Saturday, April 16 was our last day in Montpellier. The other two days we had here we left town, so today was our day to explore here. We discovered an aqueduct built in the mid-1700’s but modeled after the Roman aqueduct at Pont du Gard. This morning there was a street market taking place under the aqueduct, so of course I had to check it out. I’m a sucker for street markets.

We went to some other areas to see some things, then returned to our hotel to get ready for departure in the morning. At 3:00 we had a walking tour that lasted 2.5 hours. We learned about Montpellier’s history and we were able to go into the medieval Mikve, the Jewish bath built in the 12th century designed for the rite of purification. We were also allowed to go to the Arc de Triomphe. The views were incredible.

We enjoyed our time in Montpellier, but I’m very excited about where we will end up tomorrow.