Beautiful Roman Nîmes

A spectacular city to visit, very easy to do as a day visit from Montpellier.
Nîmes was a great place to visit on Easter Sunday.
We started by taking an audio tour inside the best preserved amphitheatre outside Italy. A chance to hear “first hand stories” from a gladiator. Very impressive 😎

From there, we moved on to the beautiful Maison Carrée Roman temple, also in astonishing condition.

On to the Jardin de La Fontaine, but our aches and pains meant we wisely avoided walking right up the hill to the Tour Magne viewpoint 👀

We enjoyed a fine vegan lunch in the gardens at Restaurant La Fabrik before heading back to the centre and taking a look inside the Musée Romanité: a startling structure next to the main amphitheatre, designed loosely as a Roman Toga!
Some great exhibits inside, including some astonishing old scale models of various Roman buildings.

Finally, we headed on the short return train back to Montpellier.Read more