Ambroise Tézenas
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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.

Teams of boat jousters prepare to do battle on the canal in Sète

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