Theme afternoons or evenings : user-friendliness and relaxation

- "Now and before in French songs and music" (Brel, Brassens, Montand, Piaf, Aznavour, etc. plus the latest groups and singers) - lyrics provided.
- French video clips evening
cross-cultural evenings: the aim here is to enable foreign students to get together with French people in the context of shared amusement (exchanges, parlour games, role plays, entertainment, discussions and outings)

Tourist excursions

A one-day excursion is planned each week-end. It's a good way to discover the region's architectural heritage and its natural wealth with visits to the Camargue and the back country of the Languedoc, Roussillon, Cevennes and Provence.
Extra visits can be added to the initial route of the excusrion to enable the participants to discover some very interesting typical local places (for example : the place where the famous "Roquefort" cheese is produced, the Muscat wine of Frontignan..etc).
These trips are made by bus with a French guide.
Example of visited sites : Arles, les Saintes Maries de la Mer, les Baux de Provence, Avignon, Sète, Pézenas, Nîmes, Pont du Gard, Marseille,Carcassonne, Narbonne, Perpignan…etc.

The participants can also buy excursions locally directly at ABM. Indicative rates for the excursions: from 20 € to 45 € according to the destination.

The free activities

- guided tour of Montpellier
- welcome drink
- cinema-club: presentation of French films (French original DVD version with French subtitles for a better understanding - followed by debates)

Cultural and leisure activities (for extra charge)

• Students are free to go to the beach which is just 20 minutes away from the centre of Montpellier (possibility to by a bus/tramway pass)
• Montpellier can offer to the participant many different amusements such as : theatre, music and dance festivals, museums and galleries, town centre cinemas, meals in farm inns, restaurants in town.
• Throughout the stay "tailor-made" activities can be proposed, either on the participant's request or at the suggestion of ABM organisers : horse riding in Camargue, tennis, swimming pool, football match between 2 students teams, windsurfing, ice skating rink, boat trips, walking, canoeing, outing on car trekking to discover the Camargue bulls, Camargue-style evenings with gipsy music, outing "treasure hunts" in the city center, unusual and poetic evening to the "Cathedral of the Sea", French cheese and wine parties, introduction into wine tasting, French cooking courses, meeting with a master chef, dance and music evening, karaoke, a look at a Languedoc vineyard, etc.