Canal du Midi

Pierre – Paul Riquet’s work realized in 17th century to connect the Atlantic Ocean in the Mediterranean Sea, Canal du Midi formerly used for the transportation of goods and people, today is seen frequently by numerous sailors and tourists and crosses the heart of the city of Carcassonne. Since 1996, the Canal du Midi is classified in the list of the world heritage by the UNESCO, the banks of the Channel former towpaths lined with trees of different essence establish a real tourist, ideal route for the walking tour or by bicycle.

You will find in the Port of Carcassonne, cruise ships to discover Canal du Midi.

Our partners : www.bateau-cocagne-canal-carcassonne.fr/

The natural sites nearby

– The cave of Limousis

It’s the biggest cave fitted out by the Cathar Aude.This cave has the advantage to offer you, in its particular site the most beautiful fine “concretions” (meetings of water and limestone), that in the present possible to see in fitted out cave : crystals of calcite and aragonite, eccentric, fistulous… Thanks to this cave it’s an underground, exceptional environment of beauty and mineralogical and geologic interest, to which we invite you.

– The huge Abyss of Cabrespine

Dominating the small village of Cabrespine in the Aude department, near the peak of Nore of the black Mountain, the huge Abyss of Cabrespine is one of the  biggest caves of the world opened to the tourism. The vast underground network is traveled by a subterranean river the bed of which is cut in blue marble. Traveling several underground kilometers, this river sees again  the day at the foot of the “Cathar” castles of Lastours.

And others sites to discover as The abyss of the soft eye, the cave of Aguzou, the Peak of Nore….

Beaches

In some kilometers of our campsite, you can go to the Mediterranean Sea with its beautiful and big beaches as:

· Fleury d’ Aude, St Pierre of the Sea, Gruissan (Chalets, Mateille-Ayguades), Leucate Franqui (Peninsula), Leucate Plage , Naturists (Port Leucate), Carats (Port Leucate), Copacabana (Port Leucate), Narbonne-Plage, Port la Nouvelle  the south beach.