• France Guide

  • Introduction to France
  • Weather
  • Things not to miss
  • Getting around
  • Entry requirements
  • Money
  • Public holidays

• Explore France

  • The north
  • Alsace and Lorraine
  • Normandy
  • Brittany
  • The Loire
  • Burgundy
  • Poitou-Charentes and the Atlantic coast
  • The Limousin, Dordogne and Lot
  • The Pyrenees
  • Languedoc
  • The Massif Central
  • The Alps and Franche-Comté
  • The Rhône valley
  • Provence
  • The Côte d'Azur
  • Corsica

• Cities

  • Aix-en-Provence
    
  • Ajaccio (Aiacciu)
    
  • Angoulême
    
  • Avignon
    
  • Bayonne (Baïona)
    
  • Bordeaux
    
  • Caen
    
  • Cannes
    
  • Clermont-Ferrand
    
  • Dijon
    
  • Grenoble
    
  • Lille
    
  • Limoges
    
  • Lyon
    
  • Marseille
    
  • Montpellier
    
  • Mulhouse
    
  • Nîmes
    
  • Nancy
    
  • Nantes
    
  • Nice
    
  • Orléans
    
  • Paris
    
  • Perpignan
    
  • Rennes
    
  • Rouen
    
  • Strasbourg
    
  • Toulouse
    
  • Tours
    

France Guide

Languedoc

Montpellier

• Hotels
• Restaurants and cafés
• Bars

A millenium of trade and intellectual activity have made MONTPELLIER a teeming, energetic city. In many senses the best time to visit is during the academic year (October to June), when the city teems with students looking for stimulation of every kind. Montpellier is renowned for its cultural life, and hosts a number of annual festivals: Le Printemps des Comédiens (mid-June to mid-July) is theatre; Montpellier Danse (June) is for dance; there's also a music festival, Le Festival de Radio-France et de Montpellier (second half of July); and the Festival du Cinéma Méditerranéen (second half of Oct, early Nov).