national park
Parc Naturel Régional de Camargue
A wild wetland delta of pink flamingos, white horses and black bulls between the arms of the Rhône.
16 km · about 20 min drive
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Aigues-Mortes
Occitanie, France · Europe
About Aigues-Mortes
Aigues-Mortes is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Le Grau-du-Roi, 16km from Parc Naturel Régional de Camargue.
Aigues-Mortes is in Occitanie, France, with about 6,500 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Le Grau-du-Roi, about 5 km away.
Aigues-Mortes (French pronunciation: [ɛɡmɔʁt]; Occitan: Aigas Mòrtas) is a commune in the Gard department in the Occitania region of southern France. The medieval city walls surrounding the city are well preserved. Situated on the junction of the Canal du Rhône à Sète and the Chenal Maritime to Le Grau-du-Roi, theRead more
town is a transit center for canal craft and Dutch barges.
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What is there to see near Aigues-Mortes?
Within an hour or so of Aigues-Mortes: Parc Naturel Régional de Camargue (16 km), Arena of Nimes (33 km), Circuit de Ledenon (47 km), Pont du Gard (51 km).
Are there any good drives near Aigues-Mortes?
The nearest famous roads are Gorges de la Nesque Road, Millau Viaduct (A75) and Route des Crêtes (Cassis).
Where is Aigues-Mortes?
Aigues-Mortes is in Occitanie, France, about 5 km from Le Grau-du-Roi.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 6,526
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- France
- Region
- Occitanie
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
- Coordinates
- 43.5668, 4.1907
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Worth the detour from Aigues-Mortes
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
ancient ruins
Arena of Nimes
One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheaters in the world, still hosting events nearly 2,000 years after its construction.
33 km · about 40 min drive
racetrack
Circuit de Ledenon
Twisting, roller-coaster circuit in the sun-baked hills near Nimes, famed as France's most technical track; a favourite of motorcyclists and track-day drivers, and one of few French circuits run anti-clockwise.
47 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
Pont du Gard
Remarkably preserved three-tiered Roman aqueduct bridge built in the first century AD in southern France.
51 km · about 60 min drive
castle
Les Baux-de-Provence
A dramatic medieval fortress village crowning a rocky limestone outcrop in the Alpilles mountains.
52 km · about 60 min drive
bridge
Pont du Diable (Hérault)
A 11th-century 'devil's bridge' arching over the Hérault above emerald swimming pools in a sun-baked gorge.
53 km · about 60 min drive
museum
Carrières des Lumières
Old limestone quarries turned into a vast immersive art show projected across 14 m stone walls.
53 km · about 60 min drive
landmark
Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert
A medieval pilgrimage village around a Romanesque abbey, hidden in a wild gorge of the Hérault.
55 km · about 65 min drive
Driving roads near Aigues-Mortes
- 53 kmPont du Diable (Hérault)A 11th-century 'devil's bridge' arching over the Hérault above emerald swimming pools in a sun-baked gorge.
- 65 kmPont Saint-Bénézet (Pont d'Avignon)The famous half-bridge of the children's song, jutting into the Rhône beneath Avignon's papal ramparts.
- 79 kmMont AigoualThe highest summit of the Cévennes at 1,565 m, crowned by a weather observatory with vast horizons.
Driving in France
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.85/litre
- Motorway tolls
- ~€10.00/100km
When to drive here
April to October
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