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The Best of Roman Provence
Roman Provence - history & gastronomy

  • self-guided hotel-to-hotel walking, luggage transported
  • high-quality hotels, all with a pool
  • exceptional cuisine, including two Michelin-starred restaurants
  • relaxed walking
  • visit the Pont du Gard

The limestone hills north of the Camargue form the final fold of the Massif Central. At the western fringe of Provence, these secret, sun-scorched hills conceal tiny stone villages and the ancient duchy of Uzès. Cutting a deep, wooded gorge through the scented hills, the River Gardon slips between the graceful arches of the mighty Pont du Gard, one of the region’s Roman masterpieces. This relaxed walk, perhaps the most comfortable and gastronomic of all our short walking breaks, follows attractive paths through these most Mediterranean of landscapes, where the air is perfumed with the scent of herbs, and buzzards and falcons soar overhead. To discover this secret region on foot is a delight, all the more so when you stay in high-quality hotels offering some outstanding cuisine (two boast a well-deserved Michelin star).
For me, this holiday has it all: hotels of character, scenic walking, a bit of history in the form of the Pont du Gard and handsome Uzès, and, best of all, fantastic food. I can still remember the heavenly fish dish and the tulipe au chocolat at the Hostellerie le Castellas.
     
Beth Hancock, Marketing Team
The Pont du Gard is just part of the 50-kilometre-long aqueduct which in Roman times carried water from the source of the River Eure, near Uzès, to Nîmes. It is arguably the most impressive section, a testimony to the Romans' enormous engineering expertise, and is the largest surviving section of the aqueduct. As such, it has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Necessary to carry the aqueduct across the Gardon, the bridge was built by the son-in-law of Emperor Augustus and is 273 metres long and 48 metres high, with 3 tiers of arches. The first level carried traffic, and was added to in 1743 to accommodate carriages, while the top level carried the water. The aqueduct took over a century to build, and was finally completed in the first part of the 1st century AD.
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