There are a wide range of activities to be enjoyed and discoveries to be made within a 50km radius of the Chêne Vert.
A rich mosaic of monuments, sites and scenery make for an inviting reason to spend longer in our region.

>> Prestigious cities

Take a trip to Uzès, the 1st Duchy in France. Here you can see the beautiful 18th century private mansions in the town and just at the foot of the town, the spring of the Eure which is the point of origin of the Nîmes aqueduct.

On to Nîmes(7km), the Roman city, to visit the Castellum, the aqueduct's arrival point and also numerous Roman remains and other monuments: the Amphitheatre, the Maison Carrée, the Tour Magne, La Fontaine gardens, the Carré d'Art

Avignon (41 km) famed for the Popes' Palace and its theatre festival,

Arles (30 km) roman arenas, archaeology museum, antique theatre, festivals

>> Emblematic sites

» Les Baux de Provence, a fortified feudal village in the Alpilles (38km),

» Les Saintes-Maries de la Mer and the Camargue (92km),

» La Bambouseraie (bamboo forest) in Anduze,

» Le Musée du Désert in Mialet,

» La Chartreuse de Valbonne founded in the 13th century and rebuilt in the 17th century, located in a 1500 hectare forest (38km),

» L'Abbaye St Roman, a troglodyte abbey from the 16th century (5km from Beaucaire)

» Le Pont du Gard, a roman aqueduc litterally named Gard bridge built by Romans between 40 and 60 A. D. over Gardon river in order to bring waters to Nimes city

» Les Gorges du Gardon, an amazing site showing the hills croosed by the Gardon river (follow "La Baume" indication from Poulx village center)