# Camargue — The South of France
> The Camargue, where the Rhône meets the sea — white horses, black bulls, pink flamingos, salt and rice across a vast delta of sky and water. Hotels, tables, traditions and walks.

*Source : https://the-south-of-france.com/en/camargue/*

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The Region · La région

Where the _Rhône_ empties into the Mediterranean, a delta of salt and rice, of horsemen and herons, and a horizon you can see whole.

![A flock of flamingos on a salt lagoon](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1597824854158-9226c52cd21b?fm=jpg&q=76&w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop) The Grand Report · Bouches-du-Rhône

The Grand Report · Bouches-du-Rhône

## In the saddle with the _gardians_ of the delta

White horses, black bulls and a thousand square kilometres of marsh. A morning with the herdsmen who keep the Camargue the way it has always been.

Words — Léa Fontaine

[Read the report — lire le reportage](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/camargue/camargue-guide/)

### The latest from the _Camargue_

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![Flamingos wading in a shallow lagoon](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1597512432969-dd65354dba02?fm=jpg&q=74&w=900&auto=format&fit=crop)

Nature

#### The flamingos of the Pont de Gau

A reserve where the pink flamingo nests in thousands — best at dawn, when the water is still mirror.

Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer

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![A fortified town on the salt flats](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1715792001784-708b1d2c0bcd?fm=jpg&q=74&w=900&auto=format&fit=crop)

Villages

#### The ramparts of Aigues-Mortes

Saint Louis’s crusader port, a perfect square of walls rising straight out of the salt marshes.

Aigues-Mortes · Gard

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![White horses grazing in a marsh](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1446155844149-5ac83a06ca74?fm=jpg&q=74&w=900&auto=format&fit=crop)

Traditions

#### The Camargue horse

Born brown, turned white — the small, ancient breed the gardians still ride to work the bulls.

The delta · Bouches-du-Rhône

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![A pilgrimage church by the sea](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1673423050661-134515109330?fm=jpg&q=74&w=900&auto=format&fit=crop)

Traditions

#### The gypsy pilgrimage

Every May, the Roma of Europe carry Sara la Noire to the sea — the most moving festival in the South.

Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer

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![Pink salt pans under a wide sky](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1604948559069-3287d5c5a6e5?fm=jpg&q=74&w=900&auto=format&fit=crop)

Walks

#### The salt of Salin-de-Giraud

Mountains of fleur de sel and lagoons that turn rose — a landscape that looks painted by hand.

Salin-de-Giraud · Arles

![A long beach with no buildings](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1587579785043-eccb9f70391d?fm=jpg&q=74&w=900&auto=format&fit=crop)

Sea

#### The wild beach of Beauduc

Kilometres of empty sand at the end of a dirt road — the South before the South was discovered.

Beauduc · Camargue

The Address Book · Le carnet d’adresses

### The Camargue, _kept_

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Stay

##### Mas de Peint

Le Sambuc · a working manade

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Table

##### La Chassagnette

Arles · the kitchen garden

Nature

##### Parc ornithologique du Pont de Gau

Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer

Coffee

##### Le marché d’Arles

Arles · Saturday

Shop

##### La Maison du Riz

Camargue · rice & salt

Walk

##### Digue à la mer

Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer

[See all Camargue addresses →](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/stays/)