Thermes de Constantin

Arles


These partly preserved Roman baths were built for Emperor Constantin's private use in the 4th century. While much of the complex has been built over across the centuries, you can still see the hypocausts (under-floor heating), several plunge pools and the overall elegance of the construction.


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1. Musée Réattu

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This superb 150-year-old museum, housed in an exquisitely renovated 15th-century Hospitaller priory by the Rhône, might be assumed old-fashioned, yet its…

2. Fondation Vincent Van Gogh

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Housed in a listed 15th-century manor, now twice repurposed (its other incarnation was as a bank), this Van Gogh–themed gallery is a must-see, as much for…

3. Place du Forum

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Just as social, political and religious life revolved around the forum in Roman Arles, so the busy plane-tree-shaded place du Forum still buzzes with life…

4. Cryptoportiques

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The origins of these fascinating underground chambers, now sitting below the current city centre, go at least back to the first Roman colony in Arles in…

5. Hôtel de Ville

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Completed in 1676, and still the seat of Arles' government, the handsome Town Hall is also the entrance to the subterranean Roman Cryptoportiques.

6. Museon Arlaten

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Arles' cultural museum, founded all the way back in 1889 with the intent of documenting regional culture, styles and creators, is closed for renovations…

7. Église St-Trophime

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Named for Arles' semi-mythical first archbishop, this Romanesque-style church, built over a 5th-century basilica, was a cathedral until the bishopric…

8. Théâtre Antique

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It's easy to admire the grace and engineering of this theatre – built at the behest of the unofficial first Roman Emperor, Augustus, in the 1st century BC…