excl. Breakfast - HRS Rating: /10 - Offers the perfect combination of relaxation and ... more
convenience. Styled in contemporary furnishings, Hotel Kyriad is most pleased to welcome you throughtout the year in English, French, Spanish or German. Being perfectl...
The Hotel Kyriad Montpellier Centre in Montpellier is a moderate hotel only five minutes ... more
away from the city center in the futuristic ''Antigone'' district. The friendly staff, fluent in eight different languages, offers guests a warm welcome throughou...
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Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
The Hotel Kyriad Montpellier Centre in Montpellier is a moderate hotel only five minutes ... more
away from the city center in the futuristic ''Antigone'' district. The friendly staff, fluent in eight different languages, offers guests a warm welcome throughou...
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Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Air-conditioned hotel, 8 satellite channels, restaurants and recreations nearby, closed ... more
pay parking, 2 rooms for conferences, a generous buffet formula for breakfast …The hotel is located in the heart of Antigone district, 10 minutes walking from the o...
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Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Advantages: Timeless theme of resistance to political authority, continuation of Oedipus, great dramatic language Disadvantages: No real 'tragic hero', not much action
After unintentionally finding that Aeschylus? Seven Against Thebes formed a logical continuation of Sophocles? Oedipus Rex, I was pleased to discover the latter?s Antigone completed a trilogy of sorts, dealing with the same themes ? the curse of Oedipus and his descendents. Of course, it isn?t a proper trilogy, it?s not even by the same playwright. What?s more, Antigone ? although in the mythological chronology last ? was written prior to Oedipus Rex. That?s the advantage with dealing with well-known mythological themes. It?s like writing about the death of Christ, and then about the nativity.
The plays aren?t intended to go together, and it?s no real disadvantage not to have seen/read Oedipus Rex first (specially as most people know the basics), but they do naturally complement each other and will probably be better approached in ...
Advantages: Clean, basic accomodation Disadvantages: In the middle of traffic hell
was painless, I'd booked online and just waved my confirmation at the polite chap at the desk. He gave me a key for my trouble and a map of Toulouse. He even helpfully circled the city centre for us, and it was telling that the hotel was quite some distance away - don't let the 'Kyriad Toulouse Centre' name fool you, it's easily within walking distance but certainly not central.
We took the lift to our room, and we were... satisfied. Big comfy bed, television with basic satellite channels (including BBC World and the German and Spanish equivalents), clean and fully stocked en suite bathroom, and tea and coffee making facilities. We looked around and said, yup, pretty good.
OK, the cups for the tea and coffee were flimsy plastic that you wouldn't trust to hold scalding hot liquid, but we weren't in France to hide in a hotel room ...
Advantages: Cosmopolitan, student-orientated, public transport Disadvantages: parking in city centre,
, Cartier and Hugo Boss can be found in the Old quarter.
NIGHTLIFE:
This is quite spread out in Montpellier with most nightclubs being located about 10 minutes from the centre on the beach roads. However, there is a thriving bar culture in the centre, the best being Café Joseph in the Place Jean Jaurés, Fizz, the only city centre nightclub and O'Carolans at Place Ste. Anne.
Further afield, Ayers Rock is located by the river, in Antigone, a striking new development which stretches from the Polygone centre, all the way down the the Lez river. The architecture and the series of pedestrianised areas complete with fountains are a must -see for any trip here.
To conclude, Montpellier is a fantastic city, being compact enough for a weekend visit, ideally located for a base from which the Languedoc region can be explored, and diverse ...
