This is where I left my heart after I returned home from living in France. La Place de la Comédie…read moreis the best place to hang out in Montpellier. It's also one of the first places you see when you arrive by train or bus and walk up to "downtown" Montpellier. La Place itself is beautiful, completely covered in marble, wide open and tree-covered esplanades at the western end. L'Opéra is worth a visit and it serves as the lovely cap to one end of La Place. Comédie et Tragédie look down on La Place inviting everyone to come and see a show. Les Trois Graces sit atop a fountain in the middle of La Place, serving as a wonderful meeting place for anyone who visits. Le Tram runs right through La Place on its way to various parts of Montpellier. There's restaurants, cafes and streets that run off La Place every which way, inviting locals and tourists to walk around and explore the beautiful architecture, shops and cafes that are hidden just off la Place. Seriously, this IS Montpellier. Every local sits in one of these cafes for an afternoon coffee, beer or glass of wine. Such a beautiful place to enjoy the mild Mediterranean weather all year round.

It's really a beautiful location. Got the Opera Comedie, Water fountain, a line of restaurants,…read morefast food places like McDonald's and Quick, access to two tram lines, a Christmas sphere, and lots of people even in the cold, Winter months. Great for taking plenty of photos and exploring on your own. You can basically call it a city center cause it's one of the areas you're bound to find a large number of people.

This is a nice little park. There are several benches and people have lunch in the park. On one…read moreside, you can walk to one side to see the old Roman theater through the metal fencing. The park is kind of on a slope, I guess it's mainly used as a passageway for people to walk through. There isn't a lot of grassy space for kids to run around in on the side near the Roman theater. There is a little playground on the other side of the main walkway up to the old city. The main walkway also has a small pool of water. It looks cool from a distance, but look closer and it looks very polluted. There is ice cream and restaurants a little further down the street. This is kind of the only greenery in the area though, so I guess people get their lunch to go and eat in the park. Don't miss one of the Van Gogh easels in the lower part of the park next to the locked gate.