MONTPELLIER
The 7th largest city and fastest growing in France, Montpellier combines the infrastructures and facilities of a major city with a sweet Mediterranean art of life; colorful markets, vast pedestrian squares, lively café terraces, beaches just a bike ride away, and over 300 days of sunshine per year.
A city of science since the Middle Age and host of the oldest European faculty still in activity, Montpellier’s charms mix those of narrow medieval streets in its historic center with those of daring contemporary creation by architects such as Jean Nouvel, Zaha Hadid, Massimilino Fuksas, Philippe Starck and Ricardo Bofill. Montpellier is well-known for the excellence of its research and innovation, attracting 90,000 students, a youthful melting pot, with an active night life, great access to outdoors, culture and gastronomy.
👉 Must-see in Montpellier: https://www.montpellier-france.com/discover/a-thousand-years-of-history/must-sees-in-montpellier/
GETTING HERE BY TRAIN
Montpellier has two main train stations:
Gare Montpellier Saint-Roch, located in the heart of the city just 200 metres from Place de la Comédie.
Gare Montpellier Sud de France, a modern TGV station on the city’s outskirts.
If you arrive at Gare Saint-Roch, you’ll have easy access to all five tram lines, as well as buses (lines 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 16) to reach different areas of Montpellier and its surroundings.
If you arrive at Gare Sud de France, you’ll find a multimodal hub located in the emerging Cambacérès district, you’ll have easy access to the city center using tram line 1 (~30 minutes from the city center).
Approximate travel times to Montpellier:
Paris Gare de Lyon train station – 3h30
Paris Roissy-CDG airport – 4h
Lyon train station – 1h50
Lyon Saint Exupery airport – 1h20
Marseille train station – 1h30
Vitrolles - Marseille Provence airport – 1h45
Barcelona-Sants train station – 3h
Carcassonne – 1h30
👉 Visit the train line website: https://www.thetrainline.com/
GETTING HERE BY BUS
Montpellier is well connected to many major European cities — including Berlin, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Liège, Florence, Milan, Rome, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Bucharest. Travel conveniently and affordably with BlaBlaBus, FlixBus, or Linebus services.
👉 Visit the bus webpage: https://www.montpellier-france.com/traveller-information/access-and-transportation/travel-to-montpellier/by-bus/
GETTING HERE BY PLANE
Montpellier has its own international airport: Montpellier Méditerranée Airport.
✈️ Flights are operated by Air France, British Airways, KLM, Transavia, EasyJet, Ryanair, Hop, Volotea, Norwegian, Eurowings, Ural Airlines, Air Arabia, Aer Lingus, and more.
A shuttle bus connects the airport to Montpellier city centre, making it easy to reach your accommodation.
👉 Visit the Montpellier Airport website: https://www.montpellier.aeroport.fr/en
TRANSPORT IN MONTPELLIER
The best way to enjoy Montpellier is to stay in the city center with many bars, shops and restaurants. If your hotel is in the historic center of Montpellier, you can take the tram line 1 to Genopolys where the meeting will be held. If your hotel is too far away from the center to walk, we do not recommend renting a car as downtown is pedestrian only and driving around can be nightmarish.
With 5 tram lines, 36 bus lines, more than 50 Vélomagg bike rental stations, Montpellier has a great public transportation system (map). It also hosts the largest pedestrian center in France.
We therefore strongly advise you to choose green transports for your stay!
For public transportation, 2-, 3-, 4- and 7-day passes are available for 10€, 12€, 14€ and 20€ respectively (regular one way-ticket is 1.9€, 10 tickets is 15€). This pass gives access to bus and tramways in Montpellier and neighboring cities, allowing for example to have a look at the Mediterranean Sea (but count ca. 1 hour from the city center). Tramways are running approximately until 00:30.
👉 Buy tickets online (https://ticket-tam.com/) or via a phone App (https://qrco.de/mticket-store)
ACCOMODATION
We recommend accomodations in the historic city center within a walking distance of tram line 5 which will open in December 2025 (tram stop for the CNRS Campus: "CNRS - Zoo du lunaret")
👉 Hotels: https://www.montpellier-france.com/stay/accommodation/hotels/
👉 Youth hostels: https://www.montpellier-france.com/stay/accommodation/youth-hostels/
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