{"id":21,"date":"2006-10-23T23:45:22","date_gmt":"2006-10-23T13:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=21"},"modified":"2006-10-23T23:45:22","modified_gmt":"2006-10-23T13:45:22","slug":"notes-from-france-pont-du-gard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/france\/notes-from-france-pont-du-gard","title":{"rendered":"Pont du Gard &#8211; Country Roads of France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>This 2,000 year old World Heritage Roman aqueduct is amazing to visit.\u00a0The bridge is on three levels and was built before the Christian era so the aqueduct bringing water to Nimes\u00a0could cross the Gard river.\u00a0 On the way to the Pont, look out for three ancient olive trees on the right side of the track, one of which is 1,000 years old.\u00a0 Brilliant blue skies provided a great backdrop to this majestic monument\u00a0making it\u00a0a photographer&#8217;s dream.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We spent so much time taking snaps we nearly missed the opportunity to walk through the aqueduct.\u00a0 Seeing a queue of people waiting at the southern end, I asked the guide if we could go up.\u00a0 She said yes, but we needed tickets.\u00a0 And where does one get tickets from &#8212; way back at the Museum near the entrance!\u00a0 Luckily, today was the <strong>Jour National du Patrimoine<\/strong> and entry to all monuments and public attractions was free. The guide very kindly\u00a0gave us two tickets.\u00a0 Luck was on our side again as\u00a0groups of 25 were allowed up each trip and we happened to be numbers 24 and 25&#8230; I actually think the\u00a0guide took pity on us.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Once you get to the top, you walk single file through the aqueduct and there&#8217;s no turning back.\u00a0 I had thought that the views from the\u00a0upper level\u00a0would be amazing, but you actually walk through the closed tunnel where the water used to flow! It would be pitch black but for the fact that every ten metres or so they&#8217;ve removed a panel from the roof overhead. Tony pushed his camera out and took photos blind! The tunnel is very narrow, only one abreast, and in some places you have to squeeze through as the calcium deposits on either side make it even more confining; not recommended for the claustrophobic&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The exit is at the other end of the bridge and you then have to go down steps to the lower level, and cross the bridge again to get back to the museum area.\u00a0 As we only had 30 minutes for that whole experience, it was quite a sprint back to the carpark.\u00a0 Well worth it though.<\/p>\n<p>Helen Page<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This 2,000 year old World Heritage Roman aqueduct is amazing to visit.\u00a0The bridge is on three levels and was built before the Christian era so the aqueduct bringing water to Nimes\u00a0could cross the Gard river.\u00a0 On the way to the Pont, look out for three ancient olive trees on the right side of the track, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[88,2193,25,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-country-roads-of-france","category-europe-sept-oct-2006","category-france","category-provence-france"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - 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