10 Best Things to Do After Dinner in Montpellier

The Montpellier By Night tour is a free guided tour that allows you to see the city and all its charm in a very unique way: from a bicycle. The tour takes approximately 2 hours and runs through the city centre beginning at Antigone, travelling through Place de la Comédie and ending at Peyrou Gardens. A professional guide will educate you about the neighbourhoods and historic sites you'll pass through. You'll get safety gear and a bicycle so there's no need to bring your own.

This is a wonderful way to start a stay in Montpellier, as you will explore 3 of the city's most popular destinations. On the way, you can decide which to explore further on your travels.

Le Quartier Antigone is a historic neighbourhood filled with walkable public squares, historic buildings, and lots of shopping, dining and relaxation opportunities that comes alive at night. The district is filled with neoclassical buildings, many designed by famed Catalan architect Ricardo Bofill. It's just a 5-minute walk east of the historic city centre. Here you can explore water features, fountains, wide avenues and reclaimed army barracks.

At night, a crowd of young people descends here for the wealth of restaurants, cafes and cocktail lounges that pepper the area. Notable sites to explore in this region include the Hôtel de Région, the Place du Nombre d'Or and the Olympic Swimming Pool, among others.

Microbrasserie La Barbote is a local microbrew pub with fantastic beers, good food, good fellowship and a lively, casual vibe for a down-to-earth nightlife experience. This microbrewery and pub has a wide range of beers on draught, specialising in ales and lagers with bright, creamy flavours that rotate on a regular basis. Just a few of their highlight brews include Machine Pumpkin spiced ale, Walking Hops IPA, Collection Saison Francaise and Major Tom Double Rye IPA.

Menu options include everything from nachos and poutine to tapas, burgers and a variety of dessert offerings. It's just a good spot to raise a glass with friends and sample a local brew.

L'Opéra Comedie is a historic landmark opera house in a namesake public square showcasing performances from the region's most prestigious opera company. Located in the Place de la Comédie in the city centre, this opera house was constructed in 1755 by famous architect Jacques Philippe Mareschal. It survived the French Revolution, fire and natural disasters before being completely destroyed in 1881. It was then rebuilt from the ground up. The current building was erected and dedicated in 1888.

The theatre is a superb building in the Italian style and among the largest of its kind in France. Here you can catch traditional opera and live concerts in an elegant, upscale and historic building that will take your breath away.

Le Corum is among the largest entertainment venues in Montpellier, offering live concerts, opera performances, art installations, casual leisure activities and fun for all. Also called the Opéra Berlioz, this venue was built in 1990 and is a towering structure of metal and pink granite with anti-vibration springs and a moving wooden roof.

It can fit an orchestra of up to 80 musicians, and every year it hosts up to 12 major events including dramatic stage presentations, elegant concerts from the biggest names across the globe, orchestral performances and others. Parking is available onsite, but for many it won't be necessary, as it's located in the heart of the Montpellier city centre.

Le Rockstore is one of the most popular and vibrant rock clubs in Montpellier where you'll enjoy great drinks, live and recorded music, fellowship and a lively atmosphere. This 1,000-seat club has seen such notable acts pass through its doors as Blue Öyster Cult, Lenny Kravitz, PJ Harvey, The Killers and Chris Isaak. It's famed for the giant Cadillac that's suspended above its front door. It also hosts clubbing evenings with famed DJs spinning the latest dance hits.

The building is a designated historic landmark in the city centre. While it opened in its current form in 1986, it has served as a church, a convent, a printing house and a cinema, among other things.

Le Fizz is a wildly popular cocktail bar among the young student crowd, hosting themed party nights, ladies' nights, a hip and vibrant atmosphere and fantastic craft cocktails. The bar covers 2 floors with tons of space to dance and party, and the regular DJs spin some of the most popular EDM and popular music tunes. Theme nights here include regular 80s nights where you can dress in your most flamboyant neon and get down to old-school new wave hits. On Tuesdays, the club hosts ladies' nights where all the women get a free drink.

This club has been doing its thing for 2 decades, allowing you to party until dawn. It's located in the heart of Montpellier.

The Shakespeare is a traditional British pub that offers a slice of home in a historic 14th-century building with trivia, a solid beer list and great craft cocktails. The charm of the historic building has been well-maintained with its dark wood panels, oak bar and wooden tables and furnishings with high tables and bar stools. It draws a diverse crowd of older, more reserved patrons and younger, vibrant drinkers who enjoy the atmosphere and the well-mixed cocktails. At happy hour you can get some great deals, too.

The pub is in the city centre and the beers are authentic English brews from Bedfordshire. You'll enjoy live music, good beer and classic pub eats into the early hours.

Le Panama Café is the place to go if you want to dance the night away to every variety of Latin music while enjoying delicious craft cocktails. The club holds a daily happy hour between 6 and 11 pm, so you've got plenty of time to enjoy well-crafted drinks along with great music. The club also offers an outdoor terrace with a classic cocktail lounge vibe and a smoking room. A VIP lounge offers an upscale, luxurious experience where you're pampered with extra perks.

When it comes to dancing, you can choose from 2 dance halls to find just the vibe you want. Le Panama Café is located in the heart of the Montpellier city centre.

The Dune Club is one of the largest nightclubs in the South of France and has been a destination among the local nightlife scene for over 2 decades. This club has been a destination for the local night owl party crowd since it opened. It's located right on the beach in La Grande-Motte, about 35 minutes southeast of the city centre.

It's a spot to dress in your finest clubbing gear and jam to the beats spun by some of the biggest-name international DJs like Martin Solveig, Eric Prydz, Armand Van Helden, Justice, Agoria and many others. If you're looking to catch a world-famous DJ spinning fantastic EDM music, this is a spot not to be missed.