Cycling Canal de Midi accomodation

[ColinB]

Hi,
We are touring novices and plan to Cycle the Canal De midi from Toulouse to Narbonne later this year. We have the Cicerone guide as a good start but would like some advice re accommodation. Any information or recommendations gratefully received. Many thanks Colin and Angela

[b1ke]

We camped. One night was on a site, which happened to be on the Midi itself. The rest was wild camping. I think we were on the canal for 3 days, riding from Bezier to west of Toulouse.

[bigjim]

I hope you are using Mountain Bikes. The surface is terrible on the stretch from there to Beziers. There is a lot of B&B accomodation in the area. We used a booking.com app on the phone last time but I've also just turned up at places and got a room. The good thing in France is they display room prices outside the premises.

[Christiian]

A bit out of date, but a few years ago the following all worked on a three day ride:

1) La Rougeanne (http://www.larougeanne.com)
This one is near Bram, it's a beautiful big old house run by a lovely lady. Quite expensive and plush but if you fancy a comfy bed and a lovely dinner, it's definitely good value.
It's about 5km north of the canal and a short sharp climb into the village.

2) L'Aur Blan (http://www.aur-blan.com)
In the heart of Le Somail. It was very cheap 4 years ago but the website looks like they've done it up a bit (there was definitely no pool, for instance, which always hikes the price a bit).
Has bike ‘lock-up’ and just down the road we found quite a cool bar (by rural French standards!) to have a couple of beers and a game of pool.
Of all the places we rode through on the Canal, Le Somail was one of my favourites, and definitely somewhere to think about staying.

3) When we got to Sete we stayed here:
Le National (http://www.hotellenational.fr)
Fairly basic but handy for the station and they locked our bikes in a room just behind the hotel reception.

Hope that helps.

Chris

[ColinB]

Thanks to everyone for the helpful information. We will be looking up the recommendations. Looking forward to a great trip even if it does sound a bit bumpy.
Thanks again.
Angela and Colin