Ambroise Tézenas
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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.

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

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The canal in Sète

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

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The Marcel

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Cimetière marin, Sète

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Etang de Thau, a lagoon near the Mediterranean

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View of the canal at Sète's Hôtel l'Orque Bleue

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Etang de Thau, a lagoon near the Mediterranean

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Sète beach