France Tourism

Montpellier, Mid-way between Spain and Italy, just seven kilometres from the Mediterranean, Montpellier regularly figures near the top in the charts of towns most loved by the French. With its narrow streets and sunny little squares, its international festivals and student festivities, Montpellier offers an exceptional quality of life that is the envy of everyone. You will soon see why when you get here!

Places to see
- The Fabre museum (re-opening February 2007)
- The historic centre, its medieval streets and its private hotels
- Place de la Comédie
- The Faculty of Medecine, western world’s oldest and still in activity and the Botanical Garden
- Private hotels in the city centre, and the 18th century follies all around it
- The Mikve, ritual Jewish bath
- Saint-Pierre Cathedral
- The Antigone district designed by Ricardo Bofill and the banks of the river Lez
- The Arch of Triumph
- The zoological Park and the new Amazonian greenhouse
- The Odysseum leisure centre and Galilée planetarium and the Mare Nostrum new aquarium (opening November 2007)

Getting there
- High-speed-train station: 3 hrs 15 mins from Paris
- Airport: Montpellier Méditerranée, 8 km from the historic town centre
- Motorways: A9, A 75 (750 km from Paris, 345 km from Barcelona)

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