Location: Gard < Languedoc-Roussillon < France
Nearest Train:
Alès at 30
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Nearest Motorway:
Bollène at 50
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Nearest Beach:
beach at 2.0
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Car: necessary
Barjac enjoys a privileged geographic situation. It is the starting point of many tourist routes : the Cèze valley, the Ardèche’s nature reserve, the Cévennes National park. Locally, visitors keen on history will find a wide range of sites going from the Prehistory to the Renaissance age.
Festivals: Festival Blues à Bagnols sur Cèze, theatre Festival in Avignon, Classical music concerts in the roman arenas of Orange and Nîmes. Museums: Grotte Chauvet (cave), Aven d'Orgnac, Alès (mines), Anduze: bamboo forest (a dream in summer when it is hot). Uzès: First Dutchy of France, Pont du Gard (Gard Bridge: Top Five tourist attraction in France, over 1.4 Mio visitors in 2006, UNESCO World Heritage Site, aqueduct constructed by the Roman Empire), Avignon and its Palais des Papes, Nîmes and its Arenas, Camargues with its beaches, wild horses and bulls.
Wine tasting in the whole region. Tavel and its famous Rosé Wine, Château-Neuf-du-Pape and its delicious Red Wine. Many sport activities.