Telephone from within France: 04 90 49 69 20

From outside the country 33-4 90 49 69 20

First: to get to Arles you can come by Plane or Train or Car.

If by Plane

We are 30 minutes from the Nîmes domestic airport (which would mean switching planes in Paris)

: 45 minutes from the Marseille International Airport - for clients from America you still must take another plane and switch in London, Paris, Amsterdam, Brusselles, Munich, Barcelona, Madrid...etc., there is not yet an American airline that flies direct to Marseille.

In the above situations, there is not as yet a public transport with reasonable fairs from the airports to downtown Arles. The taxis generally cost 45-60E from Nimes to Arles, and 100E from Marseille to Arles day time, 120E evening. If you would like to arrange for us to pick you up, we can do so and ask 70E for the trip to Marseille, and 45E for the trip to Nîmes... for up to 3 persons. If you are more, than a different or additional vehicle is needed, and thus a different price.

If by Train :

The Arles Train Station is right outside the walls of the old city, just 10 minutes by foot from our door. There is one TGV from Paris that arrives directly in Arles per day off season, two on season (April through September). Generally, you can count on an evening train leaving Paris at 18:30 or so, arriving in Arles at 22:30 or so, the times alter by a few minutes every year. The roundtrip is in the 150E per person - depending on day and period, it can be up to 200E. First class tickets are more, but the seats are definitely more spacious and the cabins more comfortable. - There is also a direct train from Marseille, or Lyon, or Barcelona... though it would be a regular train, not a TGV (train grand vitesse).

There are many trains from Paris (the Gare de Lyon) and from the Charles de Gaulle International Airport that come down to Avignon during the day. There is a "navette" small bus from the Avignon TGV station to Arles that leaves frequently throughout the day. Depending on the train, the wait for the navette can be from 10 minutes - 1 1/2 hours, so be sure to ask the ticket agent at SNCF (the train people) for the ideal "correspondence", I use the phrase, "Cherchez une correspondence pas trop pénible s'il vous plaît".

From the Arles train station the taxi fare is generally 8-10E to the local hotels. Be warned that the train station does not have elevators or escalators and you arrive on the far side of the tracks... heavy luggage can be a problem at the Arles station.

If by car:

The major highway from Marseille to Nîmes passes right through Arles (well, a little to the side, so much for city planning). This is useful to the traveler by car.

Coming From Marseille : the exit is precisely "Arles/Pont du Crau" you exit here, and are led to a roundabout which cuts through a renaissance aqueduct. Follow the roundabout 3/4 around and exit at the direction "Arles, centre ville". Follow this road past 2 lights to the Blvd. Emile Combes on your right. Turn right (you will see the old city up on the cliff above you as you turn). Follow Emile Combes as it passes the cemetery, and turns left onto another roundabout (this is the Place Lamartine) with the Monoprix supermarket on your right. Go into the roundabout and follow it 3/4 around, enter Arles through the short Sarrasin towers. Go straight towards the mosaic, bear left at the mosaic and you will enter the Place Voltaire, bear left to park on the parking lot. From the Place Voltaire, on foot take the street named : rue Portagnel (to the left of the Café de Paix). Our door is numer 11, painted blue. Ring the bell, knock on the knocker. If we don't come running, then please turn the corner onto rue Pierre Euzeby, and pull the bell on number 30, under the honey-suckle vine. Pull hard (it's attached to a real bell!)

Coming from Nîmes : the exit is "Arles Centre-ville" and is just after the bridge over the Rhône. Follow it down the ramp and under the autoroute, and around to the right as it leads you into town. Follow this road through town, it will first be called Blvd Clemenceau, and then become Blvd des Lices. Follow it through 4-5 lights, till the garden is on your left. Turn just after the garden onto the Blvd Emile Combes. Follow Emile Combes as it passes the cemetery, and turns left onto another roundabout (this is the Place Lamartine) with the Monoprix supermarket on your right. Go into the roundabout and follow it 3/4 around, enter Arles through the short Sarrasin towers. Go straight towards the mosaic, bear left at the mosaic and you will enter the Place Voltaire, bear left to park on the parking lot. From the Place Voltaire, on foot take the street named : rue Portagnel (to the left of the Cafe de Paix). Our door is numer 11, painted blue. Ring the bell, knock on the knocker. If we don't come running, then please turn the corner onto rue Pierre Euzeby, and pull the bell on number 30, under the honey-suckle vine.. Pull hard (it's attached to a real bell!)