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Musée Paul Valéry, Cimetière marin
JLBG Says: Photo 1 shows the western part of Sète and the direction to the Paul VALÉRY museum. He is a famous French writer, philosopher and poet. He was born in 1871 in Sète and died in Paris in 1945.On the left, the famous cemetery of the city. It was named « Cimetière Saint Charles...
JLBG Says: Photo 1. Phare Saint Louis (Saint Louis light House) stands at the end of “môle Saint Louis” (Saint Louis breakwater). It was built in 1690.On the left the “Criée aux Poissons”, better seen on the next photo.Photo 2. The “Criée aux Poissons” (fish market) has been built in...
JLBG Says: Water jousts is a tradition in the whole Languedoc. However, the Sète jousts are the most popular. The first joust took place in 1666 to celebrate the foundation of the city and of the harbor.The site of Sète’s Tourist office gives general information about the...
Maison Joseph EUZET, 17 quai Léopold Suquet
JLBG Says: Photos 1 and 2. At 17 quai Léopold Suquet (formerly quai Noël Guignon) stand a house with carved grapes hanging everywhere in the front. It was the house of Joseph, Baptiste EUZET (1860-1945) a wealthy wine broker.Photos 3 and 4 allow to view better the mosaic between level...
23, 24, 25 and 27 Quai Noël Guignon
JLBG Says: Photo 1. At 23 quai Noël Guignon stands a1910-1920 neo-classical building. I have not got any information about it.Photo 2. Next door, at 24 an 25 quai Noël Guignon stand two houses that looks a bit older (1880-1890). No information about them neither.Photo 3. At 27 quai...
JLBG Says: 11 quai Noël Guignon stand another amazing house. It obviously has been built later than the previous ones as it is in Art Nouveau style. Moreover, on top, a medallion bears : « ANNO 1910 »Photo 1. The bottom of the building is not that impressive and it is difficult to look...
Monoprix, 7 quai de la Résistance
JLBG Says: Photo 1. Monoprix building, 7 quai de la Résistance seems to have been built at the turn of the century. Until 2004, it was named Prisunic, which means exactly the same : one price !I have found that Georges WYBO (1880-1943), a French architect, designed after 1931 more than...
1 Review and 70 Opinions I've cut and pasted hotel info as I don't know how to do a link. It cost my friend and I sharing a...
Le Jasmin: Vietnamian cooking for a change!
JLBG Says: Though I had to list it here under "Chinese restaurant", Le Jasmin is not a Chinese restaurant but a Vietnamian restaurant, which is fairly different. They have an excellent cooking. The customers are mostly locals and you have better book in advance as it is often packed....
La Calanque: Don't Miss The Fresh Seafood!
JLBG Says: DSC00491.jpgMacaronade de cigalesA dish with small locust lobster cooked in a tomato sauce seasoned with garlic, thyme, sage, etc, and served with spaghettis.DSC00492.jpgMoules à la crèmeMussels cooked with cream.
Le Jacaré: Don't Miss The Fresh Seafood!
JLBG Says: Photo 1. Rouille sétoise. A yummy local dish with squid cooked until smooth in a tomato sauce seasoned with garlic, thyme, sage, etc. A dish not to miss!Photo 2. Plateau de fruits de mer. Sorry, the photo is blurred. Raw mussels and oysters served with cooked (cold)...
JLBG Says: Several companies offer cruises of various length, from one hour to a full day, either in the Bassin de Thau or at sea. Sète Croisière is one of them. We did not try it and I cannot advise it more than any other.However, I have a doubt about boats that offer a sea view...
diosh Says: We took the local train to the ancient city of Agde.It was a dull day,(one of many this trip), so decided to go further afield.The journey took 8 minutes and went all along the edge of the Etang de Thau.Fare was 5 Euros.The area here produces the Listel wine and salt, from...
diosh Says: This is more a 'funny' than a tip!My friend and I were sitting outside this cafe- watching the world go by, whilst having a delicious coffee.The road was closed to traffic, except for certain authorised vehicles.At the end, nearest the cafe, was a large bollard in the middle...
Tielle recipe.courtesy of tourist office info.
diosh Says: The Tielle -Octopus tart Ingredients for 6 people:Filling:1 kg of flour1 teaspoon of yeast.1 kg of octopus250 grams of tomato pasteGarlicParsley1 bay leafPinch of hot pepper.Dough:Make a simple bread dough using water and the flour and yeast.Filling:Cook the octopus in a...
diosh Says: Keep your eyes skinned whilst walking around.The pavements are covered in dog excrement!It's disgusting.We all had one unfortunate incident- that required complete washing of our shoes.Doggy bags are available on most streets and bins to put the muck in-- but neither are...
JLBG Says: The Tourist office of Sète has an excellent site, with a lot of information. Moreover, it is presented in 8 languages: French, Catalan, Spanish, English, German, Dutch and Russian. Most of the time, only large cities have so many languages!
JLBG Says: Loupian is a small village with 1.500 inhabitants, 1.5 km north to Mèze. The outstanding “Villa Gallo-Romaine de Loupian”, though standing on the territory of Loupian is closer to Mèze than to Loupian village. It is actually just outside the city center of Mèze.For more,...
JLBG Says: Mèze is a 10.000 inhabitants city on the Bassin de Thau. It is a very old city, built by the Greeks, Vith BC. The city is mostly dedicated to mussels and oysters growing. It has of course a great many sea food restaurants.For more, visit my Mèze page.
JLBG Says: Montagnac, in Occitan Montanhac, is a 3,500 inhabitants town, 5 km north east to Pézenas with an interesting church. Église Saint André (Saint Andrew church) was built from the XIIth to the XIVth.It has also several mansions such as Hôtel Rey de Vissac, Hôtel de Rat and...
JLBG Says: Pézenas is a small inland town with 8,000 inhabitants, 40 kilometers from Sète, 25 km from Agde. Until the 50s, the coast was unhealthy with a lot of malaria. Important cities were not on the coast but inland. Pézenas was one of them and thus has a long history. It has a...
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Magnificent castle--about an hour's train ride from Sete (on TGV).This is a good trip to make in a day, returning to base at Sete, early evening.The castle was...
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Q: How much does a taxi from the sete train station to meze cost?
A: That should be about 80 eurocent per km. In this case about 20 kms, so 16 euro plus starting rate of about 1.80...
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We stayed in Sete last year for the first time and am I returning this July. It's a 'proper' French town, on the Mediterranean Coast, south of Montpellier.It's traversed by canals which are crossed by...
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A young city, only 350 years old
Sète (Seta in Occitan) is one of the main harbors of the French coast on the Mediterranean. It is the main harbor on the Languedoc coast. It has 43,000 inhabitants. In France, most towns have a long...
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Well we stopped for just a day in Sete. So we walked the main stretch in the harbour surrounded by huge fishing boats and great places to eat. As you might see from my other post`s i love my food when...
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When driving down South to the Mediterranean..
...was always on my itinerary. Beautiful scenes, a marvellous harbor, friendly fishermen to share French bread early in the morning, old cheese and the famous patis liquer after returning with them......
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You'll find the hills of Gardiole not very far from Sete. I remembered this place from our holidays to Spain by train in the early 1980s. Sete would be an important railway station on the way south....
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