Tips for Travel to Montpellier, South of France

By plane

The International Airport Montpellier Méditerranée is located just a few miles from the city center. A shuttle-bus services operates regularly between the airport and the city centre. There are also taxis available (travel time around 15 minutes).

There are some direct connections from European cities (see underneath). However, flights from overseas and smaller European cities go via the two Paris airports Charles de Gaulle or Orly. Montpellier is connected by around 16 direct daily flights from both Paris airports. Flying time is just above 1 hour. Montpellier is also connected to a number of European cities via Lyon.  Stopovers in Lyon are usually very short.

Direct flights to Montpellier with:

Air France: From all over the world (often via Paris or Lyon)

Ryan Air: Frankfurt, Leeds, Birmingham, Brussels, Shannon, Cork, Dublin, Charleroi

British Airways: London Gatwick

Easy Jet: London Gatwick, London Lutton, Basel-Mulhouse, Rome

Sterling Airline: Copenhagen, Oslo

Transavia: Rotterdam

Iberia: Madrid

ITA Airways: Rome

Norwegian: Copenhagen

Scandinavian Airlines: Copenhagen

Germanwings: Düsseldorf, Hamburg

Lufthansa: Munich

Brussels Airlines: Brussels

You might find even more affordable options by flying with low costs Airlines to one of the airports located close to Montpellier. They fly regularly to Carcassonne Airport, Marseille Airport, Béziers Airport,  Toulouse Airport and Lyon Airport. From these cities Montpellier can be reached easily by train in 1 to 2 hours.

By train

Montpellier is easy to be reached by train. The main station Montpellier Saint-Roch is located right in the centre of Montpellier. From there it is only about 5 minutes’ walk to our French language school.

Montpellier is located on one of the most impotant  TGV (High speed train) lines in France, going from Paris to Madrid via Lyon, Montpellier and Barcelona. Montpellier has excellent connections to all major cities in France and Europe. Travel time between Paris (Gare de Lyon) and Montpellier is around 3 hours 15 minutes. Each day several trains also leave from the Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris to Montpellier. Travel time is 3 hours and 45 minutes. This avoids you going into Paris to catch the TGV train. 

Information on train timetables and reservations under oui.sncf. Single journeys are as low as € 25 if you book well in advance. The earlier you book the cheaper it will be.

If you like to take a low cost TGV, have a look under ouigo.com ; the latest low cost invention of the French trains. You often find amazing offers there.

By bus

Montpellier is well connected to many European cities by bus. 

Eurolines: Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Vienna, Brussels, Zagreb, Madrid, Barcelona, London, Budapest, Rome, Bologna, Milan, Venice, Luxembourg, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Lisbon, Bucharest, Belgrade, Bratislava, Ljubjana, Geneva, Zurick, Prague

Linebus: Madrid, Barcelona, Valence, Alicante, Seville, Malaga, San Sebastien, Bilbao, Lisbon, Porto

Visit also the website of the new low cost buses like Flixbus or BlaBlaCar.