One day in Nîmes, France
A day through Nîmes’s best-known sights that lie close together: Amphitheater of Nîmes, Nemausus, Nîmes Cathedral, Maison Carrée, Carré d'art and temple of Diana. 6 stops, about 1.4 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.
The route
- Amphitheater of NîmesSquare · On the map
- NemaususArchaeological site · 0.1 km on from Amphitheater of Nîmes · On the map
- Nîmes CathedralCathedral · 0.4 km on from Nemausus · On the map
- Maison CarréeArchaeological site · 0.4 km on from Nîmes Cathedral · On the map
- Carré d'artMuseum · 0.1 km on from Maison Carrée · On the map
- temple of DianaTemple or shrine · 0.6 km on from Carré d'art · On the map
6 stops, 1.9 km on foot along the streets: about 23 min of walking.
More for Nîmes
- Things to do in Nîmes, France · 18 places to see, led by Pont du Gard and Maison Carrée
Day trips from Nîmes
- Avignon38 km awayPalais des Papes6 stops in a day, starting at pont Saint-Bénézet
- Marseille102 km awayNotre-Dame de la Garde6 stops in a day, starting at Palais du Pharo
- Montpellier46 km awayMusée Fabre6 stops in a day, starting at Gate of Peyrou
- Arles28 km awayChurch of St. Trophime, Arles6 stops in a day, starting at Musée Réattu
Photo credits
- Amphitheater of Nîmes: Daniel VILLAFRUELA, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Nemausus: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Nîmes Cathedral: Cancre, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maison Carrée: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0
- temple of Diana: Przemysław Sakrajda, CC BY-SA 3.0
Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.
Other places nearby
- Arles28 km away · Things to do, Plans, Transit, Weather, Sunrise and sunset and Hiking routes
- Avignon38 km away · Things to do, Plans, Transit, Weather, Sunrise and sunset and Hiking routes
- Montpellier46 km away · Right now, Things to do, Plans, Transit, Flights, Weather, ISS passes, Sunrise and sunset and Hiking routes
- Carpentras60 km away · Things to do and Plans
- Aix-en-Provence94 km away · Things to do, Plans, Flights, Weather, ISS passes, Sunrise and sunset, Earthquakes and Hiking routes
- Marseille102 km away · Right now, Things to do, Plans, Flights, Weather, Port and ships, ISS passes, Sunrise and sunset, Earthquakes and Hiking routes
- Narbonne131 km away · Things to do, Plans, Transit and Hiking routes
- Grenoble184 km away · Right now, Things to do, Plans, Flights, ISS passes, Sunrise and sunset and Hiking routes