Nimes

Situated midway along the Via Domitia linking Italy and modern-day Spain, Nîmes was a prosperous Roman city, and that’s where its attraction lies – the city boasts some of the largest Roman monuments in Europe, and certainly the best-preserved remains you will find anywhere in France.

There are two other important sites – the superbly proportioned Maison Carrée and the Porte d’Auguste gateway – but the real focal point is the 1st-century amphitheatre, Les Arènes. Beyond the numerous archways of its impressive exterior, gladiators fought wild animals and one another while a blood-thirsty crowd of thousands looked on.

To pull yourself back to the present, visit the glass-and-concrete building housing Nîmes’ museum of contemporary art, as stark a contrast as you can imagine to the city’s ancient past.

Explore the city

Notes for a self-guided walking tour included

Notes for a self-guided walking tour included

As you’ll discover as you follow our self-guided walking tour, Nîmes’ three star attractions are all of Roman origin. The first, Les Arènes, is so large that it could seat 20,000 spectators for gladiatorial fights and other events. The second is the Porte d’Auguste, a gateway into this once-walled city that was named after Emperor Augustus, while the third is the Maison Carrée, a colonnaded temple of harmonious proportions sitting in its own square. Just a stone’s throw away is a very different building altogether: the Carré d’Art, an imposing modern building designed by Norman Foster which houses a museum of contemporary art. After strolling through the alleys and squares between this and the cathedral with its sculpted frieze depicting Adam and Eve, head for the Jardin de la Fontaine, where you can wander up the wooded slope, past a series of grottoes, to the Roman Tour Magne, for views that are claimed to stretch as far as the Pic de Canigou in the Pyrenees.

Accommodation

The hotel is ideally located for exploring the city. We provide suggestions for where to eat out in the documentation that we send you prior to your holiday.

Hotel Marquis de la Baume

The centrally located and beautifully decorated Hotel Marquis de la Baume is a charming mix of modernity and tradition, having been converted from a 17th-century town house complete with an amazing stone staircase and a vaulted entrance hall and breakfast room. The very comfortable bedrooms have modern furnishings and are equipped with air conditioning, a hairdryer, satellite television and wi-fi. There is a small bar.

Meal arrangements: breakfast only
Facilities
- Small bar
- Courtyard
- Wifi
- Air conditioning
- Lift

Prices

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Add-on price

Hotel Marquis de la Baume, 2 nights: 01 April 2020 - 31 October 2020

Start any day | End by latest date(s) shown above

Starting	Add on 2 nights	Single supplement
1 Apr - 30 May 2020	£156	£156
31 May - 30 Jul 2020	£184	£180
31 Jul - 30 Sep 2020	£156	£156
1 - 29 Oct 2020	£130	£128

Includes accommodation and meals as described. No travel is included as it is assumed that you are travelling via the city as part of your main Inntravel holiday.

If you are flying via a different airport and would like us to arrange connecting travel, please contact us for a quotation.

Room upgrades & extra nights for first hotel

Room upgrades (£ per person per night)

Hotel Marquis de la Baume, Nîmes
Superior: 01 Apr - 31 Oct 2020	£12

Extra nights (£ per person per night) in a double or single room

Hotel Marquis de la Baume, Nîmes (B&B)	Double room	Single room
01 Apr - 30 May 2020	£68	£134
31 May - 30 Jul 2020	£80	£158
31 Jul - 30 Sep 2020	£68	£134
01 Oct - 31 Oct 2020	£58	£114

Getting to the city centre

This information is for guidance only; no travel is included in our prices and you should pay locally for your chosen option.

For more information about the airport, visit the Nîmes airport website.

Getting between Nimes airport and the city (15km):

Public transport	Approx. duration	Frequency
Bus	15 minutes	after every Ryanair arrival

Other options	Approx. duration	Approx. cost
Taxi	20 minutes	25€

Reviews

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Anon

25 September 2019

This was our first holiday with Inntravel and it won't be our last! The itinerary ran like clockwork; the hotels were lovely, each different but full of character and very comfortable; we enjoyed the walks with the finale being our arrival at the amazing Pont du Gard. We also had perfect weather too, which helped! The Nimes add on was a good way to start our holiday and as we also had an extra day in Collias, we were able to hire a canoe and enjoy a trip under the Pont du Gard before crossing it on foot! Be warned though, if water level of the river is low (as it was for us), you may have to get out and tow/push the canoe at various points – so water shoes would be helpful!

INNTRAVEL NOTE: These customers enjoyed our Nîmes City add-on before our To the Pont du Gard self-guided walking holiday.
Mr B Purkiss

Cambridge

30 March 2017

Highlights:

Walking along the stunning Avenue Feucheres in Nimes, from the rail station towards our hotel.

Seeing the sights and sites of Nimes - an amazing City.

Taking a canoe from Collias to the Pont du Gard was great fun and is definitely the best way to view the Pont.

Going by train (especially via Lille) is very relaxing and civilised - Avignon TGV station is a fascinating collection of concrete, steel, wood & glass

Anon

25 September 2019

This was our first holiday with Inntravel and it won't be our last! The itinerary ran like clockwork; the hotels were lovely, each different but full of character and very comfortable; we enjoyed the walks with the finale being our arrival at the amazing Pont du Gard. We also had perfect weather too, which helped! The Nimes add on was a good way to start our holiday and as we also had an extra day in Collias, we were able to hire a canoe and enjoy a trip under the Pont du Gard before crossing it on foot! Be warned though, if water level of the river is low (as it was for us), you may have to get out and tow/push the canoe at various points – so water shoes would be helpful!

INNTRAVEL NOTE: These customers enjoyed our Nîmes City add-on before our To the Pont du Gard self-guided walking holiday.

Mr B Purkiss

Cambridge

30 March 2017

Highlights:

Walking along the stunning Avenue Feucheres in Nimes, from the rail station towards our hotel.

Seeing the sights and sites of Nimes - an amazing City.

Taking a canoe from Collias to the Pont du Gard was great fun and is definitely the best way to view the Pont.

Going by train (especially via Lille) is very relaxing and civilised - Avignon TGV station is a fascinating collection of concrete, steel, wood & glass

Nîmes City Add-On

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