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Social Events

Two social events specially organised for the congress:

Historical centre

Centre historique1
Enjoy the visit in English!

Relive the prodigious rise and the exceptional destiny that Montpellier has realized through the centuries.

 Triumphal arch, mansion courtyard, will illustrate a 1000 years journey through the narrow streets of the historical centre. A clever mixture, nicely shaken by our guides, to give you a taste of the characteristic atmosphere found at the heart of Montpellier.

Centre historique2

INFORMATION

– Our visits start at the Tourist Office, place de la Comédie. Appointment: 10 minutes before departure.

– Rate: free for children under 12 years, professional guides and people who have bought the Montpellier City Card.

– Reduced rate (7 euros/person): for children 12 to 18 years, students, persons over 60 years, unemployed and disabled card holders.


WARNING
!: for reduced rate you have to show your card.

– Regular price (9 euros/person)

– Refund (with your booking reference) at the latest 7 days before the departure of the visit.

– Cancellation rights reserved (minimum 15 persons).

– Tour limited to 30 people.

DATE

Two visits are organized for the congress: Wednesday 22nd of April from 3:00 to 5:00 pm and Thursday 23rd of April from 3:00 to 5:00 pm

 

Faculty of Medecine and Conservatory of Anatomy

  Facultés médecine1
Enjoy the visit in English!

An exclusive tour of the western world’s oldest medical school still in use, formerly a medieval monastery then an Episcopal palace and now the present medical school. Your guide will then take you to the heart of an exceptional site: the “conservatory of anatomy” with nearly 5600 objects of inestimable importance.

Duration: 2 hours. The tour is not accessible to disabled people.


INFORMATION
Facultés médecine2

– Our visits start at the Tourist Office, place de la Comédie. Appointment: 10 minutes before departure. Forbidden to children under 12 years old and pregnant women.

– Rate: free for professional guides and people who have bought the Montpellier City Card.

– Reduced rate (10 euros/person): for children 12 to 18 years, students, persons over 60 years, unemployed and disabled card holders.

 

WARNING!: for reduced rate you have to show your card.

– Regular price (12 euros/person)

– Refund (with your booking reference) at the latest 7 days before the departure of the visit.

– Cancellation rights reserved (minimum 15 persons).

– Tour limited to 20 people.

DATE

Two visits are organized for the congress: Wednesday 22nd of April from 3:00 to 5:00 pm and Thursday 23rd of April from 3:00 to 5:00 pm

Reservation and Payment

If you want to attend one or both of these special events and make a reservation, please contact the tourism office of Montpellier:

       by email at: contact@ot-montpellier.fr

Please mention in your email that:

  • “[You] are part of the congress IEEE NER”;
  • “[You] want to attend the Historical Tour on Day (specify 22nd or 23rd) of April 2015 at 15:00 and/or the Faculty of Medecine-Museum of Anatomy Tour on Day (specify 22nd or 23rd) of April 2015 at 15:00”;
  • “We’ll be number (specify) people, number (specify) – regular price and number (specify) – reduced rate” or “I’ll be alone, regular price / reduced rate”;
  • “The Office of Tourism can call me back on the [country code + phone number].”

       or by phone at: +33(0)4-67-60-60-60.

Payment will be made only with the numbers of a credit card by phone (not by email).


Others social activities from the Tourism office of Montpellier:
Many others activities are proposed by the tourism office of Montpellier. Please visit their website and follow the links below to have any idea of the possibilities:

http://www.ot-montpellier.fr/en/

http://www.ot-montpellier.fr/en/guided-tours

http://www.ot-montpellier.fr/en/discovery-trip

http://www.ot-montpellier.fr/en/activities-ticket-booth

Important: if you want to attend any of these activities, please make directly a reservation of the website independently from the procedure mentioned above for the two social events specially organized from the congress.

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