Festivities
- Truffle day in Uzès (3rd Sunday in January)
- Chickpea festival in Montaren (end of May): fetedupoischiche.com
- Uzès dance festival in Uzès (June) : uzesdanse.fr
- Autres Rivages Festival, world music in the Uzès region (July & August): autres-rivages.com
- Nuits Musicales d’Uzès, evening concerts (July): nuitsmusicalesuzes.org
- Live au Pont Festival at Pont-du-Gard (July): festival-lives-au-pont.com
- Wine festival (2nd weekend of August)
Markets
Several markets offer all the local specialities: tapenades, cheese, fougasse bread, olives, honeys…
- Sunday: Montaren (small market)
- Tuesday: Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie (farmers’ market)
- Wednesday: Uzès (farmers’ market)
- Friday: Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie
- Saturday: Uzès (big market)
During the summer, the Uzès Region Tourist Office organises night-time markets in all the Uzège villages on Wednesdays and Fridays, from 7 pm until midnight
Sports
and outdoor activities
In addition to the many walks possible from the tower, you can rent bikes (www.decouvriruzes.fr/location-velos-uzes), enjoy climbing (or do a via ferrata) in the Gardon gorges (Collias, 6 km from Uzès) (www.moniteurs-gard.com) and canoe down the Gardon River, which will give you the most stunning view of the Pont-du-Gard aqueduct as you travel beneath it, unless you prefer to fly over it in a hot air balloon! (www.sudmontgolfiere.com)
You can also play golf at the Uzès golf club (9 holes) (www.golfuzes.fr) or go horse riding in one of the many riding centres.
For the more adventurous, you can go paragliding off Mont Bouquet (www.parapentesud.com).