Cirque de Navacelles An extraordinary geological marvel where the river Vis has created a hydro-geological phenomenon unlike any other in Europe. A huge depression with the little village of Navacelles tucked into the bottom.
Grotte des Demoiselles Hollowed into the base of the rock of Thaurac, it is reached by a funicular railway. It contains some really impressive concretions.
Pic Saint Loup The highest spot in the department where you can take some beautiful walks in a setting of garrigue vegetation.
Saint Guilhem le Désert This charming village set against the mountainside is noted for its Romanesque-style buildings. Take the rue du Bout-du-Monde for a walk to the castle where the view over the valley is fantastic.
Sète The birthplace of Georges Brassens with its sailors' cemetery and the Mont Saint Clair overlooking the entire bay is one of the busiest ports in the Mediterranean.
Lake Salagou Red earth, basalt pinnacles, rocks twisted by erosion: around the Salagou is a landscape reminiscent of the Far West. Prehistoric animals left many traces here, making it a palaeontological site on its own in Europe.
Haut Languedoc Regional Park Extending over 145,000 hectares in the Tarn and the Hérault, the park retains many traces of prehistoric civilisations, beautiful mediaeval villages like Minerve, the Cathar capital of the Hérault. Another site worth seeing is the Pont du Diable in Olargues.
Lunaret zoological park In the north of Montpellier, with dense Mediterranean garrigue vegetation and great shady pine trees, the zoo has 750 animals, of 145 different species which live in a protected area of 80 hectares classified as a "Free sanctuary". Admission free.
