Beaucaire
Beaucaire is at the eastern edge of the Gard department, to the east of Nimes.
The town is closely linked to Tarascon, which is found just across the Rhone River from Beaucaire (in the Provence region).
Beaucaire is a pleasant town in a nice setting on the river bank (likewise Tarascon, which is likely to be visited at the same time). Unusually, the town also has a port, on the Sete-Rhone canal, which acts as the centre of the town.
Although the main advantage of Beaucaire for visitors is its great location between and close to the towns of Arles, Nimes and Avignon, and its setting between the Rhone River and the Canal du Rhone a Sete, be sure to investigate Beaucaire itself.
The main feature that you will see on the river is the castle at Tarascon. Beaucaire itself also has an impressive ruined castle standing above the town - the castle is also the location for a popular display of birds of prey known as 'Les Aigles de Beaucaire'
Note: a major event in the life of Beaucaire is the celebrations that take place in the second half of June to celebrate the dragon called 'drac' who, it is said, lived in the river 800 years ago and very frequently emerged to eat people. Unfortunately for those concerned the dragon was invisible, which made him rather hard to stop...
Another festival is held towards the end of July, which includes bulls charging through the streets and everyone having a good time!
Places to visit around Beaucaire
Apart from visiting Arles, Avignon and Nimes there are some other interesting sites to visit close to Beaucaire. These include:
- the Abbey of Saint-Roman, just outside the town, is a fine troglodyte abbey. The abbey was carved out of the soft rock by monks in the 5th century. Several rooms including the chapel can be visited and this unique abbey is on a hill and has fine views out across Provence.
- at the Mas des Tourelles (take the St Gilles road from Beaucaire) there is an interesting recreation of a roman vineyard, garden and wine cellar where you can also taste 'almost authentic 2000 year old wine'.
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Tourist Classifications for Beaucaire
- Listed as "Plus Beaux Detour" town in France (ie recommended stopover place)
- Listed as "Ville d'Art et Histoire" (ie focus on preserving the town heritage)
- approved Station Classée (resort paying particular attention to facilities for tourism)
Places to visit near Beaucaire, France
Explore places of interest within about 70 kilometres on a map at places near Beaucaire.
Some places to visit within 30 km: 
15 km: Arles (Provencal town) 24 km: Avignon (Historic city and World Heritage Site) 18 km: Baux-de-Provence (Most beautiful village) 11 km: Fontvieille (Small Provence town) 26 km: Nimes airport (airport) 19 km: Pont du Gard (World Heritage Site) 14 km: Roman Arles (World Heritage Site) 21 km: Saint-Remy-de-Provence (Village and Glanum) 2 km: Tarascon (Town and castle) 33 km: Uzes (Important town) 24 km: Villeneuve-les-Avignon (Town near Avignon)
See also Beaucaire (version Francais)
