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Camargue
The wild delta of the Rhône, a land of salt marshes, white horses, black bulls and pink flamingos.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free; paid for the bird park and boat trips
- Time Needed
- A day
- Address
- Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, 13460Directions
- Getting There
- About 45 minutes by car south of Arles.
Why Go
Between the two arms of the Rhône, lagoons and rice fields stretch to the sea. Herds of white horses and black bulls graze the marshes, tended by cowboys called gardians, and flocks of flamingos feed in the shallows. The seaside town of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer holds a great Romani pilgrimage each May.
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