Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France Travel Blogs

Things look different in the winter
Jan 28, 2005 (5 photos)

My stay in Provence was cold. The small coy pond I had spent hours reading beside a few summers before had frozen over and I didn't feel much like heading out into the cold. I stayed with an older couple Biquette & Pierre. Pierre speaks only french and ...

Provence vs. the Camargue? B/W Pictoral
Nov 10, 2008 (12 photos)

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 ...

My Two Favorite places, In One Day!
Jul 23, 2007

July 22nd, 2007   Today was another beach day.  It wasn't too crowded today which was nice.   Friday was packed and I thought because today was Sunday, it would still be really busy.  We set up on the same beach area as usual ...

Fun, Fun, Fun in the Sun!
Jul 20, 2007

... starting the day off clean.  We met Betrand and the other IES students that weren't in the theater class at the bus for Sts. Maries de la Mer.  We had the option to go to a play in Avignon or have our bus fare paid for to the beach and well I ...

It's a beautiful daaaay, don't let it get away...
Jul 5, 2007

... and I got our French manicures in France like we had wanted.  We hurried to catch the 10:00am bus to Saintes Maries de la Mer.  There were a couple options for buses but we figured why not spend more time relaxing on a Mediterranean beach than ...

The Wild Camargue
Sep 22, 2007 (5 photos)

... can find wild horses, bulls, real cowboys, flamingos and gypsies. I'm not exaggerating. The only town in this small region is Saintes Maries de la Mer which lies on the beach. While not a lot of English is spoken, this is a welcoming town where we can go ...

Camargue
Jul 18, 2008 (29 photos)

... au fost doua "overdose". :))) E sare... in primul rand foarte... sarata... Aviz...  Destinatia e Saintes-Maries-De-La-Mer, o localitate micuta la Marea Mediterana, langa gura de varsare a unuia din bratele Rhonului, localitate care te ...

To the Camarque
May 20, 2009

We made a beautiful trip to the Camarque. The first part wasn't that nice (a beach resort only), then we saw many flamingos.

Drive to Italy - Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer
Jun 23, 2008

... leaving Vinca we were on a tight budget, so most of our money was spent on diesel. We stopped overnight in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, quite a strange place by the sea where there were hundreds of Andalucian horses and flamingos! We chilled by the beach and ...

Bull without the Crap
Mar 22, 2009 (43 photos)

After our invigorating tour of Arles we were wisked away to Saintes Maries de la Mer...in La Camargue, basically to a little tiny villa within 10 minute walking distance from the ocean. After checking into our villa, we strolled to the 1 grocery store in ...

Carmargue
Jun 5, 2009 (3 photos)

... ;           Down on the Mer Mediterranee the resort town of Les Saintes Maries sur la Mer was very much a holiday town with streets crowded with trinket vendors back from the beach.  The waterfront ...

Up L'Herault valley
May 31, 2008 (6 photos)

... along L'Herault, hoping to find a nice place beside the river. At Aniane we found a sign for a picnic area 'au plan de l'eau'. Huge mistake! It started on a normal village road, but this led to a set of road works. We followed more ...

White horses, black bulls and pink flamingos
May 25, 2008 (112 photos)

... office as Roms, Manouches, and Tsiganes from all over Europe, and even from other continents), come to Les Saints Maries de la Mer to celebrate. I heard about it the day before I left Australia from my friend Kavisha at Antigone's wedding in February - ...

Camargue
Jul 10, 1978 (6 photos)

We went to the Camargue: drove to Saintes Maries de la Mer, got on a boat and cruised through the swamp area to gawk at the bird and wild life. The swamp area is famous for its pink flamingoes, the wild horses and wild bulls surviving there, which wowed ...

camargue arrivo.....
Aug 17, 2008 (12 photos)

... girare alla sera. Se vi trovate in camargue dovete assolutamente mangiare. - paella camarghese - mules (cozze) - telline - gardian de toro (piatto del toro...con il loro fantastico riso sempre al dente...buonissimo) - terrina provenzale - zuppa ...