Departure Base

Discover all the useful information and advice related to your departure base.

Starting out formalities & boarding

Locaboat Holidays
Port Ariane – Rue de la Capitainerie
Lattes, FR 34970

✉:  lattes@locaboat.com
T: +33 (0) 4 67 20 24 12
F: +33 (0) 4 67 20 99 97
G: N 43°34’16.07 E 03°53’55.08

Starting out formalities:

Departure days between 2 and 6pm.

Return day between 8 and 9am.

 Boarding:

As soon as the boat is ready.
On site:

WC and shower free of charge at the harbour office, pick-nick area.
At the port: bakery and grocery store.

How to get to the base

Access:

  • Access A9-E15-E80 follow A709 Montpellier and take exit 30 Montpellier-Sud.
  • Gare Sud de France: Take the shuttle bus (1.20euro) to Place de France. Take tramway 1 towards Mosson to Port Mariane, then tramway 3 towards Lattes Centre. Then walk 5 min along a footpath to the marina (approx. 45 min journey).
  • Gare St-Roch: Take line 3 towards Lattes center, then walk 5 min to the marina (approx. 35 min journey).
  • Montpellier-Méditerrannée airport (6 km).
 Car park:

  • Enclosed, unguarded: €42 / week.
  • Unenclosed, unguarded public: free.
Car hire:

  • Avis (Montpellier aéroport, 6 km) tel. : 04 67 20 14 95
  • Europcar (Montpellier, 7 km) tel. : 04 67 42 14 70
  • Hertz (Montpellier aéroport, 6 km) tel. : 04 67 20 04 64
  • Sixt (Montpellier aéroport, 6 km) tel : 08 20 00 74 98
 Taxi:

  • Taxi Lorrai tel. : 04 67 22 00 77

Hotels, restaurants and shopping facilities on site

Hotels:

  • Halt Hôtel **
    tel.: 04 67 58 58 59 – Fax: 04 67 58 00 44
  • Hotel Courtyard ****
    tél.: 04 99 54 74 00
  • Hotel Le Mejean **
    tél: 04 67 99 79 00
 Restaurants:
Shops:

  • At Lattes, closed Sunday afternoon.
 Markets:

  • At Lattes Wednesday and Sunday mornings.
  • At Mas de Saporta (3 km) Farmer’s market, Tuesday & Friday, 6-10pm (July&August).
Bed & Breakfast and gites ruraux:

  • Figues et Palmiers, tel.: 04 67 04 50 54

Touristic Information

Gastronomic specialities:

  • Gardianne (ragout from bull meat), rouille (spicy sauce served to Bouillabaisse), Sea food (tellines, bourride, Bouzigues oysters), grilled loup de mer…
 Local drinks:

  • Red and white wines of Languedoc, Coteaux du Languedoc, Faugères, Picpoul, vin des sables, Muscat de St-Jean de Minervois…
To see:

  • Old Montpellier, Promenade du Peyrou, Fabre museum, Quartier Antigone, Hôtel de Varenne, archeological museum Henri Prades…
 Fishing:

  • From the Bassin de Thau to Franqueveaux (on the Rhône-Sète Canal), a fishing licence is not obligatory. After Franqueveaux, a fishing licence is required (on sale in St Gilles or Beaucaire).
Tourist office:

  

Information on the waterways

Waterways:
On the Lez and the Canal du Rhône à Sète, the few locks are automatic. Important notice: the lift bridge at Frontignan is opened only for a few minutes twice a day (9.30 am and 4 pm). The Étang de Thau cannnot be crossed when the wind is stronger than 3 beaufort.

There are lock keepers on the automatic lock of the Canal du Midi. They are also automatic on the Canal de la Robine. Locks are open from 9 am to 12.30 pm and 1.30 pm to 7 pm in high season, in low season until 6 pm. On the 1st May the locks are only open on the Lez.