Natural features

Camargue gardoise

France Gard Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze

Camargue gardoise
Photo: Christian Ferrer, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The western part of the Camargue, a land of marshes, reed beds, lagoons and salt meadows where white horses, black bulls and flamingos live. Boardwalks at the Scamandre nature centre lead through the reeds to bird hides.


Aigues-Mortes, Le Grau-du-Roi and the beach of l'Espiguette are close by.

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