The Canal Entre Deux Mers (the combined Canal du Midi and the Canal de Garonne) is the waterway that famous chef Rick Stein travelled in his much acclaimed TV series ‘A French Odyssey’, shown world-wide many times. The fine dining on the hotel barges that travel these waterways is likewise founded on the wealth of fresh local produce and delicious local cuisine, prepared on-board or enjoyed at any one of the superb nearby restaurants.

Rick Stein’s French Odyssey series followed him as he journeyed west to east, from Bordeaux to to Toulouse to Sete to Aigues-Mortes. You too can visit many of the same places, the same markets, that Rick Stein visited.