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La Grande-Motte
La Grande-Motte is found in the northern part of the Languedoc-Roussillon region.
Planned and constructed in the early 1970's as a coastal resort, there is nothing of 'historical interest' to discover...but that isn't why people come here!
La Grande-Motte has an attractive beach and harbour, and is one of the more impressive and distinctive developments along this coast.
It's quite hard to describe the resort, and you will either love it or hate it. La Grande-Motte consists very largely of very easily identifiable 1970's style hotels and buildings, many featuring the shapes and colours that were popular in designs at that time.
The buildings look clean and well designed, almost like a childs game from the period, and personally I found it very interesting and stylish.
The 'main' building is the 'Grande Pyramide'' (although 'big twisted pointy building' might be a better description). There are also some statues and artwork of the period sprinkled around the town and along the waterfront.
The only thing that let down La Grande-Motte for me were the smaller cafes and bars along the seafront. These might have been constructed at the same time as the town but some now looked pretty shabby.
Away from the beach the resort remains pleasant with plenty of greenery, parkland, and broad safe roads.
Apparently the town is now widely studied and used as a model for other similar developments.
The town also has easy access to the Camargue region, a region of natural beauty and wildlife to the east of La Grande-Motte.
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Some of the closer places are listed below (distances from La Grande-Motte are approximate and direct - as the crow flies. Only places listed on the france this way site are shown!)
- Aigues-Mortes Fortified town at 12 km
- Montpellier Lively town at 23 km
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