Cities / Arles
France
Arles: A Roman city that never stopped being one.
Arles has an amphitheatre in use, a theatre in use and a necropolis you can walk through. A historian reads the Roman city in the modern one, the early Christian Alyscamps, the Romanesque portal of Saint-Trophime, and the fifteen months in 1888 and 1889 that made Arles a colour.
The timeline the walk follows
Caesar’s veterans settle a Rhône port.
Twenty thousand seats, still used.
The Christian necropolis and Constantine’s city.
The Romanesque portal and cloister.
Fifteen months, two hundred paintings.
Themes
Choose one, or name your own.
Two hours covers one theme well. Three hours links two.
- Roman Arles: amphitheatre, theatre, forum
- The Alyscamps and early Christianity
- Romanesque Provence: Saint-Trophime
- Van Gogh’s Arles, 1888 to 1889
- Arles and the Camargue
Private walk
Your group only, your questions, your pace.
Group walk
Schools, companies, cruise and coach groups. Larger groups split.
Your theme
A period, a person, a family story. We find the historian who knows it.
Led by
A historian from Arles, from LocalBini’s vetted network
Meeting point
Central, confirmed in your booking email
Not included
Entry tickets to monuments and museums
Questions
About Arles.
Are monument tickets included?
No. The walk explains them from outside and inside where free; the Arles pass covers entries and we can time the walk around it.
Can the walk be entirely Roman?
Yes. Two hours on the Roman city alone is one of our most requested themes.
Cancellation?
Free cancellation up to 7 days before the walk. Within 7 days the walk is non refundable, since the historian has reserved the time. We reschedule for severe weather at no cost.
Walk Arles with a historian.
Date, time, length and theme. We reply within a day and confirm your historian within two to three.