The Canal du Midi in France. The Canal du Midi, also known as the Southern Canal, is the main inland waterway connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean’s Bay of Biscay.

THE ambitious project of a ship canal across southern France has lately been revived and is receiving some attention. In Terre, Air, Mer for February a few details of the scheme are given. The ...

Fresh produce, award-winning wine and moments of tranquillity abound in this pocket of southern France. The village of Le Somail on the Canal du Midi, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Photograph by Alamy ...

Almost every time we drove our 15 metre canal boat into one of the small oval locks on France’s Canal du Midi, we drew a crowd. It could be our audience was made up of engineering fans there to ...

France’s current soil moisture levels would not normally be seen until mid-April. The dried and cracked bed of Lac de Montbel in southwestern France on February 21. Valentine Chapuis/AFP/Getty ...

VNF, which manages 6,700kms of rivers and canals in France, says freight transport on the Rhine has not been hugely impacted by the lower water levels, partly thanks to a system of dams.

Cruising a stretch of Paul Riquet’s magnificent 17th-century canal, Canal du Midi in south west France means wineries and olive oil refineries, traditional villages and dining under the stars.