Teams of boat jousters prepare to do battle on the canal in Sète
In their own time
Commission for Travel & Leisure (USA)
Story by Joshua Levine
Like the rest of southern France, Languedoc has vibrant harbor towns, endless beaches, and rolling vineyards. But the region's spirit of mellow eccentricity is entirely its own - and a new generation of oddball entrepreneurs aims to keep it that way.
The canal in Sète
Teams of boat jousters prepare to do battle on the canal in Sète
The Marcel
Cimetière marin, Sète
Etang de Thau, a lagoon near the Mediterranean
View of the canal at Sète's Hôtel l'Orque Bleue
Etang de Thau, a lagoon near the Mediterranean
Sète beach