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Two Thousand Years
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of Bridges
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This tour begins at the 2,000-year-old Pont du Gard, the
highest bridge ever built by the Romans, and ends
beyond the amazing new viaduct spanning the Tarn
Gorge at Millau. It includes the ancient Roman city of
Nîmes and the exquisite town of Uzès. Between the two Balsiéges
St-Étienne-
bridges lies magnificent scenery, the wild uplands and du-Valdonnez
shady chestnut forests of the Cévennes and the deep
Col de Montmirat
canyons of the Gorges du Tarn. The culinary journey LOZÈRE
La Capelle Ispagnac
ranges from the wine and olives of the Mediterranean
to the earthy cuisine of the mountains. ST-ÉNIMIE Tarn Cocures Le Pont-de-
Montvert
GORGES
G o rge s du Tar n 1,151 m Cassagnas
La Malène d’Alluech DU TARN FLORAC
Puech
C a u s s e M é j e a n Les Vanels
Les Vignes Col du Rey
Pa r c
Le Pompidou
National
Peyreleau Meyrueis des
C au s se Noi r Cév ennes DES CÉVENNES
Maubert CORNICHE
Aguessac Lanuéjols Col de
Prat-Peiro Mont Aigoual
MONTPELLIER 1566 m
MILLAU LE VIEUX L'Espérou
Col de
Creissels Valleraugue l'Asclier
Cantobre Col du
VIADUC DE MILLAU Minier
Nant St-Jean- Pont-
du-Bruel d'Hérault
Le Vigan
La Cavalerie Sauclières Montagne
de la Fage
931 m
Alzon
Ganges
Above Rock formations in Montpellier le Vieux, AVEYRON C a u s s e d u L a r z a c Montdardier
see p220 Top right Town of Millau, see p220 LA COURVERTOIRADE
Below right Pont du Gard, the Roman bridge Vis Gorniès St-Bauzille-
that has survived two millennia, see p216 Cornus La Pezade Madières de-Putois
Montagne de St-Martin-
Le
la Seranne
Caylar
Pic
St-Pierre- Hérault de-Londres St-Loup
ACTIVITIES de-la-Fage 658 m
Lodève St-Guilhem-
Canoe in the Gardon river below the Pont du Gard le-Désert HÉRAUL T
Taste the finest wines of the Costières vineyards in Aniane
Nîmes
Gignac
Explore the bamboo garden at La Bambouseraie de
Prafrance St-Paul-et-Valmalle
Investigate the history of silk-making in Cournonterral
St-Jean-du-Gard
KEY
Swap the car for a donkey on the Robert Louis
Stevenson trail Drive route
Try river rafting in the Gorges du Tarn
Enjoy canyoning from St-Énimie in the Gorges du Tarn