A combination of history and tradition, Nîmes is the place for a culture and leisure break.

With its Roman amphitheatre, Maison Carrée and Tour Magne, Nîmes is a Gallo-Roman town.

Nîmes' arenas	the Maison Carrée	La Tour Magne

But Nîmes is also a place to rediscover southern tradition: the famous Feria festivities in June and in autumn; denim and other printed cotton fabrics and their typically provençal patterns... The town centre's labyrinth of tiny streets leading from specimens of classical Roman architecture to the rigour of the buildings from Protestant times, with plenty of markets and shops selling local products all along the way.

"abrivado"	"les indiennes"

The nearby garrigue has other emblematic items to offer, such as olive trees and capitelles, dry stone dome-shaped huts, scattered here and there.

La garrigue nimoise	olive of the Gard