Uzès, France
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Uzès, in Languedoc, France, is just to the west of Provence, typical of the region and a very charming town. The main street has got some little craft booths set up almost every day, the Old Town is a pedestrian zone, as usual you'll find in these beautiful villages in the south of France.
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There are some up-slopes and down-slopes, but it's a fairly level, small Old Town. The road around it follows the route of the original medieval fortified wall, so this is one of those limestone towns that is really well-preserved and the arcades around the main square create a wonderful ambience, a place to shop a place to eat and drink and just hang out.
This main square, Place aux Herbes, has been the center of Uzès ever since before the Roman days, back when it was a Gallic village. It's right in the heart of the Old Town, a fairly large space with these plane trees all around that were planted to provide shade. Sometimes in the summertime it’ll get hot but we're here in the fall and the weather is perfect. You can see it's shirtsleeve weather for some, the families are out but it's not a very crowded day. We’re here in the middle of the week. If you come on a Saturday there is a large outdoor market that takes place in the town, but on a weekday it's really pretty quiet, especially where you’re here in November.
And this main square is surrounded by the arcades, these kind of loggia with the cafés, with the shops. Originally in the seventeenth century it was wooden structures around the main square.
Limestone is a great building material in the area so it makes it convenient to construct these classic and immortal buildings. Nice fountain in the middle of the square. Just a place to relax. You want to just drop anchor here for a while and hang out, get a drink. There are nice restaurants around the square as well. And then of course there are the little streets that come into the square that are ideal for shopping and meandering.
Nice video. The population in Uzès increases dramatically during the summer, when around 20000 mostly French descend on the city for holiday.
Did you manage to visit the cemetery? Augusts family had a silk factory. There may be graves if we knew what church the family belonged to.
That was very exciting when you think that goes back to Roman days and thanks Dennis,very nice
Just spent 4 very enjoyable days in Uzes. Loved it! Your video was inspirational before we arrived, and we were very happy to see the place exactly as you presented it.
I live in Uzes ❤
Very beautiful
Those trees are called London plane trees. We have them all over NYC
nice
Not a good advice to just stroll around without appreciating the historical context. You just realise half of the things that are there for you to explore ......
That's why we always have a local guide when visiting for a walking tour, then we have free time to just wander.