Visit Arles - What to See & Do in Arles, France

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  • From UNESCO World Heritage Sights to Reliving Van Gogh's Paintings Arles, France has so much in it that you need more than a day trip to take it all in. From the amphitheater to the ancient theater this Provence town is famous for its history as well as its connection to the artist Vincent Van Gogh. He painted hundreds of paintings of the city and you can relive the sights where he painted all around town.
    What to see & do in Arles, France.
    Filmed in Arles, France
    Copyright Mark Wolters 2016
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  • @laughingsheep
    @laughingsheep 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Awwwww.... I miss the Provence so much. It's the no.1 vacation goal for our family throughout my whole childhood and is still. Arles is really beautiful!
    You actually can take a boatride and see....ok I don't remember exactly. But I remember, I liked it a lot :)

  • @odyssey.studios
    @odyssey.studios 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My hometown! My favourite place on earth! Thank you for reviewing it!

  • @wallykaspars9700
    @wallykaspars9700 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks for your video! Yes, a beautiful city! I was there , one Summer, several years ago, the cathedral was undergoing restoration and almost completely covered with scaffolding and tarps. The indicators of Van Gogh's art must be recent, I don't remember them. Inside the coliseum I spent a while reading the graffiti and initial carvings from the late 1800s. At the coliseum entrance was a poster advertising an upcoming Joe Cocker concert. I can imagine a concert, under the stars of a Provence evening, must be an extraordinary experience. It's great that you take your kids on so many trips. By adulthood they will have seen so very much to enrich their lives. I wish you and your family many happy travels.

    • @woltersworld
      @woltersworld  8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Wally Kaspars it was a great experience. The older boy was so upset when we had to leave. He just fell in love with the city

  • @salesgirl45
    @salesgirl45 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We loved visiting Arles. We actually stayed there and found it fascinating.

  • @BostonsRandJ
    @BostonsRandJ 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love Arles! AND the market there is huge & wonderful & a great place to wander, maybe for hours!

    • @woltersworld
      @woltersworld  8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Jerry Fortner so true. So true

  • @Imsemble
    @Imsemble 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hi Mark, I just wanted to tell you that in the bull fight in Arles they don't kill the bulls like in Spain. Instead, the game is to snatch a ribbon that is on the forehead of the bull. Once a competitor manages to take it, the bull walks out unharmed.

    • @woltersworld
      @woltersworld  8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +gushersboy cool to know. Thanks for sharing. I didn't know that

  • @franciscofontsaravia9626
    @franciscofontsaravia9626 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    great video, i did't know this place and it is awesome. thanks!

  • @minerva2kutube
    @minerva2kutube 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi Mark don't miss Camargue of course, well worth visiting while in Provence, we fell in love with it, like France's Everglades :-))

  • @lazarustenebrae
    @lazarustenebrae 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hate to hear that you took a little spill. I am thankful that the baby was unharmed. I do hope that your injuries were minor and that you heal quickly. Thanks so much for this little gem as well as the others that you produce. Keep up the great work. :)

    • @woltersworld
      @woltersworld  8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Desmarius took a few months until I could cross my legs seated or put any direct pressure on my knee. It was bad. Liam was totally fine. Just was more scared because I was hurt I think. My wife wiped off my knee and asked how all this paper got ok your knee but she didn't realize it was my skin. Not a fun end of the day in Arles. I limped through the rest of the trip.

  • @teehtravel8354
    @teehtravel8354 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    A grea little video Mark. Thanks for the info :)

  • @rbnum1fan
    @rbnum1fan 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks very much for this! We will be visiting in Spetember

  • @cezarekk
    @cezarekk 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you. I like Arles. I was there a year ago.

  • @JazzRocks57
    @JazzRocks57 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love Arles! I've stayed in both Avignon and Arles and, while both were great, I prefer Arles. Wonderful small hotel right next to the amphitheater

  • @woof9591
    @woof9591 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi! I really appreciate the video, I'm going on a family trip to Arles for 2 days and I have no idea what I'll expect here. It's a really helpful video!

  • @owen81chua
    @owen81chua 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    love this city as well, always intro my friend about this city :)

  • @karih5806
    @karih5806 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Interesting! I checked Google maps, and found the roman theatre. Learned something new today:D

  • @chiarad7748
    @chiarad7748 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    I went to Arles too last year, just for an afternoon (because I was going to Bordeaux with my schoolmates). I didn't know the Van Gogh's thing, what a pity D: I only visited the theater and the Arena and it was just like being in Italy, where I live! ahah

  • @klement1337
    @klement1337 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am glad you did a review of that city. You have said a lot but I will add more :
    1-At the opposite of the gate where you have done your vlog, was the house where Vincent Van gogh lived with Gauguin. This house has been distroyed during WWII.
    2-The city hall has a really interresting architecture and especially the ceilling of the hall. Specialists have studied that ceilling and they didn't find how the builders have started it.
    3-With the Church, you have also a cloister that you can visit and it's really nice and typical place.
    4-Close to the Arena you have the national photography school.
    5-In the old train factories area, Frank Gerhy is builing a tower which should be finish in 2017-18

    • @woltersworld
      @woltersworld  8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Clément Welsch thank you for adding on. That's why I love comments. You can get so much more information out to people. Thank you for sharing!

    • @pn4960
      @pn4960 ปีที่แล้ว

      Unfortunately, the finished tower is ugly. But the view from the top is very nice

    • @domitiusafer
      @domitiusafer 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, exactly : a Little known fact the building of the town hall was one of the first achievements of the architect Jules Hardoin-Mansart who was chosen by the king of France Louis XIV in the 17th century to build the Palace of Versailles. The architects regularly come to admire the ceiling of the entrance hall of the building in the hope of discovering the secret of its construction which could not be restored.
      The cathedral Saint Trophime erected in the 11th century with its portal is a masterpiece of Provencal Romanesque art and in this cathedral was crowned in 1178 as king of Arles, the "emperor of the Holy Roman Empire Germanic Frederick Barbarossa because at the time the kingdom of"Arles independent between the 9th and 11th centuries was attached to the Holy Roman Empire and then from the middle of the 13th century to the kingdom of Naples and will be attached to France only in 1486.Little known fact the building of the town hall was one of the first achievements of the architect Jules Hardoin-Mansart who was chosen by the king of France Louis XIV in the 17th century to build the Palace of Versailles. The architects regularly come to admire the ceiling of the entrance hall of the building in the hope of discovering the secret of its construction which could not be restored.

  • @victoriaking4634
    @victoriaking4634 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like all your videos
    GOD BLESS YOU

    • @woltersworld
      @woltersworld  8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Victoria King thank you Victoria!!

  • @shdavidchung877
    @shdavidchung877 ปีที่แล้ว

    Also gotta visit the tomb that shoots holy water!Sarcophagus (Sainte Tombe), Abbaye Sainte-Marie d’Arles-sur-Tech‬, Arles-sur-Tech (Pyrénées-Orientales)

  • @skevbeats
    @skevbeats 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Out of Avignon, Arles, Nimes, I really liked Nimes the best. It had the energy of a real city with the historic charm. The other 2 just seemed like tourist traps.

    • @domitiusafer
      @domitiusafer 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nimes is actually currently the most populated of the three cities with 154,000 residents against 89,000 for Avignon and 53,000 for Arles .
      Even though historically, the city of Nîmes was less important than that of Arles which was capital of the Roman Empire in the 4th century under the reign of the emperors Constantine then his son Constance II then the capital of an independent kingdom from the 9th to the 11th century while Avignon was the capital of Christianity from 1305 to 1417, the popes having deserted the city of Rome in the grip of the civil wars between clans of Roman aristocrats.Nîmes has spectacular Roman monuments in better condition than those of Arles such as the large tower of its Roman enclosure (Tour Magne), the temple of the grandsons of Emperor Augustus (Maison Carrée) as well as its amphitheatre which is the best preserved in the world of monuments of the same type to such an extent that the tourist services of the city of Rome have used videos of the amphitheatre of Nimes built on the model of the Colosseum of Rome to illustrate the latter which is too dilapidated , which caused scandal in Italy. Around Nîmes, there are also the medieval cities of Sommières and Uzès with its cathedral Saint Théodorit and its tower Fenestrelle and its castle, but also the Pont du Gard , the spectacular Roman aqueduct that spans the river Gardon, the Romanesque abbey of Saint Gilles , the medieval city of Aigues Mortes built by the King of France Saint Louis in the 13th century to serve as a port to embark for the crusades in Egypt and Tunisia.

  • @Devonguitar1
    @Devonguitar1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey Mark: I've been enjoying your videos of Europe recently. Great work. Have not seen much mention of music scenes so, I'd like to ask one important question (to some of us, anyway): What city in Europe (besides UK) have you found to have the best smaller live music venues for pop & rock etc. Not crappy dives but decent venues where one enjoys being and will see good current popular music. Just ONE city, maybe ?? (or, as many as come to mind) Thanks so much.

  • @BillGreenAZ
    @BillGreenAZ 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mark, that was a great shot of your wife in the amphitheater.
    Thanks for this video. I'll be in France in August and was looking for places to visit besides Normandy and Mont Saint-Michel. I'll have to discuss visiting Arles with my travel mate.

    • @woltersworld
      @woltersworld  8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Bill Green maybe Loire Valley could be another option too. Great travels my friend.

    • @BillGreenAZ
      @BillGreenAZ 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Mark!

  • @FrozenLadyTears
    @FrozenLadyTears 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yeahh I be there maybe in may to start the way of st-James

  • @angeloargentieri5605
    @angeloargentieri5605 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Le vestigia romane di Arles sono meravigliose, la grandezza, la potenza e la gloria di Roma è eterna

  • @judgei39
    @judgei39 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is this a day trip you would recommend for a cruise that stops in Marseille?

  • @fabianstohr1080
    @fabianstohr1080 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    in which accomodation did you Star?

  • @wendyishere
    @wendyishere 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is it better to stay in and take day trips by train from Arles or Avignon? Merci.

  • @OnTheGoWithCarson
    @OnTheGoWithCarson 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'd love to be there right now :)

    • @woltersworld
      @woltersworld  8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +OnTheGoWithCarson so where did you head for spring break? We headed back to France. Great time. So relaxing. Hope all is well. I've been seeing your videos pop up more often now. Got the filming bug back?

    • @OnTheGoWithCarson
      @OnTheGoWithCarson 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +woltersworld I just got back from Cuba! It was amazing and I'll be uploading videos from there soon. I'm glad you had a great Spring Break.
      Yes, I got the bug again. I had a few months where I was so busy and really confused about what kind of videos to put out but now I'm just trying everything and hoping people love it. As long as I'm happy, right? :)

    • @abelardorgr
      @abelardorgr 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cuba is an amazing country,very unique!

  • @tosht2515
    @tosht2515 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent. This one is super interesting Mark. Please tell me you made it to Marseille since you were in the general area!

    • @woltersworld
      @woltersworld  8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Tosh T ... :( you are going to be disappointed in me Tosh. Went to Avignon, Arles, Nimes & Nice but no Marseilles. Sorry :(

    • @tosht2515
      @tosht2515 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +woltersworld
      C'est la vie. Can't wait for the rest of the videos! I've never been to this part of France.

    • @abelardorgr
      @abelardorgr 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Marseille is really different and spectacular! It is a charming city! Marseille is Marseille!

  • @SpottedSharks
    @SpottedSharks 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good news! There is a special van Gogh exhibit in 2016 from May-Sept. Check the vG foundation's web site for the deets.

    • @woltersworld
      @woltersworld  8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +SpottedSharks awesome! Thanks for the heads up!

  • @harrymonk6
    @harrymonk6 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can u get any good bud in arles?

  • @adamhovey407
    @adamhovey407 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    My nephew Vincent was named after Van Gogh

  • @marcrj9938
    @marcrj9938 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    woltersworld. will you be doing a video about Poland and also umm Bulgaria and Romania

    • @woltersworld
      @woltersworld  8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +marcel goldberg we will get there one day. Time off with the kids school make it tough to get as many places as we would like.

    • @woltersworld
      @woltersworld  8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +marcel goldberg eventually we will get there don't worry :)

  • @meilleureamie2145
    @meilleureamie2145 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I live in ARLES

  • @nartuo81
    @nartuo81 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    hey how do you afford to pay for all the traveling you do

  • @Bill-ig6gu
    @Bill-ig6gu 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Are you the Urban Prepper also?

  • @adamhovey407
    @adamhovey407 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Geez, so many Unesco world heritage sites in France.

  • @jesussaves852
    @jesussaves852 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jesus loves you and may God bless you.

  • @arleseveangeles7038
    @arleseveangeles7038 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    its strange that my name is a tourist spot

  • @mahussein66
    @mahussein66 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    youd LUV israel/jordan/egypt

    • @woltersworld
      @woltersworld  8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +mahussein66 I so want to go!!!

  • @bigalb1913
    @bigalb1913 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice video but do take a breath now and again! By the way it's pronounced 'Van Goff' not 'Van Go' as in Van Gogh.

  • @residentflea
    @residentflea 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    How is the moslim situation in France because my French friends who live in Paris are very concerned about it

    • @odyssey.studios
      @odyssey.studios 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fine what do you mean

    • @dillon5906
      @dillon5906 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Muslims are invading Europe. Travel now, so you can tell your grandkids about how Europe used to be White Christians.

    • @dexter9313
      @dexter9313 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +residentflea I'm french and it's not a deal at all. You will meet concerned french about this because they watch too much TV. You "can" (but very unlikely, like everywhere else) have problems in some poor places in very big cities but outside of these places you risk absolutly nothing.

    • @LiamHaHaX
      @LiamHaHaX 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Dillon Flatt I wound what it is about this channel that attracts ignorant people who have clearly never stepped foot in the real world..

    • @adamhovey407
      @adamhovey407 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, I am Catholic, and one of my closest Muslim friends has even come to church with me. Yes, some Muslims are extremist, but if you go to India right now, you'll find, so are some non-Muslims.