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Access to Montpellier

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    By plane

    Montpellier Méditerranée airport is located only 8 km from the city centre. It is very easy to reach by direct flight:

    • 1h10 from Paris
    • 1h45 from London
    • 1h55 from Amsterdam

    9 airlines operate direct flights to 15 international destinations and 8 destinations in France. It is also easily accessible from the airports of Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse, Beziers and Carcassonne.

    By train

    Montpellier has two train stations: Gare Montpellier Saint-Roch, located in the heart of the city, 200 metres from Place de la Comédie, and Gare Montpellier Sud de France, a TGV station outside the city.

    TGV, Thalys, Talgo and Eurostar: no need to connect to the heart of Montpellier!

    • Paris: 3h20
    • Marseille : 1h40
    • Lyon : 1h50
    • Toulouse: 1h55
    • Nice : 4h10
    • Lille: 5 hours
    • Brussels: 5h40
    • Barcelona: 2h50

    Minimum journey time depending on the train

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        By car or bus

        Montpellier is served by the A9/A709 and A75 motorways.

        • North exit (28): access to the Lunaret Zoo and its Amazonian Greenhouse, hospitals and universities.
        • East exit (29): access to the historic centre, the Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole Tourist Office, the Corum – Palais des Congrès, the new Millénaire districts, the Sud de France train station, the Zénith Sud, the Odysseum shopping centre, the Exhibition Centre and the Sud de France Arena.
        • South exit (31): access to Montpellier Saint-Roch station.

         

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