The Camargue Provence

Provence , France
  • Traveler Rating 5.00
    17 reviews 48 travel blogs 15 photos

    Attraction Type:

    National park, Nature reserve

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  • 1

    Another picture postcard perfect day ...

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    Woke to blue skies and a pleasant 24 C this morning ... took a few photos before the other residents stirred. After breakfast we set out to the Camargue to find the Parc Ornothologique de Pont de Gau which was recommended to us by some other guests. After a few unscheduled visits to unknown villages while we negotiated our way across country we …

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    Almost caught up with myself...

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    ... ferocious wind) where it looked to be favourable for a 'scoop' alongside a trickling river. The salt flats in the Camargue are immense and are still being worked. Although she leapt like a gazelle across said trickling river there was a type of ...

  • 2

    Windy wet 'n' wild.

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    We drove though the Camargue, a huge wetland reserve that is home to hordes of wild white horses, and black bulls that run free all over the wetland. The place is also famous for having flamingoes, but we saw none. Although plenty of cows and horses ...

  • 3

    These Bandidos Ain’t Bikies

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    ... refuge with pink flamingoes, wild horses, and even the odd beaver noticed in our travels. The most common form of wildlife though is the Camargue cattle- not as big and beefy as your typical Aussie cow. What they lose in size, they make up for in ...

  • 4

    Land to air missiles.

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    ... of tourists. It was very justified though with the ancient alleys and churches, not to mention the beautiful view over the Camargue. The town looked as though it came organically from the earth over centuries. Quite unique. That night we stayed on the ...

  • 5

    Swinging pants in France pt 2

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    ... Saturday until Tuesday so we just decided to get on with it and not let it spoil the traveling to much. We headed towards the Camargue which was an area recommended to us before we left and there looked a number of interesting towns and places to see. ...

  • 6

    Avignon - even the toilets are almost medievel

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    All flamingoed-out we left The Camargue headed for Avignon, stopping off at Arles for a coffee stop - bet you didn't know that this is where Vincent Van Gogh lost his ear?!  We are in Avignon now, an immaculately preserved medieval town, the oldest ...

  • 7

    A week in Provence

    23 photos

    ... All of the houses are made of stone so this place wouldn't survive in a earthquake. The other day we went horse riding through the Camargue area. We saw a wild otter, 2 turtles, lots of pink flamingos and tons of horses!   During the riding we ...

  • 8

    Cher and Gary's trip to France

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    ... beach.  Camargue horses are breathtakingly beautiful in the wild.   Unfortunately no photos of characterful and cultural city of Arles because only took the camera out one day - the day we went to The Camargue ...

  • 9

    Provence vs. the Camargue? B/W Pictoral

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    The Camargue is a wild, lonely, windswept place that bears little resemblance to the rest of Provence.  It was the perfect place to spend a blustery autumn day.  Doubly so with our trusty camera shooting in black and white.  Hopefully the ...

  • 10

    Provence vs. Provence: Battle of the MBTIF's

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    ... and the best tart tatin we might have ever had.   Rating 7 (except for the tart tatin which was a 10). The Camargue is a national park filled with swamps, giant mosquitoes, bulls, cowboys and lonely windswept waterways so why is it in this ...