The Colesium

Arles

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April 25th 2013
Arles On this morning we headed west, retracing our route to Aix-en-Provence and from there on to Arles. The trip was about 250km and, for the most part featured tidy farmlands. The exception occurs where the Autoroute du Soleil cuts north through some fairly dramatic mountain geography just west of Coudoux. It then settles down again into farmland and I was surprised at how ... read more

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