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TRIP HIGHLIGHT
27 The Camargue 1 Arles
Befitting its role as
gateway to the Camargue,
Arles has a delightfully
insouciant side. Long
Leave Arles and the highway behind and home to bohemians of
suddenly you’re surrounded by the Camargue’s all stripes, it’s a great
place to hang up your
great yawning green, and an equally expansive sightseeing hat for a few
sky. It won’t be long until you spot your first languorous hours (or
days). Soak it in from
field of cantering white horses, or face off with the legendary bar at the
a black bull. This is not a long trip, but one that Hôtel Nord-Pinus, with its
bullfighting trophies and
will plunge you into an utterly unique world of enthralling photography
cowboys, fishers, beachcombers, the Roma and collection, or pull up a
table on lively place Paul
all their enduring traditions. Doumer, where Arles’
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de Pont de Gau Badon # / ·
D36
Parc Naturel
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Stes-Maries- Camargue Le Point
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Sablon Domaine de la Palissade#
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