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Languedoc coast 2

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A deep blue sea under an azure sky, vast, fine sandy beaches, a narrow coastal strip, lagoons stretching for miles ...

Agde

Agde


  Le Cap d'Agde is the leading resort in the Languedoc-Roussillon and remains faithful to its image where sports, festivals and entertainment combine into an explosive cocktail: one for you to mix...
  Protected beaches often bordered by footpaths and equipped with complete facilities for your comfort. Numerous activities are available as well as a wide choice of restaurants.

 pézenas

pézenas


  Pezenas is a town where Molière used to live.
  Each summer you can go to theatre representation.
  To see : The house of Art work

Béziers

Béziers


  Béziers maintains a festival and entertament tradition. The Municipal Theatre proposes throughout the year rich program, concerts and festivals(operas, Winter festivities of Flamenca Dance, Tuesday "Low registers"...). The event of the summer, is the féria: more than one million visitors during five days! In the "bodegas" and "casitas" which invades the city, the festival beats its full. Olé!

 valras plage

valras plage


  Whether you enjoy walking or fishing, eating fresh seafood, playing tennis or riding
   a mountain bike, Valras-Plage is the ideal holiday venue, all year round. It is a lively seaside
   resort that is great for families and has golden sands that stretch for 4 kilometres.
  You can bathe safely in the sea with your children, learn the basics of sailing, or just relax
  and build up your tan. You can lounge in the shade on a café terrace, watching the fishing
  boats go past, or could even try your luck at the casino.

Minerve

Minerve


  What to see: The cathares attacked by the crosaders whose head was called Simon de Montfort
  Malevoisine : dangerous catapult threatened of destruction by two knights and Guillem de Minerve which wanted to burn it.
  Natural Bridges : Under the hill of Minerve the Cesse river runs for millions of year and formed the natural bridges. These natural bridges are like underground cathedrals that can be walked across in summer.

Montagnac

Montagnac


  What to see : The Gothic Church of méridionnal style of the 13th and 14th centuries with its openwork bell-tower.
  The historical center of the old village.
  The vault Notre Dame de la Peyrière.
  The convent of Augustins.
  The round ball.
  The co-operative cellar (largest of Europe)
  the museum at the House of Culture and Inheritance.

Montpellier

Montpellier


  Guided tour of the historical city centre for 1000 years of history

  A selection of private mansions reveal the the secrets of their hidden courtyards to the wandering visitor. But what lies beyond these tranquil courtyards?

   Step from the world of dreams into reality by entering the sumptous, intimate interiors and sample an atmosphere of days gone by...

  Who would have thought that behind the solid doorways and groaning gates of n°2 Rue de la Barralerie stands a building laden with spiritual significance unique in Europe and hidden from view? The medieval Mikvé (ritual Jewish bath) remains a moving testimonial to the Jewish community first established in Montpellier as early as the 12th century.
  Dinner on the place de la comédie.

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