hotel recommendations?

Hi Julie & Rick,

I used to live (when I was a student) in Montpellier, I can't help much about the hotels, but try to find one close to "Place de la Comédie" (it's the town center). Avoid hotels near the train station.

if you've got one day to spend in the very south, you should try Collioure in the Pyrenees Orientales.

All the best,

Julien

thanks for the advice Julien!  We have Collioure on our "possible" list - it just moved up :-).

there's a couple of pics here by the way https://www.expat.com/en/pictures/europ … oussillon/

gorgeous! (like I needed even more incentive!)

Maybe you could also spend one day in Carcasonne, a famous medieval city

Hello,
I agree with Julien, Carcasonne is a great visit. 
I keep a blog with nice ideas in France and some other places, but I dont have a lot of adresses in the areas you are visiting, you can still go take a look on my blog, maybe you can find something interesting.
http://vacancesfamille-avec-enfants.blogspot.com/
There are also some websites offering 'chambre d'hôtes', it is the equivalent to B&B.
http://www.chambresdhotes.org/http://www.chambres-en-france.com/http://www.maison-hote.fr/page/index.php

Bon voyage
http://www.chambresdhotes.org/

wow! thanks for all those links!
I'm finding out all sorts of names for what seems to suit us:
gites
B&B
hôtes de charme
inn
chambre d'hôtes
maison hôte

I'll definitely check out your blog - I see you're from Panama :-) We currently live in Costa Rica, so sorta neighbors...

Carcassonne is on our list - originally we thought we'd catch it on our way, zip through and move on, but *amazingly* someone offered her spare room.  And another mentioned a village nearby that looks amazing.  So, it's on our stay-here-awhile list :-)