Our expert guide to the Languedoc

Or travel by train from London to Montpellier via Paris, which takes about seven hours (returns from £120; voyages-sncf.com). Pure France has a good selection of holiday villas (purefrance.com) and Creme-de-languedoc.com offers the fullest English-language coverage of the region. For a regional … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours