Agde is a city with a Mediterranean feel with its land dedicated to vineyards, its scrubby landscape, its ponds and its mild climate. It is a real paradise for an active holiday. Sport, leisure, spas and parties are all on offer in this exceptional setting. Do you want to go swimming? Or maybe sunabthe peacefully? Adge has 14km of beaches for your enjoyment!
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To
see : museum
of Ephèbe (museum archaeological subaqueous),
fort brescou, the city (fountains, places, statues,
ice cave, cathedral etc).
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To
taste : mussel and
stuffed squids, clams cooked with white wine
and shallot, Honey of garrigue, dried figs,
oysters of Thau, Muscat wine of Frontignan,
Picpoul (regional wine).
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To
know : the
statue of Ephèbe, vestige of the Hellenist
age, was brought back of Herault in 1964 and
it classify historic monument.
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Very
Favourite : museum
agathois (discovery of the popular arts and
customs– fishing –sailing– terrestrial
and subaqueous archaeology …).
On
the channel of the Rhone with Sète :
Over a hundred kilometres, the Rhone à Sète Canal traverse Languedoc and the Petite Camargue to reach the edge of Provence. It is the link between the South Canal and the inland waterways of the Southeast.
The Beaucaire Canal, which runs from the Etang Canal, forms today what is known as the Rhone à Sète Canal which connects the Thau Lake and Sète in Beaucaire.
On
the channel of the South :
Built at the
XVIIe century by Pierre-Paul Riquet with his famous
round locks, classified «wonder of the
world" by the UNESCO in 1996.
True hydrolic museum, on the channel of the South combine
variety of the sites and cultural richness. 240 kilometres
length of Toulouse to the pond of Thau, it counts 64
locks, 55 aqueducts, 7 bridges - channels and 126 bridges.
From
Agde Base : |
Week-end
- Agde
- Sète - Agde : 52 kms - 6 locks
- 8 hours
- Agde
- Colombiers : 31 kms - 12 locks - 8 hours
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Mini
Week
- Agde
- Aigues-Mortes - Agde : 154 kms - 6 locks
- 20 hours
- Agde
- Capestang - Agde : 86 kms - 24 locks
- 18 hours
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Mini
Week One Way
- Agde
- Homps : 86 kms - 17 locks - 15 hours
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One
Week
- Agde
- Homps - Agde : 172 kms - 34 locks -
30 hours
- Agde
- Saint-Gilles - Agde : 208 kms - 6 locks
- 28 hours
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One
Week One Way
- Agde
- Carcassonne : 126 kms - 36 locks - 25
hours
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