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Accompanying person program - from March 28th to April 1rst

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The accompanying person program is organized by Enjoy-Corum and the
cost of € 200 includes:

- the opening day on Sunday March 28th including lunch and the gala dinner
- evening cocktails on Monday 29th and Tuesday 30th 

In addition to this package, several optional visits are proposed:

Monday March 29th: Guided tour of Montpellier (2 hours) 


© O. Piau
From The Peyrou Gardens you can see the Triumphal Arch, the Peyrou Fountains, the Jardin des Plantes and magnificent views of the town and the mountains. 

Saint Peter’s Cathedral with its impressive entry porch. 

On your way through the historic alleys, you will discover a number of magnificent mansions, signs of Montpellier’s flourishing past. 



Tuesday March 30th: Visit of Sète and Basin of Thau (1 day tour–lunch included)

Departure from the Montpellier’s Corum at 8.30 a.m.

Arrival at Bouzigues, village of fishermen famously known for his conchylaceous production, lalelled as, "oysters and moulds of Bouzigues". This name is legitimate because it is in 1925 that Louis Tudesq and some Bouzigauds succeeded in developing the first techniques of breeding of these shells.

Departure towards “The moure Blanc”, a small conchylaceous harbour, for a tasting of shells accompanied by white wine glass. 


Lunch at Balraruc-les-bains, the third thermal spa of France, at the edge of the basin of Thau which stretches along the Languedocian coast.

© Sète tourist officeYou will move then towards Sète. Homage To Georges BRASSENS. The unforgettable panorama of the “White Stones” on the basin of Thau, the Lido, and in the background, volcanos of Agde and the Pyrenees mountains. The “Mount Saint Clair” at the top of which the glance stretches on the horizon, from Causses to the Camargue. The marine cemetery where the stone tombs dominating the port, plunge towards "this quiet roof" of the sea, place of rest of Paul VALERY. The harbour and its many trawlers. The Languedocian Venice, her channels and her bridges. 



Departure in direction of Frontignan and visit of the cooperative cellar producing the very famous Muscatel called Nectar of Hercules. Tasting. 

Return towards Montpellier 


Wednesday March 30th: Visit of Fabre Museum (2 hours)

It is one of the biggest museums in France. It holds Flemish, Dutch, Italian, Spanish and French collections. Painters of the great European schools of the 16th to the 18th centuries (Zurbaran, Reynolds, Tenier, Veronese...) and of the French schools (Greuze, Ingres, Delacroix, Courbet, Bazille...), ceramics and sculptures, contemporary paintings. 


Thursday April 1rst: Visit of St-Guilhem-le-désert (morning + lunch)

© Office de Tourisme Intercommunal « Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert Departure from Montpellier’s Corum at 8.30. After the vine grower villages of Gignac and Aniane, the Bridge of the Devil, one of the oldest Roman structure left, in a sublime landscape, you will admire the resurge of the gullies of the Herault river.

Arrival to St-Guilhem-the-Desert. This very picturesque village located at the entry of wild gullies, is built around an old Abbey. Guided tour of the church Abbey the oldest parts belonging to the 8th century.
Walk through the lanes and discovery of the village. 


Departure towards Aniane for lunch then return towards Montpellier. 



For further information on accompanying person program, please contact: 

ENJOY MONTPELLIER - SERVICE GESTION Tél : 33 (0) 4 67 61 67 61 - Fax : 33 (0)4 67 61 66 84
Email: gestion@enjoy-montpellier.com  

Last updated on:
Thu Jan 28 17:06:06 CET 2010

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