Departure Base

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

Starting out formalities & boarding

Locaboat Holidays
10 Rue de Villenouvelle – Ecluse de Négra
Montesquieu-Lauragais, FR 31450 

✉:  negra@locaboat.com
T: + 33 (0) 5 61 81 36 40
G: N 43°25’04.53 E 01°38’28.39

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 according to the opening hours of the base.

How to get to the base

Access:

 Car park:

  • Closed, unguarded: €42 / week
Car hire:

  • Avis (Toulouse, 40 km) tél. : 05 61 62 50 40
  • Europcar (Toulouse, 40 km) tél. : 05 61 73 30 50
  • Hertz (Toulouse, 40 km) tél. : 08 25 86 18 61
  • Sixt (Toulouse, 40 km) tél. : 08 20 00 74 98
 Taxi:

If you don’t have a car, you’ll need a cab to go shopping (Villefranche is 8 km away), and there are no stores nearby (banks, bakeries, etc.).

-> cab transfer: €60 round trip

  • Bettinger, tel. : 06 19 55 29 97 (minibus)
  • Canal du Midi tel. : 06 61 76 45 48

Hotels, restaurants and shopping facilities on site

Hotels:

  • Du Lauragais (Villefranche-de-Lauragais, 8 km)
    tel.: 05 61 27 00 76
  • De France (Villefranche-de-Lauragais, 8 km)
    tel.: 05 61 81 62 17
 Restaurants:

  • La Pizza Gauloise (7 km, Gardouch)
    tel.: +33 (0)5 61 46 38 58
  • L’Estanquet (7km, Gardouch)
    tel.: +33 (0)9 52 89 38 73
  • L’Envie des Mets (7km, Gardouch)
    tel.: +33(0)5 61 27 19 46
Shops:

  • Montgiscard (7 km)
  • At Villefranche (8 km): closed on Sunday afternoons.
 Markets:

  • At Gardouch (4 km): sale of vegetables and fruits.
  • At Villefranche (8 km): every friday morning.

Touristic Information

Gastronomic specialities:

  • Cassoulet de Castelnaudary, Lauragais pies, foie gras, duck, ‘Oreillettes’, Sausages of Toulouse.
 Local drinks:

  • Near Toulouse, the wines of Fronton and Gaillac.
To see:

  • Toulouse, the village of Montesquieu Lauragais, Obelisk of Riquet, Bassin du Col de Naurouze (water shed of the Canal du Midi), dam of Saint Ferréol (waterfalls, tree park, beach), the medieval cities of Revel and Sorèze.
 Fishing:

  • Fishing licence obligatory: on sale at M.Desportes, 36, rue Carnot, Villefranche-de-Lauragais, tel.: 05 61 81 59 27, closed Monday
    Carp, eel, roach, zander, bream, bleak, crayfish…
Tourist office :

  • at Villefranche (8 km) tel.: 05 61 27 20 94
  

Information on the waterways

Waterways :
On the Canal du Midi, most of the locks are electrified and have a lock keeper. Locks are open daily from 9am to 12.30pm, and from 1.30pm to 7.30pm (high season) or 6pm (low season). They are closed on 1st of May.