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Aigues-Mortes
A perfectly rectangular walled medieval port town rising from the Camargue salt marshes and pink lagoons.
6 km · about 10 min drive
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Le Grau-du-Roi
Occitanie, France · Europe
About Le Grau-du-Roi
Le Grau-du-Roi is worth a stop: 10 minutes from La Grande-Motte, 20km from Parc Naturel Régional de Camargue.
Le Grau-du-Roi is in Occitanie, France, with about 6,400 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is La Grande-Motte, about 5 km away.
Le Grau-du-Roi (French pronunciation: [lə ɡʁo dy ʁwa]; Occitan: Lo Grau dau Rei) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. It is the only commune in Gard to have a frontage on the Mediterranean. To the west is the Herault department and La Grande-Motte village, and to the east is the Bouches-du-RhoneRead more
department. Using the sea as a vantage point, the commune has four distinct sections: the right beach (Plage de Rive Droite), the Village, the left beach (Plage de Rive Gauche), Port-Camargue and L'Espiguette. Immediately landwards are the large shallow étangs, saline marshes, which separate it from Aigues Mortes, a neighboring mediaeval walled city that used to be a port. The étangs are home to numerous flamingoes.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Le Grau-du-Roi?
Within an hour or so of Le Grau-du-Roi: Aigues-Mortes (6 km), Parc Naturel Régional de Camargue (20 km), Arena of Nimes (38 km), Pont du Diable (Hérault) (50 km).
Are there any good drives near Le Grau-du-Roi?
The nearest famous roads are Millau Viaduct (A75), Gorges de la Nesque Road and Route des Crêtes (Cassis).
Where is Le Grau-du-Roi?
Le Grau-du-Roi is in Occitanie, France, about 5 km from La Grande-Motte.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 6,368
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- France
- Region
- Occitanie
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
- Coordinates
- 43.5388, 4.1356
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Worth the detour from Le Grau-du-Roi
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.
20 km · about 25 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.
50 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.
52 km · about 60 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.
52 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
castle
Les Baux-de-Provence
A dramatic medieval fortress village crowning a rocky limestone outcrop in the Alpilles mountains.
58 km · about 65 min drive
Driving roads near Le Grau-du-Roi
- 50 kmPont du Diable (Hérault)A 11th-century 'devil's bridge' arching over the Hérault above emerald swimming pools in a sun-baked gorge.
- 71 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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