Description
- Arles: great wealth of antique and Roman heritage, with UNESCO World Heritage monuments, including the Amphitheatre (the bullring), the Roman theatre, the Church of St Trophime and its cloister, the Constantine Baths, etc. The city is listed as a "City of Art and History".
- Tradition: Camargue bull-running in the streets of Arles and bullfighting in the various city bullrings.
- Museums: The Museum of Arles and Provence (archaeological remains found in Arles), Fine Arts Museum, traditional arts at the Museon Arlaten (the culture of Provence: the first ethnographic museum in the South of France), Réattu Museum (contemporary art and photography), Museums of Pagan and Christian Lapidary Art.
Vincent Van Gogh and other painters found much inspiration in Arles.
The surrounding area
The Camargue Museum, 12 km away on the road to Les-Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, focuses on changes in the landscape and human activity since the formation of the delta.
Camargue Regional Nature Park, an 85,000-hectare protected site unique in Europe, covered with ponds, marshes, rivers and saltworks, where raising horses and bulls is still a major activity.
Les-Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer: the Gypsy Museum, Baroncelli Museum, Waxworks Museum, the Pont de Gau Bird Sanctuary, etc.
Aigues-Mortes 48 km away: the fortifications (Constance Tower and the ramparts), the Chapels of the White and Grey Penitents.
Les-Baux-de-Provence, 19 km away: the 16th century chapel, Eyguières Gate, Saint Vincent's Square, Chapel of the White Penitents (17th century), Church of Saint Vincent (12th century), Hotel de Manville (16th century), Citadel.
Shops and Services
Shops and supermarket 2 km away.
Events
- In november: Prestige Provence Festival
- In december: Christmas animations.
- In december/january: the "Santonniers" International Exhibition (Cloitre St Trophime)
- From january to march:Arles musical mornings and evenings (different cultural, musical and theatrical events)
- In march: Arles carnival, Easter Ferias.
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