How to access Nîmes city center during the next Pentecost feria ?

Les accès aux rues du centre-ville seront fermés à certaines heures de la feria. Archive C. R.

With the Emergency Attack alert and the entertainment program, access will be restricted to the city center. For those who want to party without having to worry about getting to Nîmes, arrangements will be put in place.

From Thursday 16 to Monday 20 May, several hundred thousand people, with a majority from Gardois, will go to the Pentecost feria to enjoy the bullfighting activities and bullfights in the arenas, taste a gardianne in one of the 25 casitas or drink a sangria in one of the bodegas.

To get there safely, the Nîmes metropolis agglomeration has put in place a well-established system on the Tango network for several years. To benefit from it, you must purchase a Feria Pass for 2.60 euros; round trip (30 cents more on the first purchase). You should know that lines will be diverted from Thursday 16 to Tuesday 21 May until noon.

The Tango network plan modified during the Nîmes feria.

From Friday 17 to Sunday 19 May, eleven shuttles from municipalities in the Agglo arrive at the Nîmes bus station, about ten minutes from the festivities, at the end of the afternoon. noon or early evening. Buses also leave from the same place from 1:40 a.m. and 3:00 a.m.

Services to municipalities in the Agglo

These shuttles leave from Lédenon (stops at Cabrières and Poulx), Sernhac (Bezouce, Saint-Gervasy), Redessan (Manduel, Rodilhan), Bouillargues, Saint-Gilles (Garons), Générac (Bernis, Milhaud), Saint-Dionisy (Langlade, Clarensac, Caveirac), Saint-Côme (Clarensac, Langlade, Caveirac), Saint-Chaptes (Sainte-Anastasie, Dions, La Calmette), Moulézan (Montagnac, Fons, Saint -Mamert), Mauressargues (Domessargues, Sauzet, Saint-Geniès, Montignargues, Saint-Bauzély, La Rouvière).

In addition, buses will depart from May 17 to 19, at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m., from La Bastide campsite to the bus station with return at 2 a.m., 3 and 4 hours at platform no. 7. During the same period, lines 7 and 16 will provide the connection between active city halls (Ledoux stop) and the bus station with return at 1 a.m. 30, 2 a.m. ;h 30 and 3 h 30 (platform n°3).

Two night lines will run for the festive event: F1 (from Caissargues to the Romanité stop) and F2 (Laennec, station, Paloma, Marguerittes). From Thursday 16 to Monday 20, other shuttles will operate with last departure from the city center Thursday at 3 a.m., Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 4 a.m., Monday at 2 a.m. Several relay car parks will be open (A54, Costières, Laennec and Paloma).

To return safely, the Nîmes Taxis parked in front of Triaire station also offer their solution. The train also remains a means of transport with arrivals from Alès or Montpellier until around 10 p.m. or 11 p.m.

Street barriers from May 16 to 20

The City communicated its closing times of certain streets for the feria. Red sector (boulevard Victor Hugo sector): Thursday May 16 (5 p.m. 30-3 a.m. ), Friday 17 (11 a.m.-5 a.m.), Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 (10 a.m.-5 a.m.), Monday 20 (10 a.m.-3 a.m.). Yellow Sector (Place Montcalm/rue de la République): Thursday 16 (7 p.m. à midnight), Friday 17 (11 a.m.-1 a.m.), Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 (10 a.m.-1 a.m.), Monday 20 (10 a.m. ;h-22h). Gaton Boissier A. Briand sector: Thursday 16 (7 p.m.-3 p.m.), Friday 17, Saturday 18, Sunday 19 (7 p.m.-5 a.m.), Monday 20 (7 p.m.-3 a.m.). Security of the Burladero bodega: Thursday 16 (7 p.m.-3 p.m.), Friday ;17, Saturday 18, Sunday 19 (12 p.m.-5 p.m.).