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Getting There & Away
AIR Nîmes' airport ( 04 66 70 49 49) , 10km southeast of the city on the A54, is
served only by Ryanair, which flies to/from London (Luton) and Liverpool in the UK.
TRAIN More than 12 TGVs daily run to/from Paris Gare de Lyon (€52 to €99.70,
three hours). Frequent trains serve the following:
Arles €7.50, 30 minutes
Avignon €8.50, 30 minutes
Marseille €19, 1¼ hours
Getting Around
TO/FROM THE AIRPORT An airport bus (€5, 30 minutes) meets and greets Ry-
anair flights, leaving from the train station. To confirm times, call
04 66 29 27 29.
Detour:
Arènes d'Orange
Orange's Roman theatre, Théâtre Antique ( www.theatre-antique.com ; adult/child €8/6,
2nd child free; 9am-6pm Mar-Oct, to 4.30pm Nov-Feb) , 32km north of Avignon, is by far
the most impressive Roman sight in France. Its sheer size and age are awe-inspiring.
Designed to seat 10,000 spectators, it's thought to have been built during Augustus
Caesar's rule (27 BC-AD 14). The 103m-wide, 37m-high stage wall is one of only three in
the world still standing in its entirety (the others are in Syria and Turkey) minus a few mo-
saics and with a new roof. Admission includes a seven-language audioguide.
Pont du Gard
A Unesco World Heritage Site, this exceptionally well-preserved, three-tiered Ro-
man aqueduct was once part of a 50km-long system of water channels built around
19 BC to bring water from nearby Uzès to Nîmes. The scale is huge: the 35 arches
of its 275m-long upper tier, running 50m above the River Gard, contain a water-
course designed to carry 20,000 cu metres of water per day.
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