By the River Arre

Fauna and flora

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A family walk on a shady riverside, through a beautiful sweet-chestnut grove. Picnic and bathing spots on the return, at the Avèze waterfalls.

1 point of interest

Pont de Mousse - Nathalie Thomas
Geology
The Pont de Mousse (moss bridge)
This natural tuff bridge was described by a Mr Chante in 1933: “a small path leads to the Vézénobre brook, in which blocks of tuff covered in abundant vegetation have formed the moss bridge. The arch carries an irrigation channel, and thousands of crystal-clear drops fall without cease from the vault into the brook which, 50 metres from here, produces five waterfalls”. The whole hillside is tuff rock, which was used to build the neighbouring terrace walls. In the 14th and 15th centuries, a flour mill called Moulin de la Rode stood near the bridge.

Description

Signposts will guide you all along this route. In the description below, the signposted place names and/or directions are given in bold italics between quotation marks :

Starting from “LE VIGAN", at the Mairie (town hall) car park, walk to "AVEZE" via "château d'Assas", “Les Calquières”, “Vieux Pont”. Get to “PONT DE MOUSSE”, then continue to “Le Cayla” before returning to “LE VIGAN” via “Le Haut du Pont”, “Vieux Pont” and “Château d'Assas”.

This walk is taken from the guidebook Les Vallées Cévenoles - En Pays Viganais, published by the Communauté de communes Pays Viganais-Cévennes as part of the collection Espaces Naturels Gardois and the label Gard Pleine Nature.

Departure : Le Vigan, Mairie (town hall)
Arrival : Le Vigan, Mairie (town hall)
Towns crossed : Le Vigan and Avèze

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Recommandations

Make sure your equipment is appropriate for the day’s weather conditions. Take enough water, wear sturdy shoes and put on a hat. You must keep your dog on a leash.

Information desks

Tourism office Cévennes and Navacelles, Le Vigan

Maison de pays, place du Marché, BP 21, 30120 Le Vigan

https://sudcevennes.com/contact@sudcevennes.com 04 67 81 01 72

This office is part of the National Park's associated tourist-information network, whose mission is to provide information on, and raise awareness of, the sites and events as well as the rules that must be observed in the National Park's central zone.
Open year-round

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Transport

This hike is accessible by public transport.

To consult the updated schedules and plan your trip, use the route calculator below by entering the arrival stop : LE VIGAN - Community of Communes

Alès bus line 142

Nîmes bus line 140

Montpellier bus line 608

LIO Région Occitanie - https://lio.laregion.fr/