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The small city Anduze holds for the gate to the Cevennes mountains. There you might take for a jovial stroll, have a Café au lait in one of the many pavement cafes, and have a snack lunch. A farmer's market takes place every Thursday. In the busy season there are additional markets like a weekly arts and flea market and a Marché Nocturne (night market).
The world-famous Pont du Gard is listed as UNESCO cultural heritage and ist probably one of the best-conserved Roman constuctions. This aqueduct, 400 yard long, was part of an impressing Roman water pipe that supplied the capital of Nîmes with water of the Cevennes.
Nîmes, the ancient Roman capital, is some 25 miles to the east. Buildings like the Arènes (amphitheatre) where nowadays three bullfight festivals take place every year (in spring, pentecost, and in autumn) that turn the city into a giant party place, the Maison Carré (square house), or the Tour Magne (great tower) testify of this era. The Arènes is one of the best-conserved amphitheatres of the intire Roman empire. The Tour Magne is what remains of the one-time city wall and is located at the summit of Nîmes. Enjoy the extraordinary view from here! These days, Nîmes is the capital of the Gard departmentand has some 120 000 inhabitants. The city offers excellent shopping facilities.
Along the beaches of the Mediterranean sea are located some fine cities, where everybody will find something she/he likes: from highly frequented tourist centres to rather quiet places such as the fishing village of Le Grau du Roi, which is just perfect to combine swimming with a relaxed city stroll or dining-out.
The Camargue, a steppe-like region famous for its bull and horse breeding but also for its bird's life, is located to the South-east. Your kids will just love ist to be carried around on a white horse through the shrub landscape! The Camargue is also famous for the little beach town St. Maries de la Mer, where an impressive gipsy pilgrimage finishes each year. According to the belief of this people, the holy Mary once rose at this place from the sea.
Susan and Peter Staeck, 129, Rue de l'ancien Relais, F-30610 Villesèque