Blogs from Arles, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Europe - page 4

Today was our first day on the River Royale the Uniword cruise we will call home for 7 days and nights. The cruise offered several day tours of Arles, castle beax, etc. since we were already shown around Arles and most of the same tours by Jane, we chose to sleep in and walk in to Arles on our own after lunch to see the antiquities theater. We love to travel and see as much as we can but we also find that we also need some down time too. Today was that day, we slept late, went down for breakfast late and did not go on the Arles tour with the cruise guests. After lunch we walked in to Arles and found the theater and walked around the arena that was built 1st century BC. ... read more

We visited Arles on our last day in Provence. There are several Roman structures in town, with the Roman amphitheatre being the largest. The drive was about 1 hour from Aix. We first went to the Museum of Ancient History a little outside of center of Arles. It covered the history of Arles from prehistoric times to the Roman times. There were very interesting artifacts: coins, jewelry, statues, intricately carved building decorations, gorgeous mosiac floors, sarcophaguses. And there were also interesting models of the amphitheatre, the theatre, a Roman housing complex built into the side of a hill that used aqueducts and gravity to supply the houses with water and other structures. After the museum we drove into the center of town and went in search of lunch. We found a little sandwich shop that sold ... read more

The next couple of days were spent taking the train to Arles for a day-trip to see some of the sites that Van Gogh painted, including the famous Cafe De La Nuit. Reading reviews that it was overpriced and not very good (proven by the single table of 2 eating there), we decided to have lunch at a cafe in the same square, which was filled with people. Back in Avignon, Matt & I walked the entire city, stopping in little shops around the way, including one of my favorites, the grocery store Carrefour. We had our final meal in Avignon (and France) and the recommended Chez Francois, which did not disappoint. It was there that Matt found his favorite wine, perhaps of all time.... read more

Geo: 43.6767, 4.6278 GUN 20 Gunlerden PERŞEMBE Arles, Rhone nehrinin doğu yakasında, turist cazibe merkezi bir yer… Arles ( Provençal Oksitanca: Arle), güney Fransa'da bulunan bir şehir ve komün. Aynı zamanda konum olarak, Fransa'nın ili olan Bouches-du-Rhône 'da (Rhone Ağzı )bulunmaktadır. Çok iyi muhafaza edilmiş Roma Amfitiyatrosu..Arenası ve bir çok orta çağ ve Roman dönemi eseri ile, Rhone'un sağ kıyısından tarihe mesajlar veren önemli bir kent burası … Aslında şehri kuranlar, MÖ 700 yıllarında yine bizim Foçalılar.. Bu Foçalıların mabadı, yer görmemiş anlaşılan,ayağı yanmış it gibi ha bire dönenip durmuşlar ... İyi de etmişler ... Ligurlular döneminde, buraya "sulak arazi " anlamında Arelate diyorlar.. Tarihte önemli bir liman ,( evet liman ) Constantine döneminde ciddi bir tersane ve Gau... read more

The wind was to strong to go to the beach today, so I went to paint in Arles. I finished the painting of the Arena then went Henry's house to drop off one painting and pick up another canvas. Henry has given me the key to his home, people hardy ever lock their door here even though there is a big Gypsy culture and a lot of thieves. Henry said that if you leave your door open it's because you have nothing to steal, and people only want what is coveted. I then went to paint the town hall and Obelisk and roman church in the spot that I met Henry a few days ago. Today is the solstice the longest day of the year and the French have their festival of music which goes all ... read more