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Experience the real brunch Greater Montpellier! 2 hrs Tour Key attraction Weekend Museums Conquering Montpellier My 100% cultural weekend Legend Heritage Only have a few hours to Stroll from exhibit to exhibit Half day Family Full day BEACH explore Montpellier? The at the Pavillon Populaire and Tourist Office Pedestrian zone An afternoon at the zoo! A little break in the great Essential Montpellier guided Espace Bagouet for a free Stop a while at Lunaret Zoo outdoors tour is just the ticket. Once cultural prelude. Then head Viewpoint Trompe l’oeil mural with your family! We're sure What would you say to a breath you book your spot through to the Musée Fabre to explore you'll melt at the sight of the of fresh air far from the hustle and the Tourist Office, set off for one of the most prestigious Starting point of the Cycling path / baby animals. Take a snack bustle of the city centre? Head 2 hours of exploring the city, fine arts museums in Europe! Petit Train / City Tour Greenway break and let your kids play on to Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone its history, its secrets and its On Sunday, stop for brunch Car park the playground. Get to know with your picnic, towels and marvels. The star of the show at the ultra-modern café Camino de Santiago 140 little-known species. Last bathing suits. Before hitting the will be the Arc de Triomphe: inside the Panacée, followed Underground car park but not least, it's completely beach, you'll have to stop off at climb to the top to enjoy 360° by a walk through the site's free! Maguelone Cathedral! Nestled Coach car park panoramic views. Photo op! contemporary art exhibition. You may also enjoy: between grapevines and ponds, it You may also enjoy: You may also enjoy: Airport shuttle Tram Park & Ride The Amazonian Greenhouse will take on a journey back in time. Our guided tour by night! A night at the Opéra You may also enjoy: Taxi rank Modulauto car club bay A free ride on the Petit Train to take your family to the beach delicacies architecture Train Station Half day 2 hrs bike ride Vélomagg bike hire laid back station Full day Leisure A taste for the good stuff Full day Kids Along the Lez by bicycle Public toilets Currency exchange Take it easy along shady When the sun is out, people Sport enthusiasts (and Get your fill of leisure Playground mediaeval streets love to go to the new Halles neophytes), hop on your bicycles Tram L1 Come and lose yourself in activities! Laissac to enjoy olives, tielles and start pedalling towards Port Odysseum doesn't do things (seafood pies), quiches Lift Tram L2 the mediaeval streets of the Marianne and its island of green Ecusson. Here, you can stroll half-way. The open-air and tapenades. Take your in the urban jungle. Along your shopping centre has plenty TaM ticket office Tram L3 between unique shops and purchases on board the ultra- way, you won't want to miss buildings steeped in history. of options for a great day out: modern tram line 4, then stop the astonishing architectural Tram L4 Take a detour to a small square an aquarium, a planetarium, a for a picnic in the sun at Peyrou exploits which inhabit the area. for a drink in the sun. Keep skating rink, a climbing wall, a Gardens. Stop at the Jacques Coeur Pool your eyes peeled for the many vertical wind tunnel, and the Mediterranean luxury! for a well-deserved break in the works of street art tucked list goes on. In other words, it's You may also enjoy: shade of the palm trees. away all over the city. not just about shopping. The panoramic view out to sea You may also enjoy: You may also enjoy: You may also enjoy: The FISE (International Extreme The botanical gardens A night at the cinema with Sports Festival) in the spring! Halles friends provisoires Find all the info you need about the Greater Montpellier Region on montpellier-france.com Montpellier city centre 15 J10 18 K10 13 K10 9 K10 Montpellier Cathedral Jardin des Plantes Agora / Ursuline Convent Arc de Triomphe An island of green just a short Historical centre L’écusson Pope Urban V, a former student Old Ursuline convent built in 1641, In the late 17th century, the way from the Faculty of Medicine, in Montpellier, had a monastery then converted into a women's King's Intendant decided to and the oldest botanical gardens 1 L9 3 K9 6 K9 and church built in 1364, that prison during the French erect an triumphal arch in in France! Created by Pierre Place de la Comédie Old Saint-Côme Amphitheatre Sainte-Anne District were later transformed into Revolution. Today it houses the honour of Louis XIV. Imitating Richer de Belleval in 1593 at the National Choreographic Centre, Previously known as Place Hôtel Saint-Côme, built This area is home to the Carré Saint-Pierre Cathedral in 1536. the gates of Paris, it was built request of Henri IV for the study Montpellier Danse and the de l'Oeuf (Egg Square) for in 1757 by architect Jean- Sainte-Anne, a desacralized Its Southern Gothic style, its in the place of one of the eight of medicinal plants, it would Agora. its oval shape, this is Antoine Giral, served as an , massive silhouette and its 44 L10 one of church and exhibition centre gates in the old ramparts. then be expanded and opened amphitheatre for the surgical the Conservatoire de Musique imposing porch supported by the largest pedestrian zones to the public in the 19th century. 19 L10 Pharmacie & Chapelle de la in Europe. It was developed college up until the Revolution. and instrument makers' two circular pillars all give it Contemporary Museums & exhibitions CLOSED MONDAY Miséricorde beginning in the 17th century. It is now home to the Chamber workshops. the appearance of a mediaeval The Corum 10 J10 June to September: 12 - 8 pm of Commerce and Industry. fortress. A conference centre built by MoCo Contemporary Art Centre 45 J12 (overleaf) October to May: 12 - 6 pm 42 L10 7 K10 Place Royale du Peyrou Claude Vasconi in 1988, it also Montpellier MoCo covers three structures: 1 L9 Musée Fabre MUSÉE DE LA PHARMACIE 4 K9 The backdrop for the statue of houses the Opéra Berlioz. the Panacée, the School of Mikvé 16 K10 36 M9 39 P9 The Three Graces King Louis XIV on horseback, 14 K10 Considered to be one of the Tour de la Babote This mediaeval Jewish ritual Fine Arts and the Hôtel des 57 J14 (overleaf) Created by sculptor Etienne it forms a straight line with the Faculty of Medicine Tour des Pins 20 L10 Antigone GEORGES FRÊCHE SCHOOL OF HOTEL most prestigious fine arts One of two remaining bath dating from the 12th Collections. Musée des Moulages Dantoine in 1773, the Fountain Arc de Triomphe, the water In 1181, Lord Guilhem VIII signed The second tower and remains This neoclassical district MANAGEMENT museums in Europe, it was towers from the 14th century century is one of the oldest in Archaeological Garden 56 L9 of the Three Graces (Aglaia, tower and the Saint-Clément an edict stating that everyone, of the fortified walls which designed by architect This school of excellence founded by local painter ramparts which protected Europe. It bears witness to the A mediaeval archaeological 47 L10 Euphrosyne and Thalia) is Aqueduct. regardless of religion or once had 25 of them. It was Ricardo Bofill contributes to specializing in hospitality and François-Xavier Fabre in 1825. Hôtel des Collections the city, it was raised in the size of the Jewish community garden. Remains of the Eglise Pavillon Populaire an emblem of Montpellier, origins, had the right to named after the two pine trees Montpellier's architectural tourism is made all of curves +33 (0)4 67 14 83 00 Located in the old Hôtel 18th century to accommodate in Montpellier. May be closed teach du Saint-Esprit (a church installed in the middle of Place growing on top of it. and covered with a metal skin, museefabre-en.montpellier3m. Montcalm, this venue is an Photography gallery 11 J10 medicine in Montpellier. Thus built to receive pilgrims in the peculiarity. the Academy of Science's for archaeological digs. artistic ecosystem dedicated de la Comédie. in 1220 was born the oldest th th and was designed by Italian fr 48 L10 astronomical observatory. Saint-Clément Aqueduct 13 century) and of the 14 17 K11 37 N9 architect Massimiliano Fuksas. to exhibiting collections from 8 K10 Engineer Henri Pitot de Launay medical school in the Western century Pila Saint Gély Gate. Espace Dominique Bagouet 43 L10 around the world. More than 2 K9 | L10 5 K9 world which is still operating BANKS OF THE LEZ Courthouse was inspired by the Pont du Saint-Charles Chapel 40 C12 (overleaf) Art and heritage space 21 L10 a museum, it is a veritable The two opera houses Saint-Roch Church & District Built in the neoclassical style Gard when he built the Saint- today. Chapel attached to the The banks of the Lez are Hôtel de Cabrières tree-lined and dotted with PIERRESVIVES Sabatier d’Espeyran community centre where the 6 K9 Montpellier, a national stage, The district was named after in 1853, it occupies the former Clément Aqueduct in 1754. It 14 K10 general hospital, created in Esplanade Charles de Gaulle footbridges, making them Like a glass and concrete cruise Attached to the Musée Fabre, public can come and enjoy has two opera houses: Opéra the imposing 19th century location of the Château des allowed drinking water to be 1678 on the orders of King With its little park, its pond Carré Sainte-Anne Conservatoire d'Anatomie ideal for a ship run aground, the centre for this mansion houses its the restaurant, the park and Comédie (1888), home to the Saint-Roch Church, dedicated Guilhem.