Languedoc Roussillon Travel Guide

Montpellier has a long standing tradition of staging impressive artistic and cultural events throughout the year. It is therefore not so surprising that the city should be the host of one of Europe’s premier dance events. If you are ready to tap your feet to the beat, time your trip to Montpellier in June, when the annual Montpellier Dance Festival will be in full swing. Since its creation, the 16 day festival has been an event that unites a startling... Read More

For those of you thinking that French cuisine is all about fine wine and age old cooking traditions, think again. If you are on the lookout for gastronomic innovation, Montpellier’s Tamarillos is the restaurant to visit. The motto here is “fruit and flowers” as all dishes, whether it be sweet or savoury, starter or desert, promise to be instilled with some form of flower or fruit.  This equates to unanticipated flavour combinations, and delicious... Read More

Although Montpellier boasts to be the most fast growing of the French cities, the wonderful things about the city is that it retains a great sense of history, with beautiful old architecture and infrastructure. With its origins in the early middle Ages, the city is steeped in landmarks which exude a sense of rich and timeless heritage. A tour of such sites is a given during your trip, but why not go one step further and arrange to stay in a historical... Read More