Cycling the Canal du Midi: Across Southern France from Toulouse to Ste [Paperback]

A guidebook to cycling the 260km (162 mile) Canal du Midi cycle route from Toulouse to Sete on the Mediterranean coast. This long-distance cycle through Frances southern Languedoc is suitable for both first-time and experienced long-distance cyclists and can be cycled in 1 week.

• Presented as a 5-day itinerary with daily stages between 40-63km (25-39 miles) in length
• Variant stages and optional excursions to nearby attractions are detailed
• Route passes through Carcassone, Beziers, Agde
• Suitable to be cycled year-round
• 1:200,000 maps and profiles are included for each stage
• Detailed information about planning, accommodation and local history

Declan Lyons brings a lifelong passion for cycling and touring to this guide. As a teenager in the 1960s, he explored the wilds of Connemara on a rusty three-speed Rudge bicycle. Since then, he has touredextensively in Ireland and further afield. He hascycled throughout France including regular trips fromthe Channel to the Mediterranean.Declan now lives next to the Canal du Midi.