From the thrilling Tour de France to peaceful rides along the canal, Toulouse invites travellers to embrace its cycling ...

The Barge Lady, a broker of luxury barge cruises, has designed a Tour de France-themed cruise, set to follow the bike racers' route along the Canal du Midi in France's Languedoc-Roussillon region ...

Toulouse, the gateway to our four-day/160-mile bike trip to the Mediterranean along the Canal du Midi, seduced us with cultural diversity, café life and caramel-drenched crêpes.

Sadly, many of the magnificent plane trees that line the banks of the Canal du Midi are diseased. All 42,000 of them are due for the chop so they don't endanger the public. Photo / Thinkstock ...

Cruising the Canal du Midi: Move over Rick Stein... it's my turn for a French odyssey. By BRIDGET MCGROUTHER . Published: 06:21 EDT, 21 July 2013 | Updated: 06:21 EDT, 21 July 2013 ...