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Hello dear visitor, my name is Arnaud and will be your native Guide of this magnificent Provence. Among the 5 tours I offer, I take you today to the Roman monuments of Pont du Gard and Orange.
The tour will start by a pickup in front of Hôtel Bristol, in Avignon. Then, we will go to Orange for a stop at the Roman Arc de Triomphe, completed in around 20 AD in honour of the 2nd Gallic Legion who built Orange, and was also used as a gate to enter the town in the Roman Empire but also during the Principality of Orange in the Middle Ages. Then, we will go to the majestic Ancient Theater for an audio-guided tour. First monument built in Orange in around 20 BC, operas occured in this magnificent place. Later, it became a district with a lot of houses built in its facade and even inside the monument. After a big restoration in the 1800s, a very famous opera and classical music festival (Les Chorégies d'Orange) has been organized in the theatre since 1869.
We will then stop at the Pont du Gard, a bridge which was part of a 52 km aqueduct built between around 30 to 50 AD, whose goal was to bring water from Uzès to Nîmes, because Nîmes was a very important city in the Roman Empire and it needed water for baths, gardens and fountains. We will stop there first for a picnic with local produce from local farms such as eggs, black olives tapenade, sweet pepper tapenade, fresh goat cheese, seasonal fruits, fruits juice (from April to October only, included in the price), then to stroll around the Pont du Gard for great views of this monument from the riverside or from the bridge itself. If you are ready to climb quickly the 100 stairs to the top, we can also enjoy a very nice viewpoint on the Pont du Gard.
The tour will end in front of Hôtel Bristol, in Avignon, where you will be dropped off.
NB: from November to March, the tour will be done in reverse (Pont du Gard and Orange) with a longer stop in Orange for lunch (not included in the price from November to March).
