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Béziers / Sète La Méditerranée à vélo

From Béziers’s port, the Canal du Midi à Vélo route directs you back to the Med. From Roque Haute bridge, you can easily access Portiragnes Beach by bike to enjoy a refreshing dip. Also stop to admire Le Libron’s curious adjustable aqueduct and Agde’s circular lock. Agde Cathedral, with its bell-tower dominating the Hérault River, calls on visitors to explore the ancient city below, built from black basalt. The Canal du Midi merges with the Etang de Thau lagoon at the level of Les Onglous lighthouse. From Marseillan-Plage, Le Lido Greenway sticks to the Mediterranean, leading you to Sète and its museums. How long will you resist the call of the sea for a swim along this stretch?

It is advisable to request written authorization to cycle Départ Arrivée across these parts from VNF, the managing authority, Béziers Sète in accordance with Article R4241-68 of the French Code des Transports. Durée Distance 3 h 19 min 51,19 Km The route The first part of this stage offers very easy cycling. It’s Niveau Thématique followed by a section along a towpath. From Roque I cycle often Canals & intimate rivers Haute bridge, signposts are few and far between. The portion between Agde and Marseillan-Plage is not specifically laid out, but then you join a greenway parallel to the sea as far as your arrival at the port of Sète.

Smooth surfaces: surfaces are generally easy to cycle along between Adge and Sète. Rough surfaces: on the track between Béziers and Agde.

Please note: It is advisable to request written authorization to cycle across these parts from VNF, the managing authority, in accordance with Article R4241-68 of the French Code des Transports.

Link From Roque Haute bridge, a cycle path leads to Portiragnes Beach.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Tourist Offices Office de Tourisme de Béziers 33 (0)4 99 41 36 36

4 further places providing tourist information: - Fonseranes Site des 9 écluses (site of the 9 locks), - Parc Rayonnant - 1 avenue de Béziers - La Cigalière - Sérignan, - Centre Station 2, square René-Cassin - Valras-Plage, - La Gabare Rive du Canal du Midi - Villeneuve-les- Béziers

Office de Tourisme du Cap d’Agde 04 67 01 04 04 04 67 26 22 99 [email protected]

Office de Tourisme de Vias 33 (0)4 67 21 76 25

Office de Tourisme de Marseillan 33 (0) 4 67 21 82 43 [email protected]

Office de tourisme de Sète 33 (0)4 99 04 71 71

SNCF train stations

Béziers station: regional TER and Intercités services > Narbonne/Carcassonne//Bordeaux ; Agde/Sète/ (many trains daily); / (3 to 4 trains daily).

Vias station: regional TER services > Béziers ; Agde (2 to 5 trains daily)

Agde station: regional TER services > Béziers/Narbonne/Carcassonne/Toulouse ; Sète/Montpellier (many trains daily) Change at Béziers for trains to Millau/ Rodez/ Clermont-Ferrand. Change at Montpellier for trains Lyon/Paris; Nîmes/Alès/Clermont-Ferrand. Marseillan-Plage station: for TER regional services

Consult the timetables Voie cyclable Liaisons Sur route Alternatives Parcours VTT Parcours provisoire

Départ Arrivée Béziers Sète