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The Alpilles, Arles, and the Camargue

Our guide to The Alpilles, Arles, and the Camargue gives you expert recommendations on the best attractions, restaurants, hotels, and more.

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Nightlife 2

Performing Arts 3

Restaurants 22

Hotels 24

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Abbaye de Montmajour

Once the spiritual center of the region and a major 12th-century pilgrimage site (it contained a small relic of the true cross), the haunting ruins...

  • 0 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 1 Things To Do

Aigues-Mortes

Like a tiny illumination in a medieval manuscript, Aigues-Mortes (pronounced ay-guh-mort-uh) is a precise and perfect miniature fortress-town, contained within perfectly symmetrical castellated walls, with...

  • 1 Restaurants
  • 3 Hotels
  • 2 Things To Do

Arles

If you were obliged to choose just one city to visit in Provence, lovely little Arles would give Avignon and Aix a run for their...

  • 5 Restaurants
  • 7 Hotels
  • 27 Things To Do

Fontvieille

The village of Fontvieille (pronounced "fohn-vyay-uh"), set among the limestone hills, is best known as the home of 19th-century writer Alphonse Daudet...

  • 0 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 1 Things To Do

Les Baux-de-Provence

When you first search the craggy hilltops for signs of Les Baux-de-Provence (pronounced "boh"), you may not quite be able to distinguish between bedrock and...

  • 2 Restaurants
  • 4 Hotels
  • 4 Things To Do

Nimes

If you have come to the south to seek out Roman treasures, you need look no farther than Nîmes (pronounced neem), for the Arènes and...

  • 7 Restaurants
  • 3 Hotels
  • 13 Things To Do

Pont du Gard

No other ancient Roman sight in Provence rivals the Pont du Gard, a mighty, three-tiered aqueduct midway between Nîmes and Avignon—the highest bridge the Romans...

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  • 1 Hotels
  • 1 Things To Do

St-Rémy-de-Provence

There are other towns as pretty as St-Rémy-de-Provence, and others in more dramatic or more picturesque settings. Ruins can be found throughout the south, and...

  • 6 Restaurants
  • 3 Hotels
  • 15 Things To Do

Stes-Maries-de-la-Mer

The principal town within the confines of the Parc Régional de Camargue, Stes-Maries became a pilgrimage town due to its fascinating history. Provençal legend has...

  • 0 Restaurants
  • 2 Hotels
  • 1 Things To Do

Tarascon

Tarascon's claim to fame is the mythical Tarasque, a monster said to emerge from the Rhône to gobble up children and cattle. Luckily, Saint Martha...

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  • 0 Hotels
  • 1 Things To Do

The Camargue

A land of haunting natural beauty, the Camargue was one of the forgotten areas of France only a few decades ago. Today, thousands of visitors...

  • 0 Restaurants
  • 1 Hotels
  • 7 Things To Do
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