Port

Port saint sauveur

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Maximum length: 98 ft

Inland marina on the Canal du Midi in central Toulouse, 500 m from Place du Capitole and directly served by métro line B at station François Verdier.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Reached via the Canal du Midi, between lock 1 Bayard downstream and lock 2 Minimes upstream. Air draught 3.30 m under Toulouse bridges. 40 berths along the quays of the Port Saint-Sauveur basin.

Practical

Water and electricity on the quay, paid showers and toilets kept clean, and a black-water pump-out at around 2.2 euros. Diesel station on site, though it is not always available to passing boats and reception can be busy in season. Watch for rats on the pontoons. Capitainerie managed by VNF. All shops within 10 minutes on foot, including a Carrefour on Boulevard Carnot.

Ashore

Jardin des Plantes and the Muséum de Toulouse 400 m east. Basilique Saint-Sernin, a Romanesque UNESCO pilgrimage church on the Santiago de Compostela routes, 1.2 km north. Couvent des Jacobins, resting place of Thomas Aquinas, 900 m northwest.

History

The Canal du Midi was built under Pierre-Paul Riquet between 1666 and 1681 to link the Garonne to the Mediterranean. The canal and its works were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1996.