A huge natural stone arch, 54 metres high, spanning the Ardèche river at the entrance to its gorges, where limestone cliffs rise 300 metres above the water. Canoeing down the 30 km of the gorges over one or two days is one of the classic trips of southern France.
The scenic road along the rim has many viewpoints. The Chauvet 2 replica of the Chauvet cave, with the oldest known cave paintings, is nearby.
One of the largest and most beautiful show caves in France, discovered in 1935, with vast chambers full of giant stalagmites up to 20 metres tall.
A Roman aqueduct bridge built in the 1st century AD to carry water across the Gardon river to Nîmes.
Wild limestone gorges of the Gardon river upstream of the Pont du Gard, with cliffs, caves and the hermitage of Notre-Dame de Laval.
A distinctive cone-shaped volcanic peak in the Ardèche mountains, at the foot of which rises the River Loire, the longest river in France.
A 14th-century fortress on a hill across the Rhône from Avignon, built by the French kings to watch over the papal city.
The bridge of the famous children's song 'Sur le pont d'Avignon'.
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