La
Camargue is a land of marshes. This formidable
nature reserve of 85 000 hectares has
the richest fauna and flora in Europe. Remarkable
settings of fortified towns, remnants of the past
history dating to the first Crusades, Meridional
foods, bouziegues oysters, Costières de Nîmes,
wines of Frontignan Muscat.
The
attractions :
Navigate
along the Mediterranean inland waterway with
just a
single lock on the Rhône to Sète
Canal, richness and variety of scenery between
la Camargue, Etang de Thau and the Canal du Midi,
medieval cities and Gastronomy Meridional, sunny
beaches, Le Grau du Roi, Palavas...
How to get to the base :
Bellegarde is at 17km from Nimes.
Access Motorway A9 (Paris 720 km)
Airport
: Nîmes (12km) or Montpellier
Train
Station : Nîmes (17km) (TGV Paris to
Nîmes : 4 hours)
Suggested
Cruise in Bellegarde - Camargue France
1 week
Bellegarde
/ St Gilles / Aigues Mortes or le Grau du roi / Palavas
or Lattes / Beaucaire and return - 165 km, 1locks
Or Bellegarde / St Gilles/ Aigues Mortes / Etang
de Thau and return - 200km, 0 lock
Tourist places
see above + Arles : Greco-Roman city, open amphitheatre
of 12 000 places built at Roman period, ancient
theatre (1st century B.C..)
Beaches in Le Grau du Roi and Palavas. Etang
de Thau : oyster beds.
Sète : native town of the singer Georges Brassens,
fish :auction sale of the morning catch.
