Marseillan is one of the picturesque villages on the Etang de Thau in Languedoc Rousssillon.Once an active fishing port, its principal activity now revolves around its position at the end of the Canal du Midi (a world heritage site). The port is pleasant and not over-commercialised, although there are plenty of small shops and cafes to distract you in the town. The town also has a myriad of narrow old streets to amble around inland from the harbour, a seemingly endless maze of two and three storey houses looking much as they would have done a hundred years ago (with the occasional 'posh' modern renovation among them). Marseillan is also the centre for the production of the well-known Noilly-Prat wine, and is a centre for various nautical sports.
