Montpellier

Directions

BY AIR

• Montpellier Airport

BY SEA

• Montpellier is located at 10 km from the coast, but has no port

BY LAND

• The Mediterranean motorway (A-9) connects Montpellier and Barcelona (340 km) and Paris
• TGV train connection Barcelona and Paris: www.tgv-europe.es/TGV
• Within the city there are two tram lines, several car parks and park and ride and 138 km of bike lanes

Currency

euro

Where to sleep

• http://www.ot-montpellier.fr/en/on-line-reservations
• http://www.montpellier.fr/3341-reservez-votre-hebergement.htm
• www.hotelius.com/  
• www.booking.com/Hoteles

Tourist office

Montpellier Tourist Office; allée Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, 30; tel. (+33) 04 67 60 60 60; contact@ot-montpellier.fr

To visit

Sights

• Tour des Pins and Tour de la Babotte, medieval monuments
• Saint-Pierre Cathedral
• Faculty of Medicine (medieval)
• Mikcah, medieval Jewish quarter

Museums

• Fabre Museum, with 800 works of art. Is one of the most distinguished fine arts museum in Europe: http://www.montpellier-agglo.com/museefabre
• Museum of the History of Montpellier: tel. (+33) 04 67 34 87 50
• Museum of the Old Montpellier (Musée du Vieux Monpellier): tel. (+33) 04 67 66 02 94
• Musée Languedocien (archaeological): http://www.musee-languedocien.com/site/main.php

Also…

• The historic centre of Montpellier has about seventy privately own small palaces, built between the 16^th  and 20^th  centuries
• Place de la Comédie
• Promenade du Peyrou
• Jardin des Plantes (the oldest botanical garden in France): tel. (+33) 04 67 63 43 22
• In the Herault department is worth visiting the Cathar town of Minerva, the regional natural park of Haut Languedoc and Canal du Midi (World Heritage site by UNESCO)