A long-term programme of renovation and innovation – including a sleek new tramway, Ricardo Bofill’s postmodern Antigone quarter by the river Lez, and the Corum concert and conference complex – has helped to make Montpellier France’s fastest-growing city. Located just a few miles inland from the sea, it has been transformed from a sleepy university city into the powerhouse of Mediterranean France – and the new darling of the international party set. But it’s not all about...
[Montpellier guide]