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General Information
www.herault-en-languedoc.com
, a french site will give you specific local information on
restaurants, leisure activities, car and bike rental, bus
timetables, etc.!
Comite Departemental du Tourisme Herault en Languedoc
Maison du Tourisme
Avenue des Moulins
BP 3067
34043 Montpellier
Tel: 04 67 67 71 71
Fax: 04 67 67 71 77
Palavas: A mixture of old and modern,
something to suit everyone!
Palavas has a beautiful sandy beach, and the flat is only
1 minute away from it!
Palavas has been a popular destination since almost a century
ago.
You can enjoy the fishing town around the canalized River
Lez. Palavas is also busy and modern with lots of restaurants
and shops.
Palavas is situated right between the Mediterranean
Sea and the lagoons (étangs). You can sunbathe and
swim and enjoy water-sports or just go for a bird-watching
trip and see all the pink flamingos (Contact the tourist office
for tours).
Festivals in Palavas:
2nd Sunday in July: Fete de la mer, religious procession and
blessing of fishing boats, jousting, fireworks and tauromachie.
14th July: Night-time joute and fireworks.
29th September - 1st October : Feria d'automne. Local camargais-style
festival, horses and bulls (Contact +33 6 61 46 68 85)
Where to eat
Le Phare de la Méditerranée: The most outstanding
restaurant in Palavas is a converted water tower that rotates
very slowly to give you a beautiful panoramic view of the
area - go early evening to see it both in light and when it
is lit up at night. The menu contains mostly fish dishes.
There is also a bar.
Museums in Palavas:
Musée Albert Dubout, satirical caricatures, local artist.
Musée du train, steam locomotive.
Palavas, West, Cathedral (1100s) Roman
style, on the isthmus of Maguelone.
See also Maguelone medieval and baroque festival in June.
Montpellier
Montpellier is the capital of the Languedoc-Roussillon région.
About 12 km from Palavas. It has a young and dynamic university
culture.
Artistic festivals and events:
- Mid-June/mid-July theatre, dance and music. Festival in
Chateau d'O (+33 4 67 01 04 04)
- Danse festival (info@montpellierdanse.com)
- Music festival, many free concerts, jazz, classical, etc.
(+33 4 67 02 02 01)
Beautiful architecture:
- place de la comédie, morning market place, lively
area.
- Citadel (1622)
- Le Corum, opera house, pink granite building, beautiful
view of the old city from the terrace.
- Walk in all the small streets to see all the mansions, hotels
and squares. Facades : Roman-style, fourteenth century, neoclassical,
Doric, etc.
- Cathedral.
- Jardin des plantes (1593), plant specimens from tropical
to temperate (free)
- Antigone, very modern new area.
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