STARTING OUT FORMALITIES:

departure days from 2 to 6 pm.

BOARDING:

as soon as the boat is ready.

ACCESS:

• By motorway:
  • A61 – E80, Lézignan-Corbières : 9 km (D611)
  • Michelin map n° 83, www.viamichelin.com
  • I.G.N. map n° 114, www.ign.fr
  • Green Guide Michelin Pyrénées-Roussillon
• By rail:
  • Lézignan-Corbières station (6 km),
  • TGV station Narbonne (23 km), www.sncf.fr
• By air:
  • Carcassonne-Salvaza airport (52 km)
  • Perpignan-Rivesaltes airport (89 km)
  • Montpellier-Méditérranée airport (122 km), www.montpellier.aeroport.fr
  • Toulouse-Blagnac airport (146 km), www.toulouse.aeroport.fr

PARKING:

undercover, not guarded, 42 € / week ; enclosed, not guarded, 28 € / week. The number of places is limited, it is imperative to reserve in advance

CAR HIRE:

• Avis: Narbonne tel.: 04 68 32 43 36, www.avis.com
• Europcar: Narbonne tel.: 04 68 32 34 54, www.europcar.com
• Hertz: Lézignan tel.: 04 68 27 20 77, www.hertz.com

HOTELS:

• Les Arbousiers (Homps 8km) tel.: 04 68 91 11 24 - Fax: 04 68 91 12 61
• Le Tassigny (Lézignan 5km) tel.: 04 68 27 11 51- Fax: 04 68 27 67 31
• Le Grand Soleil (Lézignan 5 km) tel.: 04 68 27 01 20 - Fax: 04 68 27 10 88

BED AND BREAKFAST AND GITES RURAUX:

Booking office tel.: 04 68 11 40 70 - Fax : 04 68 11 40 72

RESTAURANTS:

• At Homps (8km) La Péniche 8 in the harbour tel.:04 68 91 24 34
• at Homps (8km) Les Arbousiers tel.: 04 68 91 11 24
• at Lézignan (5km) Le Tournedos tel.: 04 68 27 11 51
• Ecluse d’Ognon (3km) L’escale du Canal tel.: 04 68 91 11 05
• at Argens (500 m) La Guinguette tel.: 04 68 27 05 66, an outside restaurant open in good weather from June to September

BANKS:

at Lézignan (5 km) closed Saturday afternoon and Sunday.

POST OFFICE:

at Lézignan (5 km) closed Saturday afternoon and Sunday.

SHOPS:

at Lézignan (5 km) and at Olonzac (5km), closed on Sunday afternoon.

Grocery in the village of Argens.

MARKETS:

at Lézignan (5 km) Wednesday mornings

at Olonzac (8 km) Tuesday mornings

TAXIS:

Azur Taxi tel.: 04 68 27 33 41

TOURIST OFFICE:

at Lézignan (5 km) tel.: 04 68 27 05 42, www.lecanaldumidi.com/argens/

LOCKS:

Most of the locks on the Canal du midi are automatic with the help of lock keepers. On the Canal de la Robine, the locks are automatic and without lock keepers. In HS, they are open from 9 to 12.30am and 1.30 to 7pm. Until 6pm in LS. Closed on the 1st of May. The étang de Thau cannot be crossed when the wind force is higher than 3 beaufort. On the Lez and Canal du Rhône à Sète, the few locks are automatic. Please note: the lift bridge at Frontignan is only opened for a few minutes twice a day (8.30am and 4pm).

SERVICE AT THE BASE:

WC and shower according to the opening hours of the base, phone box, picnic area.

GASTRONOMIC SPECIALITIES:

Cassoulet de Castelnaudary, daube de sanglier, civet de chevreuil, émincé de canard, grillades au feu de bois, brochettes, coq au vin, …

LOCAL WINES:

The red and white wines of Minervois, Corbières, la Clape, Fitou, Saint Chinian.

FISHING:

Fishing licence obligatory: on sale at “Association de pêche d’Argens”, for the phone number please call the base

Carp, eel, roach, zander, bream, bleak, crayfish…

TO SEE:

At Argens: pool and top of the village; at Lézignan: vine and wine Museum, exhibition centre, village of Minerve and Hurepel Museum (figurine) and archeological and palaeontology Museum.