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Pont du Gard
A Roman aqueduct bridge of three tiers of arches, nearly 50 meters high, across a green river gorge.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Paid; the ticket covers parking and the museum
- Time Needed
- Half a day
- Address
- 400 Route du Pont du Gard, 30210 Vers-Pont-du-GardDirections
- Getting There
- About 30 minutes by car west of Avignon, or by bus from Avignon or Nîmes.
Why Go
Built in the 1st century AD, it carried water about 31 miles to the Roman city of Nîmes on a slope so gentle that the whole channel drops only about 12 meters. A museum explains how it was built, and in summer people swim and picnic on the rocks of the Gardon below the arches.
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