Hotel Imperator, Beziers

Advantages: forests and nature
Disadvantages: very little public transport

...". There are approximately 9,000 inhabitants. There are a couple of quite big supermarkets, many bars, 4 or 5 hotels, a train station, (only two trains a day, to Béziers of Paris the long way) and a tourist office where you can find all sorts of information on the events and sights to visit around that area. It's a cross road between the "Orb" valley, river which runs through the town, and the road that leads from Béziers, which is the nearest city. (34 kilometers south). Bédarieux is the 1st town in the hills after 30 kilometers of flat and vine covered plain, which goes right to the Mediterranean coast. It is also the beginning of the "parc naturel du haut Languedoc", a protected nature reserve. This nature reserve was founded in 1973, and consists of 70% of forest. That's 180 000 hectares of trees! (1 hectare = 10 km2). These trees were planted mostly... Read review

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Advantages: architectural wonder
Disadvantages: cost many human lives to build

...The Canal du Midi, is a man dug canal, situated in the south of France, and joins the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean sea, via the Canal Garonne. The water sources which allow the canal to be constantly navigable, come from the Montagne Noire, (situated in the south west of the Massif Central, near Mazamet, in the Tarn area), by three lakes, and the Saint Ferréol dam. This technical challenge, first imagined in 1539, stayed a project on paper for almost a century, until 1636. ¤ø,¸¸,◊,¸¸ ,ø It was Paul Riquet, an ingenious engineer, born in Béziers in 1604, who started the first portion of the Canal in 1636, under the reign of Louis XIV. The Saint Ferréol dam was built in 1667, and in 1680, the locks at Béziers, called "Les écluses de Fonseranne" were built. Pierre Paul Riquet died that year, and the very first navigation... Read review

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Advantages: one can choose one's tan with or without lines
Disadvantages: I can't think of any

...the British word, my apologies for butchering your beautiful language) called “autoroute A9” and exit between Beziers and Montpellier. It may be a 3 hours drive from Toulouse (the nearest big southern city), about ten hours (traffic jam aside) from Paris. If you’re traveling by railroad, as it is easy to do with the Eurostar, it might take about 8 hours from London, depending on your various connecting trains. The town is a nice summer holiday destination, to lie in the sun and have a break, eat seafood, sail or dive or whatever one can do near the sea, but IMHO it lacks personality and character. Lots of ugly square concrete buildings to pack tourists into, but not much worth visiting. As many coastal cities, it boasts a casino (a small one of course) where you can give away your poundnotes to the French Tax Service , thank you very much. Oh... Read review

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