Pont du Gard

Pont du Gard drew 1,500,000 visitors by current estimates, a figure the operator has not confirmed. It stands in Vers-Pont-du-Gard, in Occitanie, a region that recorded 56.0 million overnight stays the same year.

Type
Monument
Town / region
Vers-Pont-du-Gard, Occitanie
Visitors per year
1,500,000 · estimate — verify before use
Nearest gateways
Toulouse–Blagnac (TLS), Montpellier–Méditerranée (MPL)
Access
Toulouse and Montpellier split the region between them. Ground distances are long — roughly three hours from Toulouse to the coast, which has to be built into itineraries.
Also on file in the region
Musées et sites de Toulouse (3,130,000), Sanctuaire de Lourdes (3,000,000), Château et remparts de la Cité de Carcassonne (643,882), Gouffre de Padirac (532,045)
Region volume
56.0 m overnight stays in 2025 across Occitanie, 13 departments
Season
June–September
Events in the region
Festival de Carcassonne (Jul), Carnaval de Limoux (Jan), Feria de Nîmes (May), Jazz in Marciac (Jul)
The regional market
The second camping region with 29.6m stays. Mediterranean coast plus the Pyrenees and heritage — Carcassonne, Pont du Gard.
From Paris by rail
Montpellier — 3 h 10 by TGV, Toulouse — 4 h 10 by TGV

Estimate from secondary sources; treat as an order of magnitude. verified 26 August 2026.

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