• See where Cro-Magnon man (Homo s. sapiens) was first discovered!
• See a preserved Roman town!
• See a walled medieval city!
• See famous churches along the medieval pilgrimage routes!
• See the landscape that inspired Van Gogh! 

The program is based at the École des Mines d'Alès (EMA) facility in the city of Nîmes, and it is within easy traveling distance of locations both in the Mediterranean region and northern Europe. Click here to see a regional map. Students live in an official dormitory facility of the EMA.

Weekend trip: Les Eyzies de Tayac (prehistoric caves -- Font de Gaume (1) (2), Rouffignac (1) (2); National Museum for Prehistory; troglodytic communities -- La Madeleine)

Day trips from Nîmes:

Pont du Gard

Orange (Theater,Arch of Julius Caesar)

Avignon (Palais des Papes, Theater festival)

Carcassonne (medieval city, château)

Conques (church, W. façade tympanum, tympanum detail)

Saint Gilles (Romanesque façade, helicoidal stairway)

Aigues-Mortes (Crusader city, city walls, Tower of Constance)

Arles (Saint Trophîme pilgrimage church, Van Gogh sites, Montmajour monastery)

Glanum (ancient Roman city)

Domaine de Saint Alban winery.