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!

This week, the French calendar celebrates All Saints' Day and the traditions associated with this event will be in the spotlight. We'll tell you all about it on our blog, so enjoy your reading!
https://www.accentfrancais.com/blog/al-saints-day

Monday 30 October

12.30pm-2.00pm: Tutoring
Would you like to work independently or do your homework with the help of a French teacher? Then this tutorial is for you! In a dedicated room, our resource centre, you can read or work in peace and quiet. A tutor will be on hand to answer any questions you may have.
Price: Free
Meeting point : Room 10 (2 rue de Verdun)

2.30pm-4.30pm: Guided tour of Montpellier's historic centre
Relive the prodigious rise and exceptional destiny that Montpellier has forged for itself over the centuries. Take a thousand-year journey through the narrow streets of the historic centre to experience the very special atmosphere of the Ecusson.
Price: From 10€ with the Tourist office
Meeting point : Tourist office, Place de la Comédie

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 31 October

It's Halloween! Dress-up day at school and competition for the scariest class with prizes!

5:15pm-6:15pm: Café-Rencontre
Come and meet and chat with other students from the school.
Price: Free (Students are responsible for their own consumption)
Meeting point : In front of the school (2 rue Jules Ferry)

6.00pm-9.00pm: Cooking class with Les Ateliers d'Arthur
Come and discover traditional French home cooking with Sandrine and her team. At each class, participants will prepare a starter, main course and dessert using fresh seasonal produce, which they will enjoy together afterwards with a glass of wine.
Registration at the school reception 7 days before the course.
Price: 85€
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: Halloween fancy dress party at the Montpellier Social Bar
Music, photo booth and lots of frightful surprises!
Price: Free entry, consumption at the discretion of students
Meeting point: 48 square de la Babote, Montpellier

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)
Rendez-vous a u Shakespeare Pub (12 rue de la Petite Loge)

Wednesday 1 November - BANK HOLIDAY

The school will be closed on this day and there will be no classes. In compensation, we are offering a free excursion in the region to all our students. It's the perfect way to practise your French and discover the local culture and history!

1:45pm-6:00pm: Excursion to Aigues-Mortes
Visit the oldest French port in the Mediterranean (departure point of the last two crusades in the Middle Ages), a fortified medieval town built in the 13th century, surrounded by intact ramparts almost 2 km long, view of the ramparts and the Constance Tower (former 13th-century lighthouse, then former Protestant prison and its famous prisoner Marie Durand), 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 town. Tasting of fougasse (orange blossom brioche), the sweet speciality of Aigues-Mortes. Panoramic view of a pretty beach along the Languedoc coastline.
Price: FREE for our students
Registration with Steffy by 25/10 at 16:00
Meet 15 minutes before departure at 25 rue du Grand Saint Jean

7.30pm-24pm: Language exchange with Bla Bla Language Exchange
Come and share your passion for languages and meet people from Montpellier to speak French, English, German, Spanish and much more!
Price: free (consumption at your discretion)
Online registration

Thursday 2 November

1.45pm-6.30pm: Excursion to Sète and boat trip
Visit the peninsula nicknamed the "Little Venice of Languedoc" and its many canals. From the summit of Mont Saint Clair, enjoy a magnificent panoramic view of the town, the sea, the mountains and the oyster and mussel beds of the Etang de Thau. Visit the church of Notre Dame de la Salette and its surprising frescoes. Walk along the Canal du Midi and the largest fishing port in the French Mediterranean. Panoramic views of the fishing boats, trawlers and tuna boats. Town of many artists, including the famous singer Georges Brassens and the poet Paul Valéry. Take a 59-minute boat trip through the town's canals and across the Etang de Thau. Guided tour, a different view of the town, nicknamed the Little Venice of Languedoc. Free time in the town.
Price: 47€
Online registration on www.oculture.fr
Meeting point 10 minutes before departure at 25 rue du Grand Saint Jean

6.00pm-9.00pm: Cooking class with Les Ateliers d'Arthur
Come and discover traditional French home cooking with Sandrine and her team. At each class, participants will prepare a starter, main course and dessert using fresh seasonal produce, which they will enjoy together afterwards with a glass of wine.
Registration at the school reception 7 days before the course.
Price: 85€
Meeting point Les Ateliers d'Arthur, 3 rue Gerhardt
7pm: Bachata class 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 (consumption at your discretion)
Meeting point: Cubanito Café (13 rue de Verdun)

7pm : Swing evening
Come and enjoy the vintage atmosphere of the Gazette Café's swing evenings and discover this very festive dance!
Price : Free (consumption at your discretion)
Meeting point at the Gazette Café (6, rue Levat)

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

8.00pm - 11.00pm: Montpel'Yeah language exchange
Come and share your passion for languages and meet people from Montpellier to speak French, English, German, Spanish and much more!
Price: Free (drinks at your discretion)
Meeting point: Café de la Panacée, 14 ue de l'école de Pharmacie

Friday 3 November

12.30pm-2.00pm: Educational workshop “Theater”
Would you like to practice your French after class and meet other students from the school? We invite you every week to participate in our pedagogical workshop.
Price: Free on registration
Meeting point : Room 10 (2 rue de Verdun)

1.45pm-6.30pm: Excursion to Nîmes
Visit the Jardins de la Fontaine, an ancient Roman necropolis built around the Nemausus spring, and the Temple of Diana. Pass in front of the former great Roman temple: the Maison Carré and visit the outside of the Arena, a former Roman amphitheatre, famous for its gladiatorial and bullfighting shows (inside visit not included). Visit to the Romanesque cathedral of St Castor. Free time in the city. Complimentary local biscuits
Price: 35€
Online registration on www.oculture.fr
Meeting point 10 minutes before departure at 25 rue du Grand Saint Jean

4pm-5.15pm: Guided tour of the "Hidden Icons" exhibition by Antoni Campaña
The Pavillon Populaire in Montpellier is presenting the first major exhibition in France of the work of Catalan photographer Antoni Campañà i Bandranas (Arbúcies, 1906 - Sant Cugat del Vallès, 1989) devoted to the Spanish Civil War. Hidden and unpublished for eighty years (until the discovery, four years ago, of his famous "red box", containing 5,000 photographs he took during the three years of the Spanish Civil War), his work unfolds the complexity of the conflict and the intersecting tensions that erupted in the summer of 1936, eventually dragging Europe into the Second World War.
Price: Free
Meeting point: Pavillon populaire, Esplanade Charles de Gaulle in Montpellier

Saturday 4 November

Morning suggestion: Go to the market ! Marché des Arceaux, organic and local products

9am-6.30pm : Excursion to Arles and Baux de Provence
First of all, we'll take the opportunity to discover the Roman monuments listed as World Heritage Sites by Unesco: the amphitheatre and its 25,000 seats, famous today for its gladiatorial and bullfighting games. (Indoor entrance not included in the price) Then we'll continue on to the ancient Roman theatre, Constantine's baths and the underground galleries of the former imperial palace. We'll then discover religious monuments such as the cathedral and its Romanesque-Gothic cloister. Finally, we'll visit the famous garden of the former hospital and night café, painted by the Dutch expressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh. The rest of the day will be spent discovering the charming village of Les Baux de Provence, with its well-deserved nickname of "Balcony of Provence". This village, surrounded by cliffs, has a magnificent view over Provence. Its castle, Romanesque church, medieval streets and Santon museum will transport you back in time to Provence.
Price: 49€
Online registration on www.oculture.fr
Meeting point 10 minutes before departure at 25 rue du Grand Saint Jean

10.00am-1.00pm : “Travel to La Réunion” cookery class
Price: 89€
Online registration: https://www.les-ateliers-cuisine.com/cours-de-cuisine-a-montpellier/
Meeting point: 82 rue Icare, 34130 Mauguio (Tramway line 3 + 20 minute walk)

Sunday 5 November

9.00am - 6.30pm: Excursion to Carcassonne
Come and discover its 3km of double ramparts, its 52 towers, its château comtal, its ancient Romanesque-Gothic cathedral St and its magnificent stained-glass windows. A UNESCO World Heritage Site and famous setting for many of the films shot in the city, we'll set off to discover its many hidden treasures, a real leap into the past (entrance to the castle and ramparts not included). Enjoy a cassoulet, the city's famous speciality.
Price: 55€
Online registration on www.oculture.fr
Meeting point 10 minutes before departure at 25 rue du Grand Saint Jean

Morning suggestions : Go to the market !
- Farmers' market in the Antigone district
- Flea market in the Mosson district
- Les dimanches du Peyrou (second-hand goods 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 30 October to 5 November 2023