Discover France. Includes FREE planning and background information. Languedoc-Roussillon is a three-eyed hybrid, cobbled together in the 1980s by the merging of two historic regions. Bas-Languedoc , land of bullfighting, rugby and robust red wines, looks towards the more sedate Provence. On the plain are the major towns: Montpellier, the vibrant capital; sun-baked Nîmes with its fine Roman amphitheatre; and fairy-tale Carcassonne, with its witches’-hat turrets. On the coast, old Agde lies somnolent beside the Hérault River, and Sète, a thriving port, adds commercial vigour.
Discover France. Includes FREE planning and background information. Languedoc-Roussillon is a three-eyed hybrid, cobbled together in the 1980s by the merging of two historic regions. Bas-Languedoc , land of bullfighting, rugby and robust red wines, looks towards the more sedate Provence. On the plain are the major towns: Montpellier, the vibrant capital; sun-baked Nîmes with its fine Roman amphitheatre; and fairy-tale Carcassonne, with its witches’-hat turrets. On the coast, old Agde lies somnolent beside the Hérault River, and Sète, a thriving port, adds commercial vigour.