Around Château de Collias
Just a few minutes away is the charming town of Uzès, famous for its duchy, ancient streets, and large Saturday market, one of the finest in Provence. You can also visit the Haribo Candy Museum and the 1900 Museum.
Each summer, the city hosts the Les Nuits Musicales d'Uzès festival, which offers concerts and performances in remarkable historical venues.
Just moments from the château stands the majestic Pont du Gard, a UNESCO World Heritage Roman aqueduct and one of Europe’s most remarkable ancient monuments.
Festivals and Cultural Highlights
The region offers a particularly rich cultural life, less than an hour from the castle:
- Uzès: the big Saturday market on the Place aux Herbes,
the Musical Nights in summer and the Haribo Candy Museum
– Avignon: the Theatre Festival, the Palais des Papes, the Musée du Petit Palais, and the Collection Lambert, a contemporary art foundation
– Orange and its Chorégies, opera festival in the ancient theatre
– Nîmes: Roman amphitheater, Museum of Romanity, and the Pentecost and Grape Harvest ferias
– Montpellier and the Fabre museum, one of the major French painting museums
Shows, concerts, and major exhibitions thus punctuate the entire year.
Nature and outdoor activities
The village of Collias is located in the heart of the Gardon gorges, a protected natural site renowned for its scrubland landscapes, limestone cliffs, and clear waters. From the village or just a few minutes away:
– canoeing down the Gardon river, to the Pont du Gard
– via ferrata and rock climbing on the gorge cliffs
- hiking in the scrubland and on the trails of the Gardon
- road bike or mountain bike rides in the villages of the Gard
– swimming and relaxing by the river
– fishing in the Gardon
– Uzès golf course, a fifteen-minute drive from the château
- laser biathlon and tree climbing for groups
- yoga and cooking classes at the château
Collias is one of the most beautiful natural areas in the Gard.
Between heritage, nature and major cultural events,
Collias Castle is an ideal starting point
to discover the south of France.
The Art of Living at Château de Collias
Upon returning from the visits, the castle becomes the sweetest of refuges:
– the park and its shady terraces, for reading or lounging
– the swimming pool facing the scrubland, during the hottest hours
– the lounges and the bar, as evening falls
Everyone finds their own pace in the art of living of the Gard Provence.
