"A jumping-off point to adventure for nature-lovers"
** The Roman bridge well worth a visit - you can swim and canoe here too!
** A map of the local area and useful
information
www.ardeche-guide.com
** Canoeing, kayaking - the Gorges de l'Ardeche - river swimming
** Two kilometres north of Anduze,
this is a bamboo garden with over 150 different species of the plant, as well as other trees, a water garden and Asiatic village.
The garden also supplies bamboo shoots to Berlin Zoo for their two giant pandas!
** A tourist steam train, running
every day from June until the end of August with a restricted service outside these dates, to St Jean du Gard, via La Bambouseraie.
** Golf - Ribaute les Tavernes, just south
of Ales
** The Famous Sweet factory, between
Ales and Uzes
** Tourist Information Centre -
Useful local information
** Cross-country skiing/mountain biking
hire - mountain resort
15 minutes
drive from Genolhac
** Recreational Lake - Villefort
**
Ales Tourist Board
04.66.52.32.15
** Ramblers Club
04.66.61.66.66
** Le Pont du Gard (see weblink below)
Enjoy a superb
day out at this world-famous 2000 year old three-tiered bridge topped with an aquaduct, one of the greatest surviving pieces
of Roman heritage.
Take a picnic and your swimmers as the river
is lovely!
NIMES
Historic Nimes
is what draws the crowds centring on the two storey Roman arena, Les Arenes. All the roads seem to lead to this imposing edifice
which seats 20,000 spectators and is the premier side for bull fighting outside Spain. The venue is also used for concerts.
