Set by the sea, Montpellier gives you the opportunity to spend special moments with your family, discovering the numerous
surprises harboured by the city:
> its historic centre more commonly called L’Ecusson and its numerous treasures, Place de la Comédie, the most famous square in Montpellier, not to mention its museums and parks,
> its architectural jewels including its churches, which you can discover when strolling along the city’s countless pedestrian streets,
> its gastronomy, like the city itself, is creative and sunny, not to mention its vineyards and its AOC appellation “Les Grès de Montpellier”.
Thanks to the development of numerous infrastructures, the city has witnessed a significant increase in business tourism particularly because of the proximity of its international airport.
Montpellier is home to a large number of companies in the fields of high technologies, pharmaceuticals and medicine.
The Antigone neighbourhood, located in downtown Montpellier and laid out in a Neo-Greek style, hosts an Olympic swimming pool and a large media library. It was the first main phase of the city’s urbanization, closely followed by the Millénaire neighbourhood that is home to the Odysseum, among others.