The best cycling routes around Marcorignan

For over 2,000 years, people have traveled this road! Deep grooves can be seen in the stones. The original surface was probably much better, as is known from Roman road construction. So why not connect with this road on our bikes?

This route is fine if you’re just on a bike though some may find earlier sections narrow and difficult to navigate due to mooring ropes across the path. We did it with our dog trailer and found some sections precarious and too narrow for the trailer tbh.

From this narrow strip of land, the lagoon landscape of Gruissan reads almost like a succession of parallel bands: the wetlands and secondary ponds to the south, the path, the Sainte-Marie canal, then the Gruissan pond to the north. The Sainte-Marie canal bears witness to the former hydraulic development of the coastal plain. Integrated into a network of canals intended to manage its waters, it notably participated in the draining of the former salt pond. Today, it contributes to the freshwater supply of the Gruissan pond and thus participates in the salinity variations of the lagoon. Beyond the pond, the reliefs of Gruissan and the Barberousse Tower stand out on the horizon.

From the pond of Gruissan, there is a wide panorama of the village and the Tour Barberousse. The current tower, built between 1245 and 1247 by the archbishop of Narbonne, Guillaume de Broa, is the main remnant of a medieval castle that guarded the maritime access to the Narbonne area.

The Trèbes locks are a flight of locks composed of three basins. Built around 1674, it is located downstream from the port of Trèbes at the exit of the town in the direction of the village of Marseillette. Taking advantage of the strong difference in level of the flight, an intense milling activity was established on the left bank of the lock. A first upper mill was built at the end of the 17th century. It is crossed by a diversion of the Canal du Midi which ensures its operation; it is described as having four millstones with a stable and a shed. A transformation of this first mill was carried out in 1867 to make it a flour mill comprising 6 millstones. This new building, later enlarged in the 1930s, consists of a base and 4 floors at its highest point. Today it has been converted into a restaurant.

The Canal du Midi, formerly the Royal Canal, is a 17th-century technical feat designed by Pierre-Paul Riquet to connect the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. Today, it is above all a place for relaxation and discovery, where heritage, nature, and conviviality blend together.

The l'Aiguille lock is a double lock on the Canal du Midi located in the commune of Puichéric.

L'Epanchoir de l'Argent Double, classified as a historic monument: started in 1677 and completed in 1694 according to Vauban's plans, it allows the canal to discharge its excess water.