Luc-sur-Orbières, Ornaisons, Névian, Montredon-des-Corbières, Narbonne (77 km).
Day 6
Free day or loop via Gruissan, Les Ayguades, Ricardelle (48 km).
Day 7
Free day or loop via Cuxac-d'Aude, Sallèles d'Aude, Bize-Minervois, Maihac, Pouzols-Minervois, Paraza, St-Nazaire d'Aude, Moussan (36 miles).
Day 8
Free day or loop via Gruissan, Les Ayguades, Narbonne Plage, St-Pierre-la-Mer, Vinassan (30 miles)
Day 9
Narbonne, Moussan, Sallèles-d'Aude, Ouveillan, Quarante, Creissan, Capestang, Maureilhan, Béziers (37 miles).
Day 10
Free day or loop to Maraussan, Cazouls-lès-Béziers, Murviel-lès-Béziers, Magalas, Puiscalicon, Lieuran-les-Béziers, Bassan, Boujan-sur-Libron. Loop via Cessenon-sur-Orb, St-Nazaire-de-Ladares, Laurens (53 to 73 km).
Day 11
Free day or loop via Corneilhan, Lieuran-lès-Béziers, Espondeihan, Abeilhan, Alignan-du-Vent, Valros, Montblanc, Bessan. Option via Pézenas, Aumes, Castelnau-de-Guers (37 or 49 miles).
Day 12
Béziers, Villeneuve-lès-Béziers, Vias, Agde, Les Mougères, Marseillan Plage, Sète (56 km).
Day 13
Free day or loop via Frontignan, Vic-la-Gardiole, Fabrègues, Montbazin, Poussan, Balaruc-les-Bains (52 km).
Day 14
Transfer from Sète to Toulouse and rest of the day at leisure.
Day 15
Transfer to Toulouse airport and return to Montreal.
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