SELF DRIVE RIVER BOAT RENTALS FROM Carnon
A real seaside resort with beaches and marina of the Camargue. Before leaving for your cruise, do not hesitate to spend half a day to visit the surroundings. Carnon is the starting point for a one-week one-way cruise to Homps or Agde.
The locks are automatic or electric and manned by lock keepers. The locks are closed the 1st of may and the 14th of july.
The ladder of locks at Fonsérannes (near Béziers) is very busy during the high season. Frontignan Bridge opens twice a day, in the morning and mid-afternoon.
The one-way or the navigation towards the Carmargue while crossing the Etang de Thau can be canceled or interrupted if the climatic conditions, in particular the wind, do not allow to pass the Etang de Thau. This does not prevent you from sailing while waiting for the reopening of the pond to navigation.
You can moor anywhere along the banks on the Canal du Midi and in Camargue.
- SPAR 100 meters from the base
- Timetables for crossing the Frontignan mobile bridge, located on the Frontignan secondary route to the Thau lagoon are:
In high season, from April 1 to October 31, 2 daily and systematic openings (week end and holidays included at 8:30 and 16:00). For any further information, you can call France Frontignan's Voies Navigables on 04.67.18.51.50 or 06.87.74.18.16.
- Road: Access from Montpellier: Highway A9 take exit 29. At the roundabout, take the 4th exit towards: Nîmes-Alès-Montpellier - Mediterranean Airport- La Grande-Motte-Carnon- Parc des Expositions. Continue on: D66 towards: La Grande-Motte - Carnon- Mediterranean Airport - Parc des Expositions - Park & ??Suites Arena. Take the exit towards: D62E2 / Carnon-Center / Carnon-Est / Les Plages then, at the traffic lights, the entrance to the base is located 300 m after, on the right of the D62.
- Train: Montpellier station at 15 km
- Airport: Montpellier Méditerranée (7 km).
Possible cruises
Carnon
round trip
Monument
Vineyard
Swimming
Nature
Gastronomy
River constructions
Carnon
Agde
Carnon
round trip
Gastronomy
Vineyard
Swimming
Nature
Monument
River constructions
Carnon
Agde
Carnon
Colombiers
Gastronomy
River constructions
Vineyard
Swimming
Nature
Monument
Carnon
Homps
Gastronomy
River constructions
Vineyard
Swimming
Nature
Sports and leisure activities
Monument
Carnon
round trip
Monument
Vineyard
Swimming
Gastronomy
River constructions
Nature
Carnon
Carcassonne
Carnon
round trip
Gastronomy
Monument
River constructions
Vineyard
Swimming
Nature
Example of boats for Carnon.
From €207 / pers
Week of the 5/25/24 to 6/1/24
- Max. people : 9
- Cabins : 3
- Bathroom & Toilet : 2
Dual cockpit
Bow thruster
Electric toilets
220 v socket
Bimini
From €392 / pers
Week of the 5/25/24 to 6/1/24
- Max. people : 6
- Cabins : 2
- Bathroom & Toilet : 2
Dual cockpit
Bow thruster
Plancha
Continuous 220V electricity
Flat Screen TV
Air freshener
Electric toilets
Dishwasher
Bimini
From €270 / pers
Week of the 5/25/24 to 6/1/24
- Max. people : 9
- Cabins : 4
- Bathroom & Toilet : 3
Dual cockpit
Bow thruster
Electric toilets
220 v socket
Customer testimonials
4.5/5
(based on 2 opinion)
"Très bon accueil. Personnel très agréable"
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