Montpellier (Occitan Montpelhi?r) is the capital of the Languedoc-Roussillon r?gion, as well as the pr?fecture of the H?rault d?partement. This booming university city, halfway between Paris and Barcelona, is eighth in the list of France’s biggest cities.
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Our well appointed self-catering apartments are situated in the centre of this dynamic city.
The main focus point of the city is the Place de la Com?die. Its centre has been transformed by modern architecture, Claude Vasconi’s Corum conference and music hall and Ricardo Bofill’s post-modern Antigone. The city’s keynote collection of art, the Mus?e Fabr? is scheduled to reopen in 2007 after a lengthy renovation.
Sit in the sunshine in one of the terrace caf?s on focal place de la Com?die; visit the botanical garden, the first in France, founded in 1593; view the Porte du Peyrou, a triumphal arch designed after the model of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris and the Aqueduc Saint-Cl?ment; or visit the nearest beach at Palavas-les-Flots.
