Tourist attractions Alès

This exotic park, created in 1855 by local man Eugène Mazel, boasts nearly 200 varieties of bamboo. A fine avenue lined with 20m-high bamboos and splendid Californian sequoias runs right through the 10ha park. Another route, lined with palm trees, bo..

Dominating a vast horizon between the Gard and the Ardèche, the beak-like hight point of the Bouquet range is reached by a steep track, passing the ruins of Château du Bouquet. From the summit the view takes in the Cévennes plateaus, the jumble of pe..

Editor, printer, writer, designer and painter, Pierre-André Benoît (1921-1993) donated his remarkable collection of graphic works and books (canvases by Picabia, Braque, Léopold Survage), which arose from his meetings and correspondance with René Cha..

This museum contains a million minerals from all around the world. Among the most remarkable are an Australian opal, a Moroccan chalcedony and morion quartz from Aveyron.

In the 13C coal was extracted from the ground here. The mine museum takes you through ithe history of «coal mining» in the Cévennes region, from the «Industrial revolution »to the present day.

Occupying an 18C chateau situated in a pleasant public garden, this museum displays collections of art from 16C to 20C. The highlights are The Tryptych of the Trinity by Jean Bellegambe (early 16C) and works by Van Loo, Bruegel the Elder... Local a..

Next to the Cathedtral, this building was erected in the 18C

Can Gothic be passed off as Romanesque? This is the case with the façade concealed by a 15th Century porch. What is more, the nave is 17C and the great chancel is 18C. The Cathedral is all in all very «Neo» (Gothic, Classic and more!).