Come and live a complete experience with us thanks to our French courses, our accommodation and our weekly cultural programme! Every week we offer a great programme: between city tours, yoga (ashtanga) classes and excursions, our students never see the time pass! And in French, of course!

Monday 3 October

2.30pm-4.00pm: Guided city tour of Montpellier
Relive the prodigious rise and exceptional destiny that Montpellier has forged for itself over the centuries. A journey of a thousand years along the alleys of the historic centre to let you experience the very special atmosphere of the Ecusson.
Price: 9€ with your Accent Français student card
Information and online booking on the Tourist Office website

6pm-7.30pm: Yoga class
Ashtanga Yoga is characterised by the sequence of postures (Asana) punctuated by the Ujjayi breath, chest breathing associated with different points of concentration. The postures follow each other quite quickly. This yoga is at first a very complete physical practice, becoming progressively a way of interiority when the practitioner acquires experience.
Price: 70€ for a card of 6 classes
Further information at the reception of the Accent Français school
Meeting at the yoga school Arjuna Shala, 6 rue Maguelone

Tuesday 4 October

6pm-9pm: Cooking class with Les Ateliers d'Arthur
During the adult cooking classes, you will make the entire recipe, and leave with all of your creations. An alternation of sweet and savoury recipes will be offered throughout the year.
Registration at the school reception 7 days before the course
Price: 80€ per person
Meeting point : Les Ateliers d'Arthur, 3 rue Gerhardt

7pm-8.30pm: Yoga class
Ashtanga Yoga is characterised by the sequence of postures (Asana) punctuated by the Ujjayi breath, chest breathing associated with different points of concentration. The postures follow each other quite quickly. This yoga is at first a very complete physical practice, becoming progressively a way of interiority when the practitioner acquires experience.
Price: 70€ for a card of 6 classes
Further information at the reception of the Accent Français school
Meeting at the yoga school Arjuna Shala, 6 rue Maguelone

7pm: Salsa classes and introduction to Latin dances
Come and discover salsa and Latin dances, meet people and have fun in one of the emblematic bars of the city centre!
Price: Free (Drinks at your discretion)
Meeting point: Cubanito Café (13 rue de Verdun)

9pm: Grand Quiz evening
Come and have fun and meet people in one of the nicest pubs of the city!
Price: Free (Drinks at your discretion)
Meeting point: Shakespeare Pub (12 rue de la Petite Loge)

Wednesday 5 October

7.30pm-9pm: Yoga class
Ashtanga Yoga is characterised by the sequence of postures (Asana) punctuated by the Ujjayi breath, chest breathing associated with different points of concentration. The postures follow each other quite quickly. This yoga is at first a very complete physical practice, becoming progressively a way of interiority when the practitioner acquires experience.
Price: 70€ for a card of 6 classes
Further information at the reception of the Accent Français school
Meeting at the yoga school Arjuna Shala, 6 rue Maguelone

7pm: Bachata class
Come and discover bachata, meet people and have fun in one of the emblematic bars of the city centre!
Price: Free (Drinks at your discretion)
Meeting point: Cubanito Café (13 rue de Verdun)

7.30pm-10pm: Language exchange with Bla Bla Language Exchange
Price: free (consumption at your discretion)
Online registration

Thursday 6 October

1.45pm-6.00pm: Excursion to Saint Guilhem le Désert
Only 1 hour's drive from Montpellier, discover St Guilhem-le-Désert, a typical Languedoc village, a stopover on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela (classified as a World Heritage site by UNESCO), a village classified as one of the "most beautiful villages in France" with only 300 inhabitants but more than 1 million tourists every year. You will discover its prestigious religious past, with its thousand-year-old Romanesque church housing the relics of St Guilhem, Charlemagne's first cousin, and a piece of the true cross of Jesus Christ.
Price: 30€
Online registration on www.oculture.fr
Meet 10 minutes before departure at 25 rue du Grand Saint Jean

6pm-9pm: Cooking class with Les Ateliers d'Arthur
During the adult cooking classes, you will make the entire recipe, and leave with all of your creations. An alternation of sweet and savoury recipes will be offered throughout the year.
Registration at the school reception 7 days before the course
Price: 80€ per person
Meeting point : Les Ateliers d'Arthur, 3 rue Gerhardt

7pm-8.30pm: Yoga class
Ashtanga Yoga is characterised by the sequence of postures (Asana) punctuated by the Ujjayi breath, chest breathing associated with different points of concentration. The postures follow each other quite quickly. This yoga is at first a very complete physical practice, becoming progressively a way of interiority when the practitioner acquires experience.
Price: 70€ for a card of 6 classes
Further information at the reception of the Accent Français school
Meeting at the yoga school Arjuna Shala, 6 rue Maguelone

Friday 7 October

From 12.15pm: Leaving certificate delivery
Come and get your end-ouf-course certificate ! Meet the team and spend a convivial moment with the other departing students.
Price: free of charge
Meeting point : in front of the school (2 rue Jules Ferry)

1.45pm-6.30pm: Canyon du Diable hike - Saint Saturnin wine tasting
Walk through our local Colorado. A magical region of canyons and hills of dry red earth "the ruffes". For some this place reminds of certain remote regions of this world, others of the moon. Tasting of St Saturnin wines in a wine cellar. Take sports shoes and a bottle of water.
Price: 30€
Online registration on www.oculture.fr
Meet 10 minutes before departure at 25 rue du Grand Saint Jean

10am-7pm: Montpellier International Fair from 7 to 17 October
The 74th edition of the #FoireDeMontpellier will be held from October 7th to 17th 2022. Dive into the bewitching universe of CELTIC LEGENDS with a brand new exhibition-event.
Information and ticketing: https://www.foire-montpellier.com/

Saturday 8 October

9am-6pm : Excursion to Roquefort, La Couvertoirade and Viaduc de Millau
We will start with a visit to the village of la Couvertoirade. A small fortified village built by the Templars, it will give you the impression of going back in time to the time of the knights. We will discover one of the largest viaducts in the world, designed by the English architect Norman Foster: the Millau Viaduct: 300m high and almost 3km long. The end of the day will take us to the village of Roquefort, to meet its famous blue cheese, we will visit the cellars, a real labyrinth where the cheeses are matured. Tasting of three different Roquefort cheeses.
Price: 49€
Online registration at www.oculture.fr
Meeting point 10 minutes before departure at 25 rue du Grand Saint Jean

Morning suggestion: Marché des Arceaux, organic and local products

Sunday 9 October

9.00am - 6.30pm: Excursion to Aigues Mortes, Camargue and Saintes Maries de la Mer
Discover the Camargue and its specific animals: pink flamingos, bulls, horses. The ponds mix with the land or the other way round, man cultivates rice, salt and vines. 2 cities symbolize this region: Aigues-Mortes Visit of the 1st French port of the Mediterranean (departure of the last two crusades of the Middle Ages), fortified medieval city built in the 13th century, surrounded by intact ramparts of almost 2 km long, Tour des Remparts and visit of the Constance tower (former lighthouse of the 13th c. Panoramic view of the town, the ponds of the Camargue, the salt mountains of the "salins du midi", the pink flamingos, the pink salt pans. Free time in the city. Then visit of the Saintes Maries de la mer and its fortified Romanesque church, a place of Christian pilgrimage on the road to St Jacques. Pilgrims come here to venerate the relics of the St Maries (Marie Jacobée: aunt of Jesus and Marie Salomé: mother of the apostles Jaques and Jean). The gypsy community gathers here every year to celebrate the relics of their patron saint, Saint Sara. This village is considered one of the oldest Christian cults in the West.
Price : 49€
Online registration at www.oculture.fr
Meet 10 minutes before departure at 25 rue du Grand Saint Jean

Suggestions for the weekend:
- Farmers' market in the Antigone district
- Flea market in the Mosson district
- Les dimanches du Peyrou (flea market and antiques) in the Peyrou/Arc de Triomphe district

Do you want to come to France and enjoy an unforgettable immersion stay? Do you want to make sure you have a fantastic experience? Choose Accent Français, a school with the Qualité FLE abel and a member of the Groupement FLE, it is your guarantee of a reliable, quality programme!

See you soon!

The Accent Français team
contact@accentfrancais.com

Activity programme from 3 to 9 October 2022