{"id":228,"date":"2019-04-10T11:51:14","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T09:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?page_id=228"},"modified":"2025-06-24T10:13:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T08:13:52","slug":"tourist-office","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.villeneuve-les-beziers.fr\/en\/decouvrir\/office-de-tourisme\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourist office"},"content":{"rendered":"

The gabarre, the floating tourist office<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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This Gabarre is the only floating tourist office on the Canal des Deux Mers between Bordeaux and S\u00e8te.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The Gabarre Pescaluna, also known as the moon fisher, is moored at the Villeneuve-l\u00e8s-B\u00e9ziers water sports centre. She welcomes theB\u00e9ziers M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e Tourist Office<\/a><\/strong> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Come and discover this authentic wooden gabarre, originally built to transport visitors and goods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pierre-Paul Riquet revolutionised the way goods were transported between sea and land. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For 250 years, horses pulled many boats like this one. At the time, transporting goods by road was uncertain and expensive. On the road, a horse could pull twice its own weight, whereas when towing a barge, it could pull one hundred and twenty times its own weight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You'll have the pleasure of discovering this interior made entirely of wood - a noble, natural, warm, friendly material that's soft to the touch and pleasant to breathe. It's seductive, creates intimacy and gives our Pescaluna a friendly, reassuring feel!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There's a shop selling books, Occitan products, wines and local produce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For timetables and more information \ud83d\udc47<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tourist information offices<\/a><\/blockquote>