national park
Parc Naturel Régional de Camargue
A wild wetland delta of pink flamingos, white horses and black bulls between the arms of the Rhône.
8 km · about 15 min drive
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Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France · Europe
About Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer
Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer is worth a stop: 25 minutes from Aigues-Mortes, 8km from Parc Naturel Régional de Camargue.
Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer is in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, with about 2,300 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Aigues-Mortes, about 23 km away.
Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃tmaʁi d(ə) la mɛʁ], alternatively with the definite article Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, lit. "(the) Saint Marys of the Sea", locally Les Saintes, [le sɛ̃t]; Provençal: Lei Santei Marias de la Mar (classical norm) or Li Sànti Marìo de la Mar (Mistralian norm)), isRead more
the capital of the Camargue (Provençal: Camarga) natural region in Southern France. It lies on the Mediterranean Sea.
Administratively, it is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, on the departmental border with Gard. It covers the second-largest area of all communes in metropolitan France, smaller only than that of neighbouring Arles.
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What is there to see near Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer?
Within an hour or so of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer: Parc Naturel Régional de Camargue (8 km), Aigues-Mortes (23 km), Arena of Nimes (43 km), Les Baux-de-Provence (44 km).
Are there any good drives near Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer?
The nearest famous roads are Route des Crêtes (Cassis), Gorges de la Nesque Road and Millau Viaduct (A75).
Where is Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer?
Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer is in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, about 23 km from Aigues-Mortes.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 2,341
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- France
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
- Coordinates
- 43.4521, 4.4291
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Carrying a warning triangle and hi-vis vest in your vehicle is mandatory. Motorway emergency phones connect to official breakdown services only.
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Worth the detour from Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer
7 notable places within an hour's drive.
castle
Aigues-Mortes
A perfectly rectangular walled medieval port town rising from the Camargue salt marshes and pink lagoons.
23 km · about 25 min drive
ancient ruins
Arena of Nimes
One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheaters in the world, still hosting events nearly 2,000 years after its construction.
43 km · about 50 min drive
castle
Les Baux-de-Provence
A dramatic medieval fortress village crowning a rocky limestone outcrop in the Alpilles mountains.
44 km · about 50 min drive
museum
Carrières des Lumières
Old limestone quarries turned into a vast immersive art show projected across 14 m stone walls.
44 km · about 50 min drive
racetrack
Circuit de Ledenon
Twisting, roller-coaster circuit in the sun-baked hills near Nimes, famed as France's most technical track; a favourite of motorcyclists and track-day drivers, and one of few French circuits run anti-clockwise.
53 km · about 60 min drive
landmark
Pont du Gard
Remarkably preserved three-tiered Roman aqueduct bridge built in the first century AD in southern France.
56 km · about 65 min drive
Driving roads near Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer
- 63 kmPont Saint-Bénézet (Pont d'Avignon)The famous half-bridge of the children's song, jutting into the Rhône beneath Avignon's papal ramparts.
- 76 kmPont du Diable (Hérault)A 11th-century 'devil's bridge' arching over the Hérault above emerald swimming pools in a sun-baked gorge.
- 78 kmNotre-Dame de la Garde ViewpointMarseille's 'Bonne Mere' basilica crowns a 149 m limestone peak reachable by a winding drive, with a sweeping 360-degree panorama over the Old Port, the Frioul islands and the Calanques.
Driving in France
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.85/litre
- Motorway tolls
- ~€10.00/100km
When to drive here
April to October
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