Montpellier travel guide
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Visit Montpellier: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Montpellier is situated in the Herault department (Languedoc-Roussillon region) in the south of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Herault department. (General information: Montpellier is 595 km from Paris and 830 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Montpellier (page also includes a photo gallery for Montpellier)
Popular places to visit near Montpellier: these include Palavas-les-Flots at 10 km and Les Matelles at 14 km.
Parc et jardins du château de Flaugergues is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 3km and Towers and fortifications of Aigues-Mortes is a listed 'national monument' at 26km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Montpellier: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*; Montpellier has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Montpellier, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Montpellier
See France This Way travel guides for Herault and Languedoc-Roussillon (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Montpellier.
Note that all distances from Montpellier shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Montpellier holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Montpellier (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Languedoc-Roussillon and Herault gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Montpellier and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardins du château de Flaugergues (3km) : Jardins de la Fontaine (46km) : Parc et jardin du château de Margon (48km) : Jardin des Sambucs (49km) :
- National Monuments: Towers and fortifications of Aigues-Mortes (26km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert (30km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Saint-Gilles (Saint-Gilles) (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Nimes (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Pezenas (40km) : Lodeve (47km) : Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (48km) :
- Grand Site of France: Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert / Gorges de l'Herault (30km) : Valle du Salagou (41km) : Cirque de Navacelles (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Montpellier & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Montpellier
Canton: Montpellier
Arrondissement: Montpellier
Department: Herault
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Postcode: 34000
Distance to Montpellier
from Montpellier: 0 km
from Paris: 595 km
from Calais: 830 km
from Nice: 273 km
from Bordeaux: 380 km
from Strasbourg: 628 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Montpellier): Castelnau-le-Lez, Clapiers, Jacou, Juvignac, Lattes, Laverune, Le Cres and Saint-Jean-de-Vedas.
Getting here
For driving distances to Montpellier from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Montpellier