Gard and its rich patrimony

Green forests of the cevennes, sunny beaches of the mediterranean, wild and odorous vegetation of the scrubland, one of the cradles of roman civilization in europe… the gard accomodates you!

Pont du gard  Vers Pont du Gard city which preserves exceptional ancient vestiges of the Gallo-Roman time which count among most remarkable of the world Romain.Le name even of the village seems directly inherited antiquity and in particular the prestigious monument which curves on its ground: the Pont du Gard. The stone of the Pont du Gard was exploited in antiquity, but all the ancient careers were not found because they continued to be exploited at the medieval and modern times.

Gorges du gardon  The throats of Gardon are much less known than those of Ardeche for example, but their charm is quite particular. It would be a serious error to forget them… The throats start on the level of the village of Dions, the river then forms two immense loops with height of Russan then file in a narrow canyon until Collias then with the bridge of Gard where Gardon leaves the throats. The fauna and the flora of this natural space are particularly rich. A multitude of flowers, many animals whose beavers and eagles of Bonelli elected residence in the throats.

Uzes  The ramparts of the city demolished into 1765 left room to the circular boulevards which today run under the shades of the plane trees. The barri, rare vestige of the old enclosure, leads to a paved small square dominated by the Church St Etienne devoted in 1775.

Anduze  Since highest antiquity, the site of Anduze was occupied by many civilizations. Prehistory, it remains to us megalithic tombs (that of Large Pallière for example), menhirs and more rarely of the rocks with cups (drawings carved in the stone). The rock, to the side of which the city was built, carries at its top Gallic Oppidum and Roman Castrum. The bamboo plantation D anduze. This field of a surface of 34 hectares, located at 11 km in the south-west of Alès and at 2 km in the north of Anduze, corresponds geographically to a basin whose bottom consists of modern alluvia of the quaternary one. Profiting from the Mediterranean climate, this environment receives on average 1100 mm of water per annum, but the mode of water can be irregular, torrential storms or dryness.

Grotte des demoiselles  Imposing and Fairy-like! its dimensions (52 m in height, 120 m length, 80 m broad), the richness and the variety of concretions of the large room incontestably make of it the “Cathedral of the Abysses”. Its underground funicular makes it possible the greatest number to be able to reach easily in the middle same of this splendid monument natural to see absolutely.

Cirque de navacelles  All at the bottom of the circus, the small village of Navacelles a such oasis of greenery occupies the old meander of the Screw. It is possible to find there rooms of hosts in the event of prolonged stay. A cascade is accessible upstream by a small Romance bridge a few tens of meters. It should be noted that the GR7 crosses the hamlet.

Alès  To the doors of Alès, old Road of Anduze, this botanical park offers a splendid shaded space with many species of plants, a greenhouse a mini golf and an adventure playground arranged for the children.