Nîmes, Uzès & Pont du Gard: Roman & Medieval Half-Day Tour

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Duration5h

GroupUp to 8

LanguagesEN

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The Amphitheatre of Nîmes was built just 20 years after the Colosseum in Rome and is still in use today.

A half-day historical tour of Nîmes, Uzès and Pont du Gard with an English-speaking guide and air-conditioned vehicle. You visit the Maison Carrée and the Amphitheatre of Nîmes—two of the world's best-preserved Roman structures—then walk the medieval streets of Uzès before standing at the UNESCO-listed Pont du Gard, the highest Roman bridge ever built. The five-hour itinerary includes all transport between sites.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Roman and medieval landmarks

Visit garden in French Rome
See La Maison Carrée temple
Tour Amphitheatre of Nîmes
Walk through Uzès old town
Discover Pont du Gard aqueduct

The Experience

You start in Nîmes, the "French Rome," with a walk through a garden before reaching the Maison Carrée, a Roman temple so intact it looks like it could still hold ceremonies. The Amphitheatre of Nîmes comes next—constructed in 70 C.E., just two decades after Rome's Colosseum, and unlike many ancient arenas, this one still hosts events and performances. Both stand as proof that Roman engineering in this corner of Provence matched anything built in the capital itself.

From there the tour moves to Uzès, France's first duchy, where the old town is built around medieval architecture and narrow streets designed for walking. The shift from Roman grandeur to medieval charm happens in the same afternoon, and the guide points out how the two periods shaped the landscape differently. This is not a rushed stop—there is time to move through the town and absorb the shift in style and era.

The final stop is Pont du Gard, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the highest Roman bridge in the world. It carried water across a valley for miles, and the three-tiered structure still stands exactly as the Romans built it nearly 2,000 years ago. You stand in front of it rather than reading about it, and the scale of the engineering becomes clear only when you are there. The air-conditioned vehicle handles all the driving between the three sites, so the five hours covers the actual experience, not the logistics of getting between them.

What’s included

Air-conditioned vehicle transport between Nîmes, Uzès and Pont du Gard.
English-speaking guide at all three sites.
entry to the Amphitheatre of Nîmes and the Maison Carrée.
access to Pont du Gard.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyInfant seats availablePets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by Provence with Gordana

Is this one for you?Book this tour if you are staying in Nîmes or nearby without a rental car—the guide handles the route between three separate sites and the driving, so a free afternoon becomes a complete historical arc instead of a logistics puzzle. The five-hour span fits between breakfast and dinner, making it work for a first visit to the region or a layover with limited time.