Leaving luggage in car during stop over at Pont de Gard

We did exactly that after picking up our car in Avignon. We parked the car with the rear against a wall to discourage any thieves. Another hint I read is not to take anything out of your luggage after you park; in other words, don't let anyone see that you have luggage in your trunk. But if you feel nervous, why not drop your luggage off in Uzes first as I believe it is very close to Pont de Gard?

Enjoy your trip!

Hopefully your car will have a trunk. We stopped at PdG last year in early Oct and had our luggage in the trunk as we hadn't gone to our accoms yet (we travel carry on only, so no overflow). I honestly didn't give it a second thought...not sure what else to tell you - don't leave anything valuable out where people can see it...

Thx for your response-Avignon traveler.
The reason we are stopping in PdeG is that it is on the way to Uzes, so driving to Uzesand then back to PdG makes no sense. But I do appreciate your suggestion to back into the space.

Nicole: thanks for sharing your experience of parking at PdG. We will only have carry on size luggage as well and so I guess it will be less visible. Don't know yet what car we get. Ordered a Fiat 500, but can't be sure we get that.

If you have anything valuable - gadgets, cash, jewelry, etc - carry it in a backpack with you, don't leave it in the car. You might not be able to get a place against a wall, but hopefully you will have a trunk. The parking lots take no responsibility for theft.

A salient point in your plans is that you do not leave anything in the car ( even in the trunk ) that is what I call valuable , or better termed important ( ie medications , phone and camera chargers , important documents , etc. ) . Those items should stay with you in your day bag . In the unlikely event that the car is compromised , you will lose nothing of any importance , clothing is easily replaced . We have often traveled with a car under these exact circumstances , and it would be a shame to miss a spectacular site like the Pont du Gard over a concern about clothing

Chexbres and I were posting simultaneously , sorry for the repetition

When we spent six months in Cassis, we learned from locals to never leave anything at all in sight: maps, sweater, picnic, cds, sunglasses. Just make a sweep and put everything away.

In addition to the above tips, we read in advance, and employed, two simple tricks to look less like tourists: putting a local/French newspaper in plain view in the car and assuring that our road maps were out of sight. Another suggestion was to look for, and avoid, parking spots/areas with broken window glass on the ground, typically in the more remote sections of the lot which you will want to avoid if possible in any event.

Or have lunch at the excellent Bégude Saint Pierre (Vers, PduG), and ask to leave your car in their car park while you walk the short distance to the Pont from there.

We did once have our car rifled in Turin, on our way to France. We were driving a Renault 2CV, no trunk but we covered our "stuff" as well as possible and went off to have lunch. When we returned a young man was waiting at the car to tell us that from his apartment window he had seen two guys breaking into our car (easy to do with a 2cv). They had left our stuff scattered all over the sidewalk so he, the young man, had collected it all and taken it to the police station. He even accompanied us to the station to help us there. We were stupid, dead stupid, to leave our things so vulnerable but we lost very little and we met a wonderful young Italian guy we have never forgotten.

Renault 2CV, that’s new for me? :)

Maybe the restoration of the star status went to her head.

Citroën deux chevaux (2CV). Opens with a tin opener.

Sorry to hear of your adventure, Norma, but glad you made a friend.

Oh, crikey I knew when I was writing it that something was wrong! Citroen, of course! We did have a Renault Clio one year though .... or was it a Citroen .Clio? The excitement of being back on board has me all rattled.

Renault Clio. A particularly favourite racing car of mine. Love watching that Clio Cup. They had very naff ads when they first entered the British market.

Congrats on retrieving your star, Norma.
It's Citroen 2CV, a used one was my husband's first car,
but Renault-4L (quatrelle), which was our first car when we got married way back when.

Completely understandable with what you have experienced Norma.
Had once a classmate with a (not so new) 2CV who was late for school as a windblow coming from an oncoming truck had teared off his roof...