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St-Rémy-de-Provence Roman ruins at Glanum
The Drive » Take the D17 des Baux-de-Provence; adult/
to Fontvielle, then turn off and 4 Glanum child €7.50/free, parking €2.70;
follow the D78F/D27A to Baux- h9.30am-6.30pm Apr-Sep,
de-Provence, then the D5. This Such is the glittering 10am-5pm Oct-Mar, closed
minor detour takes you past allure of the gourmet
beautiful dry white rocky hills delis, interiors boutiques Mon Sep-Mar) is often an
dotted with scrubby pine; the and smart restaurants afterthought. But the tri-
trip will still only take around that line St-Rémy-de- umphal arch (AD 20) that
45 minutes. There’s on-site Provence’s circling marks Glanum’s entrance,
parking at Glanum. If heading 2km south of St-Rémy, is
into St-Rémy, there’s parking boulevards and place de far from insignificant. It’s
by the tourist office (parking la République that a visit pegged as one of France’s
Jean-Jaurès) and north of the to the Site Archéologique oldest and is joined by
periphery (parking Général-de- de Glanum (%04 90 92 23
Gaulle). 79; www.site-glanum.fr; rte a towering mausoleum
(30–20 BC). Walk down

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