Port Camargue, on the Mediterranean coast

17 September 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Hotels Reading Time:  5 minutes

Quai Bougainville © Jmpoirier1/cc-by-sa-3.0

Quai Bougainville © Jmpoirier1/cc-by-sa-3.0

Lying alongside its fishing-village, Port Camargue is a seaboard town with class. With its perfect combination of lakes and green spaces, it’s a true ‘Garden Port’. Europe’s premier marina, Port Camargue can welcome any kind of boat. Port Camargue is part of the city of Le Grau-du-Roi. It has the top-ranking technical facilities in Languedoc-Roussillon and can offer, in one place, all the equipment and services required for sailing. There are around fifty professionals on hand, to offer their expertise and skills. Other attractions include 12 miles of fine sandy beaches, from Le Boucanet to l’Espiguette, a sailing school, a naturist beach and a health spa.   read more…

Sète, Little Venice of Languedoc

12 May 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

The Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny Embankment and the Canal of La Peyrade from the Louis Pasteur Embankment © Christian Ferrer/cc-by-sa-3.0

The Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny Embankment and the Canal of La Peyrade from the Louis Pasteur Embankment
© Christian Ferrer/cc-by-sa-3.0

Sète, known as Cette until 1928, is a commune in the Hérault department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in southern France. Its inhabitants are called Sétois. Known as the Venice of Languedoc and the singular island (in Paul Valéry’s words), it is a port and a seaside resort on the Mediterranean with its own very strong cultural identity, traditions, cuisine and dialect. It is also the hometown of artists like Paul Valéry, Jean Vilar, Georges Brassens, Gregory Del Piero, Hervé Di Rosa, Manitas de Plata, and Robert Combas.   read more…

Narbonne in southern France

15 December 2014 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Canal de la Robine seen from Boulevard Gambetta © MartinD

Canal de la Robine seen from Boulevard Gambetta © MartinD

Narbonne is a commune in southern France in the Languedoc-Roussillon region with 50,000 inhabitants. It lies 849 km (528 mi) from Paris in the Aude department, of which it is a sub-prefecture. Once a prosperous port, it is now located about 15 km (9.3 mi) from the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. It is marginally the largest commune in Aude, although the capital is the slightly smaller commune of Carcassonne.   read more…

Nîmes, capital of the Gard department

4 October 2014 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

Arènes de Nîmes © Armin Kübelbeck/cc-by-sa-3.0

Arènes de Nîmes © Armin Kübelbeck/cc-by-sa-3.0

Nîmes is a city in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of southern France. It is the capital of the Gard department. Nîmes is located between the Mediterranean Sea and the Cévennes mountains. The estimated population of Nîmes is 176,000.   read more…

Uzès in the Languedoc-Roussillon region

9 September 2014 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Chapelle des Capucins © Daniel Villafruela/cc-by-sa-3.0

Chapelle des Capucins © Daniel Villafruela/cc-by-sa-3.0

Uzès is a commune with 8.500 inhabitants in the Gard department in southern France. It lies about 25 km north-northeast of Nîmes.   read more…

Pézenas in the Hérault department

4 September 2014 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

© Christian Ferrer/cc-by-sa-3.0

© Christian Ferrer/cc-by-sa-3.0

Pézenas is a commune in the Hérault department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in southern France. “Pézenas” is derived from the older name Piscenae, probably from the Latin word piscenis, meaning fishpond. According to legend, there was a lake full of fish behind the château. Inhabitants of Pézenas are Piscenois.   read more…

Montpellier, capital of the Languedoc-Roussillon region

25 October 2011 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

Rue Foch with triumphal arch Peyrou © Jonas Lange

Rue Foch with triumphal arch Peyrou © Jonas Lange

Montpellier is a city in southern France. It is the capital of the Languedoc-Roussillon region, as well as the Hérault department. Montpellier is the 8th largest city of the country, and is also the fastest growing city in France over the past 25 years. Montpellier is one of the few large cities in France without a (Gallo-)Roman background and one of the few cities in southern France without a Greek background.   read more…

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