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Montpellier, Nîmes & Arles

Roman arenas and temples, honey-stone lanes, and shuttered courtyards under a relentless southern sun — three cities blurring into one long Provençal afternoon.

Weathered stone arches of the Roman amphitheatre in Arles rise above the town's rooftops and a bell tower
The Roman arena at Arles, still hosting spectacles two thousand years on
Sunlight filters through plane trees onto a narrow pedestrian street lined with shops and café tables in Arles
An afternoon stroll beneath the plane trees of an Arles side street
Soaring ribbed Gothic vaults arch overhead in the cloister of Saint-Trophime, Arles
Ribbed Gothic vaults inside the Cloître Saint-Trophime
Warm afternoon light streams through leaded stained-glass windows onto a stone wall
Afternoon light through leaded glass in the old town of Arles
Weathered stone figures of apostles stand among carved columns in the Romanesque cloister gallery of Saint-Trophime, Arles
Carved apostles keeping watch over the Romanesque gallery at Arles' Saint-Trophime
Pink bougainvillea and green vines cascade over a stone doorway and pale shutters on a southern French street
Bougainvillea spilling over a doorway in the old town
Yellow bistro chairs cluster under shade trees outside a café on a town square
Yellow café chairs gathered under the plane trees on a market square
Ivy climbs a stone building above a small bookshop in a narrow, café-lined lane
A quiet lane where ivy climbs toward a bookshop door
Corinthian columns of the ancient Roman temple Maison Carrée rise above a square in Nîmes
The Maison Carrée, one of the best-preserved Roman temples anywhere, still commanding its square
Sunlit ochre and pink building facades line a narrow cobbled lane in Arles, an oleander tree at the corner
Ochre and rose façades along an Arles backstreet
A weathered bicycle leans against a building with peeling blue shutters and a painted fish ornament in Arles
A bicycle beneath blue shutters in Arles' old town
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