While enjoying the morning coolness you will reach Arles downtown by the boulevard of Lices and the summer garden.
First you will go past the ancient theatre before admiring the magnificent arenas, the witnesses of a prestigious past.
You should spend a whole day in Arles which deserves a longer visit.
Then your journey will lead you to one of the most beautiful natural reserves in Europe.
As early as 1997 actions of redevelopment have succeeded in protecting the Camarguais natural environment. Flora and fauna are protected in their thorough huge diversity.
La Camargue remains also an inhabited and cultivated land. The « gardians », the rice growers, the salts gatherers, and the fishermen alike work to enhance their heritage.
Further you xill travel along the shores of the Vaccarès pond, a rest place for thousand of migratory birds. You will use the sea wall separating the ponds from "the open sea" in order to reach Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. The town of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer is situated between the ponds of the Launes and the Impérial. There the « gardians’ huts » and the small white houses agglutinate around the fortified church. The town remains well known for its famous gypsy pilgrimage.
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