Creme de Languedoc

Languedoc is the Wild West to Provence's Exploited East. It's more unspoilt, with some of the world's most stunning countryside. Ignored by Paris until recently, it avoided the scars of 70's and 80's industrial and residential build-up. As a result, it lacks Provence's high prices and over-development. With the help of the new breed of Languedoc-only property websites, such as creme-de-languedoc.com, Languedoc still holds the possibility of finding rough-diamond properties at rock-bottom prices.

And once you've found that charming farmhouse, you can enjoy the region's many other advantages - larger, better beaches, the gorgeous Canal du Midi, more interesting history (thanks to the Cathars), superb wines (from the world's largest wine-producing region) and southern France's most beautiful and fastest-growing city, Montpellier. With the new Millau Bridge, A75 motorway, new TGV lines, and ever-more low-cost flights to six local airports, Languedoc is also now better-connected than Provence.

Provence has happened, whereas Languedoc is happening, and you can feel the buzz everywhere – from the chic cafes of Collioure to the new steel and glass galleries of Nîmes.

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