European Heritage Days 2025

The Pont du Gard is participating in the 42nd edition of European Heritage Days and invites you and your family to discover its history, secrets and architectural genius through unique and free events!

GUIDED TOUR OF THE CANALISATION SYSTEM

(recommended for ages 6 and up)
Times: 10:00 a.m. / 11:00 a.m. / 12:00 p.m. / 2:30 p.m. / 3:30 p.m. / 4:30 p.m.
Duration: 30 min.
Capacity: 30 people.
Conditions of access: timed ticket to be collected from the RG or RD reception desk
subject to availability
Visitors with timed tickets should meet in front of the door to the Left Bank canalisation staircase

Description:
At the exit of the Gardon Gorges, at a height of nearly fifty metres, a cultural mediator invites you to discover the water canalisation of the Pont du Gard, the true raison d'être of this 2,000-year-old engineering structure. During this guided tour, an extraordinary experience, you will discover the masterpiece of a fifty-kilometre aqueduct that supplied water to the thermal baths and fountains of Nîmes during its Roman heyday.

PARTICIPATORY ACTIVITIES: THE SURVEYOR AND THE AQUEDUCT

(recommended for ages 9 and up)
Times: 10:30 a.m. / 11:30 a.m.
Duration: 45 min.
Capacity: open to all
Access conditions: free access
Visitor meeting point: Rive Gauche building, Espace Ludo
    
Description: 
Ever wondered how, 2,000 years ago, the designers of the Nîmes aqueduct ensured that the water sources captured in the Eure Valley, at the foot of Uzès, would reach the ancient city of Nîmes by gravity?
Go! Mission: major works to carry water! Trace the aqueduct with the groma* and its right-angle sights. After that, installed horizontally, the chorobate* will reveal all its secrets for measuring the slope in terms of height difference. 
* The groma and the chorobate are two ancient scientific instruments. 

ARCHI-SURPRISE TOUR

(recommended for ages 9 and up)
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Duration: approximately 1 hour 30 minutes
Capacity: 30 people
Conditions of access: timed ticket to be collected from the Left Bank or Right Bank reception desk
subject to availability
/!\ Bring a hat, comfortable shoes and binoculars if you have them.
Visitors with timed tickets should meet at: Left Bank building, ‘Départ des visites’ totem

Description:
Surprise! This year, European Heritage Days has chosen to highlight ‘architectural heritage’. 
So, our team of mediators has put together an ARCHI-SURPRISE tour for you. 
On the programme: a completely new and unusual tour... full of little surprises and a trip to the top of the Pont du Gard! 
Ready to sharpen your gaze? Ready to seek out our selection of details, each as architectural as they are incongruous? 
Grab your binoculars, borrow our ‘super-optik rolls’ and take an unexpected look at the architectural treasures of the Pont du Gard site.

BARBEAUTINE, THE POP-UP GUINGUETTE

(all ages)
Opening hours: 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Duration: one day
Capacity: free flow and activities subject to availability
Access conditions: free access
Visitor appointments with timed tickets: Rive Gauche, Place des Croisées 

Description:
Water is everywhere...
In rivers, houses, clouds, aqueducts... 
But do we really know it? 
Where does it come from? Where does it go? Why is it so precious?
For European Heritage Days, on Sunday 21 September from 10.30am to 5.30pm, the barbEAUtine guinguette will be stopping off at the Pont du Gard site to invite you to uncover the secrets of this essential resource at the foot of the stone giant that carried water for over 500 years.
In the shade of the plane trees, alone or with friends and family, settle in and let yourself be seduced by the friendly and generous atmosphere of the barbEAUtine guinguette, a unique guinguette close to the riverbank, so close to the Gardon. 
On the programme: games, storytelling, workshops, crafts and surprise discoveries all about water! 
Whether you're a young explorer or a curious adult, this fun and educational event is for you! The barbEAUtine guinguette awaits you for a fun learning experience!

Free admission to cultural spaces and the new exhibition ‘Regards sur le pont’

During European Heritage Days, admission to cultural spaces (Museum – Ludo – film – Temporary exhibition) is free.
Paid parking (€9).