Discover tourist sites in the gard department

Visit historical cities in the gard department.

Visit remoulins   Crossing point between Languedoc and the valley of the Rhone, Remoulins is a crossroads located at the crossings of the valley of Gardon and axis Nimes Avignon. In 736 Charles Martel marks his victory over Sarrazins and the city will be strengthened (ramparts, turn of duty) with the XII ème century. The terrible wars of religion between Protestants and Catholics with the XVI ème and XVII ème century will leave the city in a state of ruins. It is with the XIX ème century that the life of the village is organized throughout the current principal avenue. Remoulins is marked by an industrial activity, a developed craft industry and a diversified agriculture (wines, fruit and vegetables…). To see: Vestiges of the Romain Aqueduct, Vault St Martin, Our lady of Bethlehem XII ème (bell-tower with comb, remarkable), Keep XII ème, Carry strengthened XII ème, Turn of Escaravats XII ème (vestiges of machicoulis), Castle of Rabasse XVII ème, old strong castle, Vestiges of the suspension bridge and the small industry of the XIX ème century, Church St Martin Notre Dame (Left instrumental the organ) Plain of orchards of Vigière, With not missing: Visit medieval village, The weekly market of Friday morning, Excursion of the route Aqueduct, Starting point of PR and GR. (small excursions and great excursions), Festivals of tradition taurines in the arenas and the village.

Discover aramon  Located over right bank of the Rhone, halfway of Avignon and Beaucaire, the village of Vinestock is spread out in amphitheatre with the foot of its castle built over a rocky outcrop. From time immemorial offering a sure shelter to the navigators. Its harbour activity as of the Roman time, reached its apogee at the XVIIème century. Oil, wines, salt, cereals started from Vinestock towards whole France. Nowadays, rural village specific to the years 1960 with its many workshops of basket making, Aramon makes new great strides thanks to the factory constructions and work of the National Company of the Rhone to create the dam Vallabrègues downstream. It knew to preserve its agricultural vocation: fruit-bearing arboriculture, culture of the vine and the olive-tree and to embellish its built inheritance whose the many residences testify to XVème at the XVIIIème century. To see: Footpath GR. 42 A (Saze with Théziers, Montfrin, Comps by Vinestock and Large Palun) and its capitelles, at the beginning of Vinestock. Walk on the old quays of the Rhone, Discovered small island of Alfred in the natural surface of the lône (10 hectares), The weekly market of Wednesday morning. With not missing: The old center: the church Saint Pancrace (XIIèm - XVIIèm S.) Roman funerary Steles of Ier century inside and outside. The private mansions XV with XVIIIème: FORTON - JOSSAUD - POSQUIERES - LAUDUN - ST JEAN - CHOISITY The castle having belonged to Diane of Poitiers, Lord of Vinestock, with XVèm S. and its park of 7 hectares (only accompanied external visit), Traditional Festivals of the Saint Martin on November 11 and the Saint Jean on June 23.

Discover valleraugue mont aigoual  More than thousand meters of uneven the tower of the observatory enters of Aigoual mount which culminates with 1567 meters and the high valley of Herault. Sumptuous panoramas, paths of peaks and forests, cascades, torrents, roe-deers of the moufflons…

Discover vauvert and the little camargue  This at the same time long and broad valley was always the privileged and natural way between the Rhone and the highlands. Its easy access made it possible to the men to profit from the assets which confers to him a generous nature. Then why not to settle there straightforwardly? Thus today, for the greatest happiness of the visitors, the print of the men is superimposed on the dashes of nature. Perched dolmens, menhirs, villages, strong castles but also bridges of stone and bell-towers play hide-and-seek with caves, pits, escarpées rapids bubbling, cliffs, quiet and vast beaches wide sun mouthfuls.

Discover valcezard  In edge of the southernmost valley of the Rhone, at one Avignon time, from Nimes, from the Cevennes or the Camargue, you enter on the territory of Valcèzard. Delimited by the Gorges of Ardeche in north and the Valley of Cèze in the south, 16 communes accomodate you in their villages of character. To the center, the forest solid mass of Valbonne offers many paths marked out to in love with nature and excursions. Between vines, garrigues and lavenders, our soils bathed of sun are as many invitations to divide produced greedy, dawdlings, go cultural, and sporting leisures.

Discover vezenobres  Because of its situation of crossroads enters the Mediterranean, the valley of the Rhone and the Cevennes, the area of Vézénobres declined the various phases of the southernmost history. On your left the astonishing chimney sarrazine. Five times mainly contributed to the drawing of its landscape, the richness of its inheritance or the assertion of its identity: Protohistoire and Antiquité The Middle Ages - XIe in XVIe century The Reform the War of the camisards Modern Times