New Hotel Arles Camargue

... found their own food which maybe isn't always shrimp.  The reason the Flamingo's are in the area is because the Camargue is a wet swampy marsh where the Arlo River meets the Mediterranean.  You can ride horseback through the marsh if you want ...

... sign. When I last looked at my map I’d remembered seeing that Nimes, Avignon and Arles made a triangle, that Arles was the gateway to the Camargue and that I was more likely to find my way to “S-M-d-l-M” by changing tactics and getting ...

... rescue before long as thankfully it stopped before we went to bed! Saturday morning we decided to visit Arles, the Camargue's biggest city. What a mistake- Saturday morning is market day and parking was a nightmare! As we came off ...

... and early to Arles, intrigued by what my guidebook describes as the best place to stay in order to see the nearby Camargue.  I arrived in Arles a little after 1pm and called the hostel to see if I could leave my backpack.  Nope, no one ...

... in about 40 AD.  Now there is a church that supposedly houses their bodies.  We took a boat on a tour of the Camargue, which is a wetland area right next to this village.  This is the only rice growing region in France.  The wetlands ...

... could follow signs to get to our destination Arles.  The problem was we did not have an adequate map of Arles and finding our hotel was little frustrating.  We had some directions from the staff, however, between one way narrow allies and ...

... where Van Gogh famously painted-- in the park, by the river, around town... But the highlight of Arles was definitely the day trip we took to The Camargue. The Camargue is a wetland near the Mediterranean that is home to tons of wildlife, from livestock ...

... 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 ...