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Arles
France
A haven for artistic types since time immemorial, the ancient
city of
Arles is
Southern France‘s chicest arts mecca. Gucci knows it
(Alessandro Michele staged his 2019 cruise show here), Vincent Van
Gogh knew it (the artist painted four scenes of the historical
necropolis Alyscamps in October 1888) and we know it too. Explore
the once provincial capital of Rome; parading up and down the
Promenade des Alyscamps – a tree-lined Roman necropolis where Paul
Gauguin came to paint – you’ll quickly tap into Arles’
spiritedness.