Grand Hôtel Nord Pinus

Top choice in Arles


This Arlésian landmark has housed everyone from Picasso and Hemingway to Cocteau and Fritz Lang. Its style is 1930s opulence: wrought-iron beds, art deco sinks, designer furniture, vintage féria posters, black-and-white Peter Beard photographs and a chichi bar and restaurant. This is not the place to stay if you baulk at paying €25 for parking and €32 for breakfast.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Arles attractions

1. 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…

2. 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…

3. 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.

4. 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…

5. 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…

6. 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…

7. Thermes de Constantin

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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…

8. Espace Van Gogh

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The 16th-century hospital where Van Gogh had his ear stitched on and was later locked up hosts the occasional exhibition (which attracts an entry fee). At…