Visits and excursions

A tourist visit is proposed on wednestday, 20th, on the afternoon, before the gala dinner. It is included in the registrations fees.

Four tours have been selected (with different durations), to be chosen at the registration.

A) Excursion to Aigues-Mortes (12h30-17h30, picnic baskets provided)

Visit the 13th century fortified city, built on the initiative of Louis IX to give the kingdom a port on the Mediterranean. It was from here that he set off for the crusades. Visit the Tower of Constance, one of France’s most impressive keeps, and the 1,634-metre-long ramparts.
Departure by bus from Montpellier.

B) Excursion to Saint-Guilhem-le-désert (12h30-17h30, picnic baskets provided)

Tour the world heritage medieval village of Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert. This village, which lies on the Way of Saint James the apostle, was chosen in the year 804 as the seat of the Abbey of Gellone. After visiting the abbey, one of the Bas-Languedoc’s most prestigious Roman sites, take the time to discover the surrounding streets and alleyways of the medieval village, one of the most beautiful in France.
Visit of Clamouse cave. Its amazing abundance of stalagmites and stalactites have made it one of the most popular caves in France.
Departure by bus from Montpellier.

C) Visit of Montpellier historic center and Mikveh (14h30-16h30)

Place de la Comédie, Place de la Canourgue, Place du Peyrou... from square to square, we will guide you through the maze of medieval alleyways as you explore Montpellier through the ages. Montpellier harbours many secrets and to discover them our guides can open doors which only the Tourist Office has the keys of. A courtyard of a 17th or 18th century mansion house and entrance to the famous Mikveh (12th century Jewish ceremonial bath), one of Montpellier’s real jewels.

D) Visit of the faculty of medicine (14h30-16h30)

The Montpellier Tourist Office invites you to join an exclusive tour of the western world’s oldest medical School still in use, formerly a medieval monastery, then an Episcopal palace and now the present medical school. Next, the guide will take you right to the heart of a remarkable site: the Conservatory of Anatomy which has a series of displays describing the human body in the style of a 19th century cabinet of curiosities.