Le Boat Castelnaudary

Would highly recommend using Le Boat for any canal tour. Their staff are great and try to be as helpful as possible. Any issues are dealt with quickly and their boats were in much better condition than any of the other companies' boats we saw. The layout of the Vision SL3 was perfect for 3 couples, lots of room.

We had a wonderful time navigating the Canal du Midi and exploring the region surrounding it.

I have driven ships and boats for over thirty years, and I was challenged, at times, to navigate my Le Boat boat. I had a Clipper boat with no bow thruster. A thruster would have only complicated the situation. The first two days of our trip we saw winds in the 30 mile per hour range. Sometimes this was a headwind and sometimes it was a sidewind while navigating a low bridge. We managed and had a wonderful time. If you are considering renting a boat and navigating the Canal du Midi, my advice would be to always put your locking assistant ashore on the windward side of the canal. I always did and I was able to get underway and get way on before being blown to the leeward side of the canal. If I'd been blown to the leeward side, I would have had a heck of a time getting off as the wind would have pinned me to it. These boats lack the power to back into the wind.

Other advice I would give is, don't try to do to much. When I first reserved the boat, we planned to go from Castlenaudry all the way to the Mediterranean. I did the math and there were not enough hours in the day to make it all the way, so we decided to spend about five hours each day navigating and the rest of the time exploring. We would tie the boat up by three pm each day and jump on our bicycles. The bikes provided are single speed folding bikes. They are completely adequate for riding in the towns surrounding the canal. If you want to head up to the walled city in Carcassonne, either take the bus or walk. The bikes will be a headache. Also - go as early in the day as you can.

We booked an end of March/early April trip to avoid the crowds. We succeeded in every way except one -- Carcassonne gets over five million visitors each year. If you are in the walled city after eleven am, it will be crowded.

We found Le Boat very easy to deal with right from the moment we started making enquiries about our holiday. We loved our holiday on the Canal du Midi and would definitely do another journey given the opportunity.

Excellent staff. Very professional. We had a wonderful time on the Canal du midi.

A fantastic holiday in a beautiful area of france. Very relaxing, very straightforward to manoeuvre the boat with decent facilities inside. While not a new boat it was kept in good condition. Recommend the adventure even if only for a few days.

Reading the reviews, I was not sure what to expect and planned for the worst! However, the experience we had was perfect from start to finish.

Check in; Quick, easy and friendly
Boat: (Horizon 1) Spotlessly clean, well equipped and easy to drive
Check out; same as check in

Engine hours charge was fair and reasonable in our opinion.

Thanks to Melodie, Antoine and Benjamin for such great and friendly service.

If you are thinking of booking this trip, October is great value and hardly any other boats on the canal. Im sure if we visited in July / August, it would have been far more chaotic and expensive.

Will be booking again for sure!

Absolutely AMAZING!!! Wow!!! I'm so impressed with the friendliness of these lovely French Folks. People here at the le boat are extremely professional, went out of their way to help with everything, showing the canal locks and how to maneuver through them. This is definitely an experience worth every single euro!!! Frenchies, ya'll are awesome 😘😘😘

What a wonderful place to start a canal boat trip. Friendly, efficient & spotlessly clean base. Plenty of good local restaurants. Ideal start 😁

Excellent service. Some of the fleet is a bit older now, but overall very good. Staff excellent.

Beautiful location, nice and helpful staff

Nos ha encantado volver a navegar por el Canal de Midi con Le Boat. La atención del personal es excelente desde el momento de preparar el viaje, la recepción y la asistencia durante las vacaciones. Esta región de Francia es una maravilla y poder navegar por el canal todo un regalo para unas vacaciones perfectas.

Une équipe en or accompagnée d'une belle aventure ne pouvait donner qu'un résultat admirable. A faire au moins une fois dans sa vie, le canal du midi est juste un rêve éveillé. Les bateaux ont chacun leur histoire, ils vous la raconterons comme ils me l'ont raconté. A bientôt sur le canal.

Supernettes Personal, gute Einweisung, sauberes, wenn auch sehr altes Boot. Keine Probleme, weder in Castelnaudary noch bei der Abgabe in Port Cassafières. Würde jederzeit wieder dort buchen.

Personnel de la base super sympa , bateau propre , nous avons eu un petit soucis de wc a la moitie de notre sejour , intervention rapide , je conseil sans soucis , la chef de l agence est top

Une superbe expérience.
Une formation finalement rapide et efficace. L'apprentissage se fait simplement par l'expérience. Ne pas trop s'emballer, et anticiper😁.
Une équipe au top, tant à l'accueil, qu'au niveau des techniciens. 👍👍
Le parcours est canon !! Les equipes sur les écluses sont vraiment sympas.
Beaucoup de bonjours, de bienveillances, de sourires... Au gré des vélos, des navigants...
Le temps s'arrête, les tensions s'envolent.
Nous voilà reposés 😊.

Super expérience très physique à 2 pour 5 jours en partant dans la direction de Carcassonne. Notre voyage s'est interrompu au port de Bram que nous avons bien apprécié, ainsi que la ville qui a pieds était à 1km5 où l'on a pu se ravitailler & se régaler au restaurant le petit Bramais que nous recommandons fortement pour son équipe très sympathique & chaleureuse, de très bon conseil, son beau décor & son excellente cuisine, bravo

Très bel endroit. Une équipe de professionnels à votre service.

Très professionnel, sérieux et sympathique Bateaux bien entretenus explications sur le pilotage simples et suffisamment efficaces
À faire sans aucune réserve

Meine schönsten Sommerferien in den letzten zwei Jahren. Gute Qualität der Boote.

Genial la atención, explicación y dedicación en toda la información previa a la reserva. Nos ha atendido (correo electrónico) Marina Burgos con excelente amabilidad, conocimiento y comprensión de nuestras necesidades.