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Fonseranes locks elevate rustic French canal houseboats
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Navigating a luxury boat up a literal staircase of water is a rather bizarre 17th-century flex. On France’s Canal du Midi, leisure cruisers captain their own slow-moving houseboats through the Nine Locks of Fonseranes, participating in an ancient, mechanical water-elevation ritual flanked by centuries-old sycamore trees and sprawling vineyards.
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