In the department of Hérault, discover the charm of a genuine village of fishermen with narrow and typically Mediterranean lanes.

The importance of its lagoon heritage made of it a place of refuge for thousands pink flamingos and others web-footed birds.

In 1743, the building of the redoubt of Ballestra - watchtower which sheltered a company of customs officers - allowed the creating of the village named Palavas-les-Flots

Some fishermen's families settled down, the bird of swamps which name is "Palus Avis" gives its name to this municipality.

From 1872, the small train due to the famous funny cartoonist "Albert Dubout" will give the opportunity to the inhabitants of the city of Montpellier to get a place which, in 1924, will be listed "seaside and climatic resor". Today in the Redoubt of Ballestra completely rebuilt on an island, there is the humorous museum Albert Dubout . Caricatures to be scrutinized in all details triggering unforgettable bursts of laughter.

When you will find yourself standing between sea and ponds you will dream and hang about, without forgetting to stop in front of the pediment of "Villa Bianca" "to read this" : Happy those who can have stopped a long time at these edges, and who saw them again, if they could leave them".

Palavas-les-Flots will give you an authentic and warm greeting also with its hotels and restaurants which, the whole year long, lives in a steady rhythm of the old village.

Credit text UDOTSI : Plaque "the unusual Hérault"