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Uzès and the Pont du Gard
4 days · 8 things to do
Best time to go: May to June, and September to October
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Welcome
Uzès and the Pont du Gard, in a few days
Uzès is a small town of pale stone: a ducal castle still lived in by the same family, a round tower pierced with windows, and an arcaded square where the Saturday market overflows with truffles, olives and goat's cheese. Just below the town rises the spring that supplied Nîmes via the Pont du Gard, twenty minutes' drive away.
- Day by day
- D1 Day 1 2 things
- D2 Day 2 2 things
- D3 Day 3 2 things
- D4 Day 4 2 things
- Worth sorting before you go
- Words that help
- The practical page
- Packing checklist
The trip
Day by day
Map of the sights (numbers follow the suggested order). It prints with the base map.
D1
Day 1
2 things to do · at your own pace
- Morning · The Duchy of Uzès · about 1 hThe ducal castle at the heart of town, still home to the Crussol d'Uzès family; a duchy since 1565 and France's oldest surviving ducal peerage.
- Afternoon · Place aux Herbes and the Saturday market free · about 1 hA plane-shaded arcaded square whose Saturday morning market spills into nearby lanes: goat's cheese, olives, Cévennes charcuterie and, in winter, black truffles.
🛏️ Where to sleep · Hostellerie Provençale€130 a night
D2
Day 2
2 things to do · at your own pace
- Morning · Tour Fenestrelle free · about 30 minA 42-metre round bell tower with paired windows, the only part of the Romanesque cathedral left after 1621, beside the rebuilt Saint-Théodorit cathedral.
- Afternoon · The Eure valley free · about 1 h 30A path leads down a cool valley below town to the Fontaine d'Eure, the springs the Romans tapped in the 1st century to supply Nîmes.
🛏️ Where to sleep · Hostellerie Provençale€130 a night
D3
Day 3
2 things to do · at your own pace
- Morning · Haribo Sweet Museum · about 1 hOn the southern edge of Uzès, working machines, old advertising posters and a 360-degree screening room show how sweets from jellies to liquorice are made.
- Afternoon · Pont du Gard free · 2 to 3 hA three-tier Roman aqueduct bridge from the 1st century, 48.77 metres above the Gardon, built largely without mortar and UNESCO-listed since 1985.
🛏️ Where to sleep · Hostellerie Provençale€130 a night
D4
Day 4
2 things to do · at your own pace
- Morning · Lussan free · about 1 hA village on a rocky outcrop above the garrigue, twenty kilometres north of Uzès, with cobbled lanes and a 15th-century castle housing the town hall.
- Afternoon · Concluses de Lussan free · about 1 hNarrow limestone gorges cut by the Aiguillon, usually dry in summer, with giant potholes and the Portail, where the cliffs almost close overhead.
🛏️ Where to sleep · Hostellerie Provençale€130 a night
Before you go
Worth sorting before you go
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Good to know
Flavours & local habits
🍽️ Worth tasting
- Baguette: the daily bread, bought fresh from the boulangerie. Ask for a "tradition", made with nothing but flour, water, salt and yeast.
- Croissant and pain au chocolat: breakfast pastries, best in the morning while still warm.
- The cheese course: served after the main dish and before dessert, from Comté to Camembert.
- Steak frites: the bistro standard. Order it "saignant" for rare or "à point" for medium.
- Galettes and crêpes: savoury buckwheat pancakes from Brittany filled with ham, egg and cheese, then sweet ones for pudding.
- House wine: ordered by the carafe or the "pichet" at lunch, and often better value than a bottle.
⚠️ Best avoided
- Say "bonjour" when you walk into a shop, a bakery or a café, and "au revoir" as you leave. Skipping it comes across as rude.
- Lunch runs from about noon to 2pm and dinner starts around 7.30pm. In between, most restaurant kitchens are closed.
- Most shops close on Sunday, and many small towns shut on Monday too. Bakeries and markets open on Sunday morning.
- Do not pay for bottled water at the table: ask for "une carafe d'eau", tap water that is served free with a meal.
- Around the big Paris sights, walk past anyone with a petition or a friendship bracelet. They are there to distract you while someone else takes your wallet.
Getting by
Words that help
English ↔ French
| English | French |
|---|---|
| Hello | Bonjour |
| Thank you | Merci |
| Please | S'il vous plaît |
| Yes | Oui |
| No | Non |
| Excuse me | Excusez-moi |
| Goodbye | Au revoir |
| Do you speak English? | Parlez-vous anglais ? |
| I don't understand | Je ne comprends pas |
| How much is it? | Combien ça coûte ? |
| Where are the toilets? | Où sont les toilettes ? |
| The bill, please | L'addition, s'il vous plaît |
| Help! | Au secours ! |
| Cheers! | Santé ! |
The essentials
The practical page
CurrencyEuro (EUR, €)
BudgetAbout €110 a day, mid-range
Best seasonMay to June, and September to October
PlugC/E · 230V
Tap waterSafe to drink
TippingService is included by law, round up
Emergency112
EntrySchengen area: an ID card or passport for EU citizens, 90 days visa-free for UK, US, Canadian and Australian passports.
HealthNo specific vaccination needed. Check that tetanus, diphtheria, polio and MMR are up to date.
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Don't forget
Packing checklist
Have a good trip.
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