Anchor day
Pont du Gard canoe
The easy yes
8 km on the Gardon and straight under the Roman aqueduct. This is the clearest group memory day: easy to understand, very Provence, and fun for everyone.
⭐ Strong pickGard & Roman Provence — one week of aqueducts, amphitheatres, stone towns, river water, and long dinners together.
The Airbnb and car are booked. This is no longer a proposal or a rigid day-by-day promise: it is a shared base for choosing a few huge memory days, a few easy beautiful ones, and enough empty space for the trip to feel like a holiday.
Epic days. Breathing room. No holiday spreadsheet prison.
Choose 3–4 anchor days plus one slow local day. The spreadsheet holds the live links and any final decisions.
8 km on the Gardon and straight under the Roman aqueduct. This is the clearest group memory day: easy to understand, very Provence, and fun for everyone.
⭐ Strong pickA real early-start hike and swim day, not a casual stop. Keep it as one full adventure day and check access, heat, and fire restrictions close to departure.
Epic / weather-sensitiveThe big one. Worth it if the group wants a long, unforgettable day out; keep the following day deliberately gentle.
Long drive / huge payoffA nearby wild-card hiking day around Notre-Dame-de-Londres — lighter than the Calanques, but still properly outdoorsy.
Hike / flexibleMake Gordes a Luberon day rather than squeezing it between monuments. Add a long lunch and let the group linger.
Village dayA flexible Roman-city day, then Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie / Lussan for wandering, pottery, food, and no pressure to race.
History / slowAirbnb and car are done. The remaining job is choosing the best shared stories — then leaving room for sunset swims, dinners, and the bits nobody can plan.
Pont du Gard canoe is the clearest booking candidate. Calanques access and weather rules need a check nearer the trip.
Verdon is the dramatic long-distance day. Calanques is the more physical sea-and-hike day. Both are wonderful; doing both means keeping the rest light.
No pool at the house: use sunset river swims near Collias/Pont du Gard, Uzès dinners, pétanque, snacks, and unplanned wandering instead.