Tower of Constance
Salt-pan views.
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Aigues-Mortes is a medieval walled town in the Gard department of southern France, on the edge of the Camargue, about 33 km south of Nîmes and 26 km east of Montpellier in a straight line. Its walls are among the best preserved in France. Its name, first recorded in 1248 in Latin form, means «dead water» or «stagnant water», after the marshes and ponds around it, and the town never had drinking water. It now lies where the Rhône-to-Sète canal meets the sea channel to Le Grau-du-Roi, so canal boats and barges pass through. A continuous rectangular stone wall the colour of honey rings the town, broken by square towers and gates, with the massive round Tower of Constance at one corner. Around it spread the flat Camargue plains with their canals, pink salt pans, flamingos and white horses. Visitors walk the ramparts right around the town, climb the Tower of Constance for a view of the salt pans and stroll the straight streets inside the walls. Boat trips on the canals and outings to the pink salt pans start from the town.
Salt-pan views.
In the Camargue.
In the ponds.
Aigues-Mortes, Gard, Occitanie, France
Yes, right around the town.
The pink salt pans of the Camargue.