Pont du Gard

After a day of city sights, we headed out in the evening to somewhere Simon and I had both been really looking forward to - the Pont du Gard. This is a huge aqueduct that was used by the Romans to transport water and it was built in the third century AD. 

We were expecting something impressive, but I have to say we were completely blown away by the sheer size and elegance of the structure, not to mention the feat of engineering it took to design and construct it. I read somewhere that it has taken us about 1,500 years just to get back to the level of technology the Romans had, and seeing the aqueduct really hammered this point home.

We arrived some time before sunset so we could enjoy walking around, over and under the Pont du Gard and gazing down the beautiful river below. 

In the 1800s the lower part of the aqueduct was duplicated (almost seamlessly) so that people could walk across it. We looked at it from all view points; from afar/above (you can hike to a higher point), from underneath, from the riverbank and it never got boring.

Every angle revealed light hitting it at different angles as the sun set, creating great shapes and shadows.

We hung around until after dark in the hope they would turn on the lights that line the bridge, but sadly this didn’t happen.



However it was still a pretty special evening - I’ll just let the photos tell the story now, but if you get a chance to visit Nimes and the Pont du Gard we can't recommend it enough!