Montpellier Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

The bus station (04 67 92 01 43; rue du Grand St-Jean) is an easy walk from the train station. Hérault Transport (08 25 34 01 34) runs hourly buses to La Grande Motte (No 106; €1.40, 35 minutes) via Carnon from Odysseum at the end of the tram line. Some services continue to Aigues Mortes (€6.30, 1½ hours, five daily) and, in July and August, Stes-Maries de la Mer in the Camargue (€9.80, two hours).

Eurolines (04 67 58 57 59; 8 rue de Verdun) has buses to Barcelona (€31, five hours) and most European destinations. Linebus (04 67 58 95 00) mainly operates services to destinations in Spain.

Train

Major destinations from Montpellier’s two-storey train station include Paris’ Gare de Lyon by TGV (€74.20 to €83, 3½ hours, 10 daily), Carcassonne (€20.20, 1½ hours, six daily), Millau (€23.10, 1½ hours, two daily) and Perpignan (€20.50, two hours, frequent).

More than 20 trains daily go northwards to Nîmes (€7.90, 30 minutes) and southwards to Narbonne (€13.40, one hour) via Sète (€4.80), Agde (€7.90) and Béziers (€10.40).

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