Here is a little blog I am writing about my two weeks of vacation in Remoulins.
Remoulins is a small commune about 22 km from Avignon and the same distance from Nimes.
It is best known for its ancient Roman aquaduct, the Pont du Gard.
Unfortunately these days you have to pay to visit the Pont, 10€ if you come on foot, 15€ if you come by bike or 18€ if you want to park your car.
Still, visiting the aquaduct is very much worth it, by night it is lit up in different colors.

I had brought my mountainbike and planned on doing several VTT tours in the surroundings.
So the first day I thought I'd start with one passing right next to the house where we were staying.
I left with my father and nephew around 8h in the morning and already it was getting pretty hot.
After a 20 mins climb we came to the top of the hill, where we had a great view of the "gorges" of the Gard.

We were already pretty exhausted at that time and it was only getting hotter.
Still I decided to keep going (the track was 40km and difficulty was black, which is harder than red).
It was very technical, going through small tracks, always turning, climbing, going down.
Around 9:30 I had done 7km and the temperature had reached around 30°C, my water bottle was running empty.
I decided I had done enough mountainbiking for one day and came back following the normal roads.
That was the last planned mountainbike track I did, though I did find a smaller, more enjoyable track on my own that I repeated several mornings.
Leaving at 7 in the morning the latest is the best idea if you are planning on cycling here.

Later that day we went to the Pont-du-Gard on foot.
Our house was one the street leading to the Pont and it was only a 20 mins walk there.
The Avenue du Pont du Gard is very nice to walk on aswell.

You can hear the cicadas chirping all the way walking in the shadow of the planetrees.
Like I said you will have to pay if you want to visit the Pont but you should if you are close.
We went up the Pont du Gard (where it was pretty crowded) and ate a refreshing ice cream there afterwards.