Where Are We Going?

Many of the European cruises are called "return" trips.  In these, you start at a particular place and need to return there at the end of your trip.  However, we prefer a one way trip, where you start in one place and end in another, or traveling in a big circle.

LeBoat has four locations on the Canal du Midi, and a fifth just south of it.  We are starting at their westernmost base (Castelnaudary) and ending at their most eastern base (Port Cassafieres) ten days later.  Because LeBoat has so many bases, we will make use of them and stay at them as we pass through those towns.  Below is a very simplified map of our route. 

Our ending town of Port Cassafieres isn't shown here but it is between Villeneuve and Agde, right where the Canal meets the Mediterranean.

Our ending town of Port Cassafieres isn't shown here but it is between Villeneuve and Agde, right where the Canal meets the Mediterranean. 

I am a nut about researching the places where we'll be.  I always say that I'd hate to be pulling out of a town and just then find out about some amazing site that we could have visited, had we only known.  Also, on a boat, you can't always predict what time you'll arrive someplace.  There have been times when we pulled into a town and had very little time to explore, and had to pick just one museum, for example.  So, I want to know every possible place we can visit in every single town.  Of course, we can't get to all of them, but I'll have a long list of anything of interest to see in each town we pass through!