Page 299 - Lonely Planet France’s Best Trips (Travel Guide)

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The Camargue 27

Take this semicircular tour from Arles to the coast and loop back
again to experience Provence at its most wild, lush and lovely.
Welcome to a watery, dreamlike landscape that’s like no other.

TRIP HIGHLIGHTS

35 km J 4 DAYS
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190KM / 118 MILES
Stes-Maries-
de-la-Mer # 1 # # # 0 km
A 12th-century church GREAT FOR…
houses the town’s Arles
namesakes Home to Provence's JG
hippest square
BEST TIME TO GO
May, July and
September – if you
Étang de Vaccarès # #
# Le Sambuc like it hot and can
handle mosquitoes.
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Point de Vue for its
105 km salty backdrop and
Le Point # #
Salin de Badon de Vue flamingos taking flight.
Flamingos swoop over
wetlands as you walk
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125 km K ROMANTICS
Plage de Piémanson Dinner by the hearth
End-of-the-earth feel in the timber-beamed
with miles of 17th-century kitchen of
windswept beach
Mas de Peint.
P Location Caption details to go herearc Ornithologique de Pont de Gau Wading flamingos 297