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Type:
Sightseeing
Price from:
90 EUR /person
Phone:
+33 (0) 610 567 303
Fax:
+33 (0) 970 620 135
Payment Types:
  • No Cash
  • No Credit Card
  • No Cheque
  • No Travellers cheque
  • No Paypal
  • No Wire Transfer
Duration:
1 hour
Location Start:
Your Hotel
Location Finish:
your Hotel
Start time:
09.00 am
End time:
06.30 pm
We Speak:
English
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Last updated: 01/14/2010

Roman Monuments in Provence are very well preserved.
All the most impresive roman monuments in one day, Pont du Gard, Nimes and arenas, and Antique theatre in Orange.
Wine tasting on the way back.

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Itinerary

Day 1

Nîmes

Considered as the french rome, Nîmes has a rich history, dating back to the Roman Empire.

The elliptical Roman amphitheatre, of the 1st or 2nd century AD, is the best-preserved Roman arena in France. It was filled with medieval housing, when its walls served as ramparts, but they were cleared under Napoleon.

It is still used today as a bull fighting and concert arena.
The Pont du Gard

The nearby Pont du Gard, 20 miles from Nîmes, also built by Agrippa, is a well-preserved aqueduct that used to carry water across the small Gardon river valley.

It was long thought that the Pont du Gard was built around the year 19 BC. Newer excavations, however, suggest the construction took place in the middle of the first century A.D. Its construction is attributed to Augustus’ son-in-law and aide, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa. Designed to carry the water across the small Gardon river valley, it was part of a nearly 50 km (31 mi) aqueduct that brought water from springs near Uzès to the Roman city of Nemausus (Nîmes)
Orange

Roman Orange was founded in 35 BC by veterans of the Second Gallica Roman legion. The town is renowned for its Roman architecture ; it possesses the best preserved Roman theatre in Europe, as well as a particularly fine triumphal arch, both built during the reign of Augustus. The arch, theatre and surroundings were listed in 1981 by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

Extra Information

Inclusions -
wine tasting
Exclusions -
lunch
Extras -
On the way back, we'll finish the tour in Châteauneuf du Pape.
I can take to a wine tasting in a famous winery to discover the thirteen grapes wine.

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