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. Les Arènes
This is one of the largest, VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
best-preserved Roman
monuments in Provence. Practical Information
The top tier provides an Road map B3. * 53,500.
excellent panoramic view n Blvd des Lices (04 90 18 41 20).
( Wed, Sat. _ Feria de Paqûes
of Arles.
(Easter); Fête des Gardians (1 May);
Fêtes d’Arles (Jul); Feria du Riz (Sep).
∑ arlestourisme.com
Transport
k Nîmes-Garons.
RUE
£ @ Ave P Talabot.
DE
. Théâtre Antique
GRILLE
Once a fortress, its stones
RUE BARBES were later used for other
SEPTEMBRE buildings. These last
remaining columns are
RUE
RUE
called the “two widows”.
RUE DES SUISSES ARISTIDE A TARDIEU
BALECHOU BRIAND
RUE ROND-POINT
NICOLAI COLA C L RUE DE LA DES
PLACE DE
R U E D I D E R O T ARENES LA MAJOR MADELEINE Eglise Notre-Dame-
de-la-Major is
dedicated to Saint
BASTILLE
of the Camargue
RUE DE LA CALADE RUE DU GRAND COUVENT DE LA George, patron saint
gardians (cowboys).
C L O I T R E LAURE DE RUE

D U PORTE
Cloister of
R U E RUE E St-Trophime
This sculpted capital
is a fine example
of the Romanesque
beauty of the cloister.
MONTEE VAUBAN
BOULEVARD DES LICES
Van Gogh in Arles
Vincent Van Gogh painted
over 300 canvases in the 15
months he lived in Arles, but
the town has none of his work.
In belated appreciation of this
lonely artist, the Hôtel-Dieu
has been turned into L’Espace
Van Gogh, with a library and
exhibition space. Several sites
are evocative of him, however;
the Café Van Gogh in the
place du Forum has been
Key renovated to look as it did Courtyard of L’Espace Van Gogh, formerly
Suggested route in his Café du Soir. known as Hôtel-Dieu