Rendez-vous at the Towers and ramparts of Aigues-Mortes

13th century remarkable fortified site

The fortified city of Aigues-Mortes was built in the 13th century on the order of Saint Louis to provide the kingdom of France with a port on the Mediterranean. The complex consists of 1,634 metres of ramparts flanked by twenty towers and one of the most splendid keeps in the architectural style of the Middle Ages, the tower of Constance, which was used as a prison for Protestants from the Cévennes region from 1685.

Tour

• Unaccompanied tour with guide booklet,video projection: French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch

Duration: 1 hr 30 min

• Guided tour of the keep (the tower of Constance): French, English, German, Italian, Spanish

• Reservations: 1 week
Duration: 45 min

• Audio-guide tour: French, English, German, Italian, Dutch

Duration: 2 hrs

• In-depth tour: French

• Reservations: 1 month
Duration: 2 hrs 30 min

Access

• Main roads between Lyon/Perpignan,

33 km south-west of Nîmes,
45 km south-west of d’Arles,
27 km east of Montpellier

• From Nîmes: A9, exit 26 Gallargues via RN113, then D979
• From Arles: exit 4 via D570 Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer to D38
• From Montpellier: exit 2 via D66, then D62

Contact

Tours et remparts d’Aigues-Mortes
30220 Aigues-Mortes
Tel: +33 (0)4 66 53 61 55 - Fax: +33 (0)4 66 53 79 98
Email: resaaigues-mortes@monuments-nationaux.fr