{"id":19971,"date":"2016-06-30T14:23:30","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T14:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/discover-the-basin-de-thau-on-a-canal-boat-locaboat-blog\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T21:00:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T21:00:51","slug":"discover-the-basin-de-thau-on-a-canal-boat-locaboat-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/blog\/discover-the-basin-de-thau-on-a-canal-boat-locaboat-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Cast off for the Thau Basin!"},"content":{"rendered":"\nThere are some real treats waiting for you in the Thau\u00a0Basin during your holiday in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/boating-holidays\/france\/canal-du-midi\/\">boat on the Canal du Midi<\/a>! Between culinary specialities, authentic heritage and culture, your only problem will be deciding what to do first. Here\u2019s our little selection of tips for exploring the region. All aboard your barge and set a course for the Thau lagoon!\n<h2>Birds and biodiversity<\/h2>\nThe area around the Thau lagoon (\u2018Etang de Thau\u2019)\u00a0is well-known for its outstanding biodiversity and is home to several animal species. You\u2019ll have plenty of time to discover and watch the little egrets, elegant avocets, white storks and even tawny pipits in their natural habitat. This is a real natural spectacle that will leave you with some wonderful holiday memories. The marine life is just as rich: jellyfish, fish, sea horses, seaweeds etc. However, this is a fragile environment that must be protected and taken care of, so be careful not to leave litter or damage the environment in other ways.\n<h2><strong>Valmagne Abbey\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\nIf you have a few days to kill before boarding your\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/boats\/\">self-drive boat<\/a>\u00a0and you love beautiful heritage, take a look at Valmagne Abbey, a little haven of peace nestling in the heart of Languedoc Roussillon. \u00a0This former Cistercian abbey, known as the \u2018cathedral in the vines\u2019, was listed as a Historic Monument in 1947.\n\nDiscover the abbey\u2019s history along with the story of the family that has maintained it for nine generations. Take a stroll through its Florentine cloisters, medieval garden and conservatory of grape varieties and taste some of its wines. If you\u2019re feeling hungry, you\u2019ll find a restaurant in its hotel, where you\u2019ll be served with delicious fruit and vegetables that you\u2019d forgotten existed, all grown in the organic kitchen garden. This is a trip that will appeal to all your senses.\n<h2><strong>Jazz in S\u00e8te<\/strong><\/h2>\nA treat for your ears! For the last 31 years, S\u00e8te has been hosting the legendary\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jazzasete.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jazz in S\u00e8te<\/a>\u00a0festival where big names such as Petrucciani, Ray Charles, Jeff Beck and many others have performed in the open air Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de la Mer. If you\u2019re keen on jazz, then put it in your diary. Topping the bill will be Diana Krall, Jurassic 5, Stanley Clarke and Snarky Puppy and several others. Don\u2019t forget to book your tickets in advance!\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L_XJ_s5IsQc\" width=\"800\" height=\"520\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n\nWith sunshine, shellfish, history and music, there\u2019s an endless number of ways to enjoy yourself in the Thau Basin. An unforgettable trip is guaranteed!\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are some real treats waiting for you in the Thau\u00a0Basin during your holiday in a\u00a0boat on the Canal du Midi!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[345],"tags":[378,368],"class_list":["post-19971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bucket-list","tag-canal-du-midi","tag-lattes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19971"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19972,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19971\/revisions\/19972"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}