Places to visit from the Gite - Montpellier

The Gites location is approx 1.5 hrs drive from Montpellier making it possible to visit this fantastic City and return within the day. A highly reccommended day visit.

The extract below is kindly taken from Montpellier.org.uk.

if you plan to go to this lovely City please look around their website first.

The old city's pedestrian streets are well worth exploring. Hidden behind grandiose oak doors are the 'hotels particulars,' with their intricate staircases and secret courtyards built in the 17 th and 18 th centuries. To gain access to these hotels simply take a tourist office guided tour of the city.

Place de la Comédie

This huge square (18 th Century) is the heart if the city. Sometimes known as l'œuf, owing to its egg shaped central roundabout around which traffic once circulated until it was pedestrianised, it is the most lively part of town.

Arc de Triumph

This triumphal arch was built in honour of Louis XIV in 1691 by Daviler upon the site of Western city side medieval gate. Medallions depict important events during the king's reign. On the city side, you see the Canal du Midi connecting the Ocean and the Mediterranean and the revocation of the Edict of Nantes which outlawed Protestantism.

During the 60's the city experienced a 35 % growth in population with the arrival of the Pied's Noir's (the French forced to leave Algeria). The city has since established a firm economic and cultural footing.