 Calvisson : The Home of Boutis
Nested in the middle of a bourgeois house, exhibition redraws the history of this trade of Provençal pricking. Masters' pieces or works of country side : the exciting history of « embroidering with bump ». .
Safe : The Conservatory of the Pitchfork
A pitchfork born in a tree : such is the wonderful history which narrates you the conservatory. But, far from being a sterile museum, it has been perpetuating this traditional activity of Sauve since the 17 th century.
+ : the Rocks sea, enchanting place where the vegetation is mixte with stones; Resurgence of Vidourle : after an incredible underground run, the river get out from under the City in a roaring fountain.
Villevieille and the Castle
The Castle is listed as an ancient monument, internal and outside. It consists of two towers of XI century and two towers of XIII century, a wing part from Renaissance 1527. And a large part Louis XIV, of whom the Main courtyard. The family furniture is absolutely genuine.
Sommières :
Medieval City
Dominated by its fortified castle and lying next to its Roman bridge.
Sommières is showing you its entangled alleyways, its place with arcades, its sunny quays : a nice city sleeping in the sun of midday welcomes you.
Its activities :
Montain bike renting, horse rides, walking with a donkey or in harnessing, fishing, climbing, walking path on foot, on horseback, on montain-bike,…
Nearby :
Camargue : Aigues-Mortes and salt marshes, the Grau du Roi, beach of Espiguette, the Centre of Scamandre.
Cévennes :
The abyss of Bramabiau, the observatory of the Mount Aigoual, the Circus of Navacelles.
Sumptuous ballades to be made on foot, on horseback or for the most audacious in montain bike , changes of scenery are guaranted !!!
Nîmes :
Its arenas, the Maison Carrée, the Jardin de la Fontaine.
Montpellier :
The place of the Comédie, the private hotels, the quarter of Antigone, the museum Fabre, the zoo of Lunaret and its new tropical conservatory.
Uzès :
Ancient Dukedom, the museum of the bonbon and its nice residences.
The pont du Gard and its beach in summer.
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Quarries « of good time » fed the city of Sommières in a lasting way (Roman bridge, religious buildings) and provided, later materials for the bulwarks of Aigues-Mortes.