Arles travel guide
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Visit Arles: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Arles is situated in the Bouches-du-Rhone department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 73 km from Marseille, the department capital. (General information: Arles is 602 km from Paris and 835 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Arles (page also includes a photo gallery for Arles)
Popular places to visit near Arles: these include Fontvieille at 8 km and Tarascon at 14 km.
Abbaye Notre Dame de Montmajour (Arles) is a listed 'religious monument' at 15km and Alpilles is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 15km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Arles: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*; Arles has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Arles, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Arles
See France This Way travel guides for Bouches-du-Rhone and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Arles.
Note that all distances from Arles shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Arles holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Arles (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Provence and Bouches-du-Rhone gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Arles and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin aquatique « Aux fleurs de l'eau (22km) : Jardin de l'Alchimiste (27km) : Jardins de la Fontaine (28km) : Jardin du château de Brantes (42km) :
- National Monuments: Glanum (20km) : Fort Saint-Andre (35km) : Towers and fortifications of Aigues-Mortes (38km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Baux-de-Provence (15km) : Menerbes (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Notre Dame de Montmajour (Arles) (15km) : Abbaye de Saint-Gilles (Saint-Gilles) (16km) : Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos de Montfavet (Avignon) (33km) : Cathédrale Saint-Théodorit et Fenestrelle Tower (Uzes) (41km) : Collégiale Notre Dame des Anges (Sorgues) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Istres (34km) : Martigues (45km) :
- Heritage Sites: Pont du Gard (31km) : Avignon Centre (33km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Beaucaire (15km) : Nimes (28km) : Uzes (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (30km) : Pernes-les-Fontaines (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Arles & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Arles
Canton: Arles
Arrondissement: Arles
Department: Bouches-du-Rhone
Region: Provence
Postcode: 13200
Distance to Arles
from Marseille: 73 km
from Paris: 602 km
from Calais: 835 km
from Nice: 212 km
from Bordeaux: 434 km
from Strasbourg: 596 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 2 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Arles): Fourques and Roman Arles.
Getting here
Bouches-du-Rhone is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into the airport at Marseille or drive from the UK with a journey time of around 10-11 hours. For driving distances to Arles from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Arles