From the Gallo-Roman period up to the end of the Middle Ages, the Alyscamps ("Champs-Élysées") was one of the most prestigious necropolises in the West. Its heyday came when the necropolis was Christianised, with relics from St Trophimus an..

With its vast open spaces that are home to herds of black bulls with distinctive curved horns, slender silhouettes of pink flamingoes and galloping white horses, the Camargue is a unique place. This natural habitat has been preserved thanks to the cr..

The carved decoration of the 12C-14C cloisters is most remarkable, in particular that of the capitals and the magnificent corner pillars in the north gallery (on the left on entering). Those in the east gallery, next to the refectory, depict the Life..

The Arles arenas which were transformed into a fortress in the 5th and 6th C (retaining their two, «Saracen towers» - medieval alterations) and then into a veritable «town within a town», have been extremely well conserved. Today the arenas are the s..

With its two impressively preserved columns standing in a landscape of rare elegance, the Théâtre Antique is one of the greatest Roman theatres from the end of the 1C BC. It served as quarry from the 5C, was transformed into a fortified reduit in the..

Large statuary (the colossal statue of Auguste that adorned the stage of the theatre), models illustrating how the city and its monuments developed in imperial times, the daily life of the people of Arles in Ancient times, splendid mosaics and an a..

You access the Church via a gate that is a master piece from the provincial Roman school from the late 12th C. Of the works of art inside, main interests are the sarcophages from the 4 C and the cloister built after 1150, which is famous for its ..

The function of these twin horseshoe-shaped underground galleries is unknown. It has often been suggested that, as well as stabilising the monuments of the forum, they were used as huge granaries or, more prosaically, that they were conceived as a pl..

After winning the Nobel Prize in 1906, Frédéric Mistral founded this museum dedicated to the part of Provence located along the Rhône. Countless objects (furniture, costumes, ceramics, reconstructions of interiors) evoking traditional trades, livin..

Constantine loved Arles and made it his capital in the West, endowing the city with many good works. Of these, the thermal baths remain, the largest still to be seen in Provence; they have been partly cleared. Access via the tepidarium (warm room) ..

The museum is named after Arles-born painter Jacques Réattu (1760-1833), who used to live here. In addition to paintings from the 16C-18C, you can enjoy a collection of contemporary sculptures (César, Richier, Bourdelle, Zadkine), Modern paintings ..

The Montmajour site was an island in the marshes which extended from the River Rhône to the Alpilles. The abbey was saved by the painter, Jacques Réattu. The remains include the 12C church of Notre-Dame , the Romanesque cloister with its capitals,..

The square has much to admire, with the Classical façade of the town hall and the splendid portal of St Trophimus church. At the centre stands a handsome obelisk from the Roman amphitheatre.

The town hall was rebuilt in 1675 according to plans drawn up by Hardouin-Mansart, but the Arles-born architect Peytret preserved the previous building’s clock tower , which was inspired by the mausoleum of the Plateau des Antiques in St Rémy. The v..

This little square is lined with ancient buildings, including the Hôtel des Podestats (12C-15C) and the town hall.

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Beneath the plane trees you can see a statue of Frédéric Mistral and, just behind, the two Corinthian columns on the façade of the mythical Hotel Nord Pinus , vestiges of the façade of a 2C temple. In summer, the café terraces on the square are bu..

The Summer garden is situated in the Lices boulevard, next to the ancient theatre. The Summer garden is one way of reaching the theatre. It is a green and cool place with its trees, beautiful ornamental lawns and huge flowerbeds and its small stetch ..

Vincent van Gogh was treated in this former hospital before leaving for St-Rémy-de-Provence. Reconstructed to look as it did in Van Gogh’s painting, the building now houses the town’s archives, media library, school of literary translation, bookshops..