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Visit Sete - Venice of Languedoc - the largest French fishing port on the Mediterranean
The charm of Sète is in the effortless energy that exhumes from the canal, the sea, the streets, the restaurants. You can walk and discover fishing boats, busy with their cargo, walk and find a restaurant to eat and watch, even in the relative cool of deepest winter. It seems there is a warmth here, perhaps because of its cosmopolitan feeling of ships from ports far away or from the young coming from the nearby university city of Montpellier. It is no wonder that Georges Brassens, who is buried here, was imbued with song and word, and also that it was to provide the inspiration for Paul Valèry. more...
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Sète, the Venice of the Languedoc 05/01/2008
click to enlarge Sète is poised like a pearl between the Thau Lagoon, famous for its oyster beds, and the Mediterranean Sea. The town is connected to the mainland by two narrow sand bars at each ...
Danuta Hübner launches new European regional policy in Languedoc-Roussillon 05/12/2007
On 4 December, Danuta Hübner, the European Commissioner for regional policy, has visited the Languedoc-Roussillon region in the south of France. She has officially launched the region's programme ...
A sunny and bright apartment with large terrace in Sète, Languedoc 16/08/2007
In Sète, apartment of standing 240m², 4 bedrooms + study, large terrace, balcony, 2nd floor, rented garage, nice views This apartment of standing is located in a city centre building on the banks of ...
Jousting still going strong in the 21st century? 14/08/2007
You'd better believe it. Granted, it's not quite as bloody as Lancelot and Galahad might have known, but don't be fooled - it's not for the faint-hearted. And it can still pull a crowd. These days ...
French property is a place in the sun 19/07/2007
UK based overseas property magazine "A Place in the Sun" and Bank of Scotland International all highlight the desirability of French property as an overseas property hot spot. "A Place in the Sun" ...
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Inter Hotel Port Marine SeteInter Hotel Port Marine Sete 
Standing on the sea front opposite the marina, the Inter Hotel Port Marine Sete guarantees a refreshing stay. The hotel has a modern setting with a rooftop pool overlooking the sea. All the 42 rooms are comfortably furnished and air-conditioned. The in house restaurant offers seafood platters as well as traditional fare. A bar as well as a meeting room for business guests is available at the hotel.
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Shopping Sete

The main streets of Sete around the canals are filled with shops, some tourist in nature, but many obviously catering to the locals. The Quai de la Resistance and the Grand'rue Mario Roustan are lined with food and specialty shops. Some of note include Biscuiterie Catagnia (35 Grand'rue Mario Roustan), Leonidas Sweets (8 Rue Frederick Mistral), and Au Chocolat Liegois (6 Quai de la Resistance).

Eating and Drinking Sete and nearby

Le St-Clair - quai du Port F - 34540 BALARUC LES BAINS
Charming restaurant with a veranda-dining room overlooking the quayside and a terrace, adorned with palm trees, facing the Thau basin. A must for fish and shellfish enthusiasts.

L'Escale - 5 boulevard Sarrail F - 34250 PALAVAS LES FLOTS
The elegant dining hall and veranda offer a fine prospect of the beach and waterfront. Appetising up-to-date cuisine largely inspired by the nearby sea.

Domaine de Soriech - chemin de Soriech F - 34970 LATTES
A fine 1970s villa, with designer décor, modern works of art, giant palm and pine trees in a delightful park. Regional cuisine served.

Le Mazerand - route de Fréjorgues F - 34970 LATTES
This former vineyard estate, overlooking the Plain of Lattes, includes a renovated, 19C farmhouse, a 16C chapel and pretty, tiered terraces in the shade of plane trees.

Les Terrasses du Lido - Rond-point de l'Europe F - 34200 SETE
Villa at the foot of Mont St Clair, housing a simple dining room, extended by a pool-side terrace. Regional cuisine. Practical rooms in blue and white colours.

Le Château du Port - 9 QUAI DE LA RESISTANCE F - 34340 MARSEILLAN
A contemporary bistro housed in a fine 19C residence, serving seafood and regional modern cuisine; pleasant terrace overlooking the canal.

La Table d'Emilie - 8 place Couverte F - 34340 MARSEILLAN
Enjoy a lovely dinner in this small 12C house and its dining room with exposed stonework, ogive vaults and verdant patio. Cuisine based on ingredients of the day.

La Table de Stéphane - Impasse Marie Celeste F - 34300 LE CAP D'AGDE
Veranda-dining room with a mural depicting kitchen life, dishes in keeping with current taste and good regional wine list: the restaurant is often full.

Le Caladoc - 3 AVENUE DU PASSEUR CHALLIES F - 34300 LE CAP D AGDE
Designer furnishings and wood panelling (wenge, mangrove): a "Zen" decor for a cuisine in keeping with current taste. Languedoc wines in the feature cellar.

La Pléiade - 4 AVENUE DES ALIZES F - 34300 AGDE
Restaurant set in the Palmyra Golf hotel. The welcoming and refined dining room has a pleasant view of the greens. Traditional food.

L'Adagio - 3 quai du Commandant Meric F - 34300 LE GRAU D'AGDE
Modern cuisine in a light dining room, with pretty, wrought-iron furniture. The coming and going of boats on the Hérault will entertain you while you eat.

Sports & Activities Sete

Golf Cap d'Agde

Ronald Fream, one of the world’s top golf course designers, created this inventive 18 hole course (par 72, 6279 metres), set in colour-splashed scrubland on the Mediterranean coast. You’re not likely to forget the tricky greens, carefully protected by bunkers, or the fabulous setting.
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Sete Weather & Climate

Due to its situation in the Mediterranean, Sète offers one of the best and sunniest climates of the whole of France - there are more than 300 days of sunshine per year! Sète and its region are attractive year round.

 Walk down the Saint Louis Pier (Mole Saint Louis - originally constructed by Riquet to protect the entrance of the port) - look at the fishing boats and yachts vie for space. Here you will see some fo the fastest sailboats in the world as it is here that the French train for the America's Cup. Look up at the slim lighthouse that was rebuilt in 1948, after the devastation of the war. It is the last light house in France equipped with a fresnel lens from rock crystal.

Perhaps take a bite in one of the wonderful restaurants on the canal before climbing up Mont Saint-Clair (183m), where you will have a wonderful view of the village, the port, the Bassin de Thau, the Cevennes, the Pyrennees. Visit the Chapelle Notre Dame de la Salette. Converted from the remnants of an old fort built by the Duke of Montmorency and dismantled by Richeleu in 1632, this church originally served some hermits who prayed for the souls of the fishermen, as well as when necessary lighting fires to warn of pirates. It was not until 1897 that the canon Gaffino de Saint Louis restored the chapelle de la Salette and became minister there. Look around to see the decorations of scenes of Sètois life.

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