Uzès, a few kilometres distant from Nîmes and Avignon, is a special place that has a conservation quarter with an unusually rich heritage created on the initiative of André Malraux in 1964. Today, Uzès is a holiday destination much sought after by a top of the range French and international clientele.

According to the court's rules of precedence, established by king Charles IX, Uzès is the "First Duchy of France". This prestigious title enabled the town to erect many lay and religious monuments. Built around a duke's castle, a Fenestrelle tower, a baroque church and a harmonious medieval herb garden, Uzès is recognised for the quality of its buildings.
The town is also dominated by 3 feudal towers dating from the 12th century: the tour du Duc (Duke's Tower), the most imposing that formerly belonged to the Bishop, the tour du Roi (King's tower), the smallest with very high machicolation, and the tour Saint-Étienne built up against the church.

Uzès benefits from the motorway infrastructures connecting the economic centres of Avignon, Nîmes and Montpellier. It is also serve by two very nearby TGV stations (Paris in 2 hours 37 minutes) and three airports. The region's dominant activities are tourism, agriculture and industry, which profit from this European accessibility aspect.