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Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France
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Gypsy festival with a black saint
... Day holiday in France is celebrated by Gypsies from all over Europe with a festival in this nearby seaside town (Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer). The village catered pretty well for the thousands of vans, caravans and campers but not all facilities were so ...
Windy wet 'n' wild.
... plenty of cows and horses everywhere. The weather was very irate with violent winds shoving us all over the road. The town Saintes Marie de la Mer on the coast was in such a sand storm from the beach, and all of the people were collected in the inner ...
These Bandidos Ain’t Bikies
It started awkwardly. Because I was going for something complicated, I decided to stick to English. “Bonjour. Parlez-vous Anglais?” “Yes”. Always a welcome response. “Can you tell me about the bull fight in town on ...
Provence vs. the Camargue? B/W Pictoral
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 ...
Keeping up Appearances !!
... and numerous other species. I swim in the sea, I run along the sand, Monsieur et Madame are content again. If there is one place in France that I would recommend it's here, Saintes Maries De La Mare. More about the Camargue next week. Bruno (Le chien) ...
Local wildlife
... she returned and we were ready, we hit the road for our last day in Provence. Our first stop was the sandy beach at Saintes-Maries-de-la-mer. We had a chance to wet our feet and watch the waves. We then drove through the national park. Here we saw many ...
My Two Favorite places, In One Day!
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!
... 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...
... 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 ...
Camargue
... folosiri 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 ...
The Long shortened Cycle ( Carmague)-Oliver
The Bike ride WAS going to be two and a half hours except Nick shortened it by..... Falling off his bike! It all started at the start of the bike ride, we went and started the bike track passed the flamingo track - Which we were going to do later and ...
Kayaking the Petit-Rhone (Tim)
We spent the night in Arles in a rather dodgy campsite due to our late arrival. We planned a quick breakfast and get kayaking but needed food and theft followed "Serenas "instructions to a Casino. Once we got near however a mega store and Decathlon ...
White horses, black bulls and pink flamingos
... the tourist 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 ...
Gypsies, birthdays and pink flamingoes
... coffee and watching the kids enjoy the freedom of the french countryside. The 16th was my birthday and we headed for St Maries del a Mar. we traveled through the very open and very flat countryside and seemed to be surrounded by neverending rivers and ...
The Wild Camargue
... 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 ...
To the Camarque
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
... 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 ...
Camper op 't strand, flamingoroze lucht
... zon op de optrekkende dauw, vogelgefluit, kleine hobbelpaadjes. Na nog een rondje speeltuin weer kort ritje de Camargue in, naar Saintes-Maries-de-la-mer. 12-13 maart: We staan hier met de camper op het strand! Stuk gefietst vanmiddag, wat mooi!!! Pad ...
BEACH! And purses...doesn't get much better...
... . How scenic! Mom stood up to brush the croissant off her shirt and all the pigeons swarmed! Gross. We left for Sts. Maries de la Mer and took a drive through the Camargue. There were a few large herds of bulls that we just had to take pictures ...
Another picture postcard perfect day ...
... a few carefully housed in cages. After wandering and taking photos galore we continued on to the seaside town of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer ... not quite sure who all the Saint Mary's are but I got the impression somewhere that there were four ...
Carmargue
... ; 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 ...
Li Sànti Marìo de la Mar
Aqui sian bén ! La capitale de la Camargue est littéralement envahie par les touristes... Il faut prendre le temps d'y découvrir les traces de sa richesse historique et culturelle cachée sous les boutiques et restaurants qui la défigure. Fais gaffe ...
Wrapping up Month #1; Birthday #23, Wine Tasting,
... it so interesting, was the specific way it had had deteriorated. After the museum we took a bus to the village of Saintes Maries de la Mer. According to legend a boat with no sails had set off from Palestine. Aboard it was Mary Jacoby, sister ...
The Camargue
... ;being a habitat for racoons, otters, beavers and many different types of birds. After walking around the town of Saintes Maries de la Mer and having some lunch, we visited an Ornithological Park set in many hectares of marshland. The park ...
Camargue: Experiência ímpar
... -espanhola, muita paella, por exemplo, o artesanato em couro é abundante, o turismo equestre também. A igreja católica de Les Saintes Maries de la Mer (são 3 Saintes Maries, Maria Madalena, Maria Salomé e Maria Jacobe) é impressionante. A ...
hobusepäev
... tsemendist valatud sõim, kuhu ümber heina näksima mahtus ligi kakskümmend hobust. Jalaga ei tahtnud üksteist keegi l''üa, vaid sõbralikult koosesisteerida. Kui hobustega palistatud tee otsa sai ja meri vastu tuli, selguski, et suvi alanud. Rand ...
Up L'Herault valley
... 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 ...
Bad Fortune
... to Camarge. We got to a campsite and set up camp (again camp = preparing to sleep in our rented car) we then ventured into Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, the main city. If I didn't know better I'd have guessed I was in Jersey. It was very much a town on the ...
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