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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.