Provence Tour: - 6 Days from only £337pp
- Inclusive Tour by Air
Day 1: Arles Flight to France. Coach transfer to your hotel in Arles for check-in. Subject to flight timings, free time for a walk into Arles for initial exploration, prior to your evening meal (first meal included). Day 2: Les Baux de Provence, St-Remy-de-Provence, Glanum and Avignon Morning visit to the 10th century citadel fortress of Les Baux de Provence perched high on top of a cliff. Visit the castle museum and see the medieval siege machinery dating back some 900 years. Continue to St-Remy-de- Provence, birthplace of Nostradamus and where Van Gogh produced a number of his most famous works. Close by, set in superb scenery, is the 2,500 year old Roman settlement of Glanum with temples and houses in a remarkable state of preservation. A visit to the newly opened museum, which exhibits town plans, scale models and pictorial reconstructions of the settlement. Continue to Avignon, city of the popes. Day 3: Nîmes and Pont du Gard Full day visit to Nîmes and the Pont du Gard. Walk through the old part of the city starting at La Maison Carree, one of the best preserved and most elegant temples, and continue through the old part of Nîmes with its narrow lanes, old houses and mansions, and newly opened shops in a pedestrian precinct. Finish at the 20,000 seat Arena – the best preserved in the Roman world. Continue to the Pont du Gard, to view the Roman aqueduct. Day 4: Vaison-la-Romaine and Orange Morning visit to Vaison-la-Romaine which provides an opportunity to gain an understanding of Roman civilisation in Provence. The town site is divided by the green waters of the River Ouvéze, spanned since Roman times by a high single arched stone bridge, unaltered except for repairs to the parapet in the 19C. Afternoon visit to Orange, where two monuments, a theatre and a commemorative arch are all that now stands of the proud Roman city of Arausio (now Orange), which numbered 80-90,000 inhabitants. Visit the theatre, acknowledged as the best preserved Roman Theatre in existence. Day 5: Arles The day is spent on foot in Arles. The most conspicuous monuments of the Roman period are the amphitheatre, theatre, forum, temples, the Baths of Constantine and the Alyscamps – one of the most beautiful Roman cemeteries. Day 6: Return to the UK Depart after breakfast (last meal included). Subject to flight timings, free time prior to the transfer to the airport for the return flight to the UK. | 
