Amphitheatre (les Arenes) Arles

Rond-Point des Arenes, Arenes d Arles Arles , Provence, France - Phone: 04-90-49-36-86
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    Ancient ruins, Historic site, Historic walking area

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  • 1

    Arles and the Roman Empire

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    A day trip to Arles starts with a drive on the toll highways. In Italy, you got on the autoroute, took a ticket and the drove to your destination. As you exited the highway you paid the toll based on how long you had been on the road. In France, you have tickets for different sections of the highway so you are constantly going through booths taking …

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  • 1

    Arles

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    ... Julius Caesar. After Jules defeated Pompey, he rewarded Arles with much love. He and his successor Augustus built an incredible Amphitheatre and an equally impressive Antique Theatre. Both have been in use in some fashion for 2000 years now. The ...

  • 2

    More Roman French style

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    ... it was set up for bull fighting. We walked around it, it was good. We left. Just back from the arena was another Roman amphitheatre, which was also set up for plays. This was getting better. We walked down from there and came across a local market. We ...

  • 3

    Rome...?

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    ... until tomorrow…but we spent the day in Arles exploring Roman architecture.  The biggest site in town is the amphitheatre, or coliseum.  Glimpses through different side streets pull you even closer like the hub it has always been.  ...

  • 4

    When the skies are grey, just eat your day away

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    ... bridge in the world. The Roman fascination continued at Arles where we were greeted by another 20 000-plus seater amphitheatre and an outdoor theatre - both pretty impressive. The afternoon saw us wandering through Les Alyscamps, an old (obviously) ...

  • 5

    Joel & Jena: HEROES!

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    In Arles we found a nice nearby park to investigate the town which had a nice big white roman arena and amphitheatre. It also had a large river passing through it which was way too windy to enjoy, so we spent most of the late morning shopping and eating ...

  • 6

    Mistral, the Wind of Death

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    ... . We based ourselves in Orange (just around the corner from Banana), a small town with lots of Roman ruins and a functioning Roman amphitheatre. Orange is the smallest town we've stayed in so far. They run a real good scam in Orange. Bus service to ...

  • 7

    Searching for Van Gogh's Ear

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    ... Chad promised me that they do not kill the bulls in France, and it would be a great way for us to see the Roman amphitheatre/arena. It turned out to be quite silly actually, about 10 men ran around the bullring trying to get the bull to chase them ...

  • 8

    So much potential

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    ... as great place to visit…so perhaps in 5 years that is exactly what it will be.  We went for a wander and found the amphitheatre which was like a mini coliseum in the center of town.  It was built in the 1st or 2nd Century and held ...

  • 9

    My Day in Provence

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    ... and one of a courtyard with flowers.  It was also an ancient Roman city that has forums and ruins, There is an amphitheatre that has the oldest columns and seats for concerts and a big rampart wall for parking under. And they have that wind that ...

  • 10

    A Beautifl Day!

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    Wow! Our third sunny day in a row. What a wonderful day we had in Arles! We toured an ancient (90 AD) Roman amphitheatre with trap doors, and a performance theatre, a 12th century cloister, a Provencal folk museum, an art display of an 18th century ...