Les Bains de Montpellier

Montpellier


This former public bathhouse is now a hip restaurant that’s especially strong on Mediterranean flavours and Italian-influenced dishes. Tables are set around the old perimeter bathrooms, with plush purple chairs and overhead chandeliers, but the best are in the interior courtyard, surrounded by ponds and palms.


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Nearby Montpellier attractions

1. Hôtel St-Côme

0.06 MILES

The Hôtel St-Côme is a suitably grand building for the city’s Chamber of Commerce.

2. Musée du Vieux Montpellier

0.24 MILES

This municipal museum has a fairly pedestrian collection of local-interest pieces ranging from furniture to paintings and antique weaponry, but it’s worth…

3. Hôtel de Varennes

0.24 MILES

The Hôtel de Varennes is a harmonious 18th-century makeover of a medieval structure; it now contains the city’s small history museum, the Musée du Vieux…

4. Carré Sainte-Anne

0.28 MILES

The landmark neogothic St Anne's church, with dazzling stained-glass windows, was deconsecrated in the 1980s and is now a spectacular setting for…

6. Musée Fabre

0.35 MILES

Founded in 1825 by painter François-Xavier Fabre, this exceptional museum houses one of France’s richest collections of European art. The galleries…

7. Hôtel de la Vieille Intendance

0.35 MILES

The early-17th-century Hôtel de la Vieille Intendance was built during the reign of Louis XIII for the queen mother and his niece Marie Louise d’Orléans …

8. Arc de Triomphe

0.39 MILES

Built in 1695, Montpellier's 52m-high triumphal arch is dedicated to Louis XIV. The tourist office organises guided tours in summer that take you up 103…