Harbour

Castelsarrasin

Name: Castelsarrasin
Address: Montaïn, FR
Telephone: +33 5 63 32 01 39

4.4Montaïn, France

Type: Harbour

Inland port of 40 berths on the Canal latéral à la Garonne at Castelsarrasin, Tarn-et-Garonne, on the Canal des Deux Mers route.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Reached along the Canal latéral à la Garonne between Toulouse and the confluence with the Canal de Garonne at Castets-en-Dorthe. Several manually or automatically operated locks either side. Air draught limited by the canal bridges to about 3.5 m.

Practical

40 pontoon berths, water and electricity on the quay. Sanitary facilities open with the harbour office. A small supermarket sits near the town square, with a larger Intermarché to the north-west for a bigger shop. Bakery and restaurants in the town centre within 500 m of the basin. A competent boatyard lies about 200 m away, where a little English is spoken and cash is preferred. Hire-boat bases on the canal.

Ashore

Market day is Thursday in the town centre. Castelsarrasin holds the Saint-Sauveur church, a brick-built edifice dating from the 13th century. The Canal des Deux Mers cycle route runs along the towpath, linking Bordeaux to Sète. Moissac and its abbey church of Saint-Pierre, a UNESCO site on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela, lie about 12 km downstream.