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A town with an old university tradition, Montpellier is these days a meeting place for cultural, scientific and artistic exchanges.The town has conserved much of its past, with narrow mediaeval streets, grand private houses, the Place Royale (Royal Square)..., delights waiting to be discovered in the completely car-free city centre, ideal for wandering around and exploring..
Its rich heritage lies in its narrow medieval streets and its spring-water fountains....
Olargues is a fortified citadel situated at the foot of the Caroux mountain, with picturesque narrow streets paved with pebbles and covered passageways.... The houses stand to the south of the cliff and extend down to the banks of the river, which is crossed here by the old 13th - century " Devil " s Bridge '. The houses are built of local stone, roofed with barrel tiles, and stand close together along the narrow streets paved with pebbles, with here and there picturesque covered passageways....
The remains of its 13th - century ramparts surround cobbled, narrow streets, bordered by houses in ochre tints, outlined in ivy and oleander....
Take a walk through the narrow streets of the village fringed with ancient houses, of a sober construction, using stone from the limestone plateau....
The town has retained its narrow back streets and arched passageways....
From around the church the steeply sloping, narrow streets extend, with their pebbled paving....
Palavas-les-Flots, a picture-postcard seaside resort and fishing village, has narrow winding streets and nestles between the sea and clear lagoons....
The town has retained its narrow back streets and arched passageways....