Office du Tourisme: - 24 Cours Gambetta, Beaucaire. Tel: 04 66 59 26 57

From 1217 onward and through the middle ages, Beaucaire was famous for its great medieval fair. People came from all parts, often 300,000 at a time, in mid July. Ships came to trade from Gascony and Brittany, bringing wine, dried fish, sugar, cocoa, coffee, cinnamon, vanilla, lemons, orages, dates, jewelry, wool, lace, oil, soap, linen, cotton, clothing, weapons, hardware, rope, saddlery, harnesses, perfume, pipes and all kinds of pottery and fancy goods. Alas, the fair died in the 19th century when the railway came and rendered such gatherings pointless. Only the wine quays remain.