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Aigues-Mortes
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La Grande-Motte
Occitanie, France · Europe
About La Grande-Motte
La Grande-Motte is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Le Grau-du-Roi, 25km from Parc Naturel Régional de Camargue.
La Grande-Motte is in Occitanie, France, with about 7,300 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Le Grau-du-Roi, about 5 km away.
La Grande-Motte (French pronunciation: [la ɡʁɑ̃d mɔt]; Occitan: La Mota Granda) is a commune in the Hérault département in Occitanie in southern France. The commune was created in 1974 from part of the commune of Mauguio. It is a popular seaside resort and port near Montpellier, built in the 1960s and 1970s. LaRead more
Grande-Motte is characterized by homogeneous architecture; many of the prominent buildings are pyramidal in form. With 2 million tourists per year it is one of the favorite resorts of the French.
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What is there to see near La Grande-Motte?
Within an hour or so of La Grande-Motte: Aigues-Mortes (9 km), Parc Naturel Régional de Camargue (25 km), Arena of Nimes (38 km), Pont du Diable (Hérault) (45 km).
Are there any good drives near La Grande-Motte?
The nearest famous roads are Millau Viaduct (A75), Gorges de la Nesque Road and Route des Crêtes (Cassis).
Where is La Grande-Motte?
La Grande-Motte is in Occitanie, France, about 5 km from Le Grau-du-Roi.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 7,335
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- France
- Region
- Occitanie
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
- Coordinates
- 43.5608, 4.0848
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Worth the detour from La Grande-Motte
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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.
25 km · about 30 min 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.
38 km · about 45 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.
45 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert
A medieval pilgrimage village around a Romanesque abbey, hidden in a wild gorge of the Hérault.
47 km · about 55 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.
53 km · about 60 min drive
landmark
Pont du Gard
Remarkably preserved three-tiered Roman aqueduct bridge built in the first century AD in southern France.
56 km · about 65 min drive
natural wonder
Cirque de Navacelles
A perfect horseshoe canyon carved by the Vis, with a tiny hamlet cradled in its abandoned river meander.
59 km · about 70 min drive
Driving roads near La Grande-Motte
- 45 kmPont du Diable (Hérault)A 11th-century 'devil's bridge' arching over the Hérault above emerald swimming pools in a sun-baked gorge.
- 72 kmPont Saint-Bénézet (Pont d'Avignon)The famous half-bridge of the children's song, jutting into the Rhône beneath Avignon's papal ramparts.
- 74 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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