Portiragnes lock – Canal du Midi loop from Vendres

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Portiragnes lock – Canal du Midi loop from Vendres

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Portiragnes lock – Canal du Midi loop from Vendres

06:56

102km

340m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 9, 2026

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Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 40.6 km for 16 m

After 40.8 km for 16 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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17.0 km

Canal du Midi green route

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Level route on mostly good surface and some shade.

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20.3 km

Portiragnes lock

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At the Portiragnes lock, you enter a section almost at sea level, where the canal crosses former salt marshes and wind-swept wetlands. Built at the end of the 17th century, …

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23.0 km

Canal du Midi

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The ship photographed here is a small pension. Interesting for bike travelers

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28.1 km

Beautiful bike path on the Canal du Midi

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The foliage of beautiful, large plane trees provides welcome shade on this section of the Canal du Midi near Béziers.

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30.8 km

Canal du Midi Aqueduct over the River Orb

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In Beziers the city is close to the river and the harbor.

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31.1 km

Orb Canal Bridge (Pont-canal de l'Orb)

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The Béziers Canal Bridge is a trough bridge that carries the Canal du Midi across the River Orb in Béziers. The trough bridge itself is 143.4 m long, 15 m …

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38.8 km

Colombiers

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This pretty village is located on the edge of the Canal du Midi, not far from Béziers. Its banks, its marina and its castle give it an atypical charm.

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40.7 km

Tunnel de Malpas

Lake

69.5 km

Junction of the Canal du Midi and the Canal de la Robine

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The Canal de Jonction branches off from the Canal du Midi near its canal bridge over the river "Cesse" and flows after about 5km and about 21 meters deeper into …

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