Les Baux-de-Provence Travel Guide

 solopes Says:  Standing in the top of the hill, this ruined structure includes several buildings from different epochs. There is a audio guided visit in six languages, but we skipped it. 

 hquittner Says:  On another part of the hill there stands the walls of a Chapel of St. Blaise and next to it another of St. Claude, both n a flat place near the southern edge of the large rocky promontory. 

 hquittner Says:  Part of the Hotel de Manville still stands and is used as the Hotel de Ville and is also used for other activities. Several rooms have been made into a modern art museum. Immediately beyond the hotel, there are the remains of a Protestant oratory. It consists of the outer... 

 hquittner Says:  Les Baux sits on the west edge of the Alpilles, 3 km south of Glanum. Almost all of the Alpilles chain stretches east from here for 11 miles (an area southwest of the Luberon). The walls of the Alpilles are almost white and are not very tall. This area was used by van Gogh... 

 hquittner Says:  The simple facade of the Maison des Porcelets is intact near the church, as is an adjacent small domed tower. Along the main street and nearby are many shops of varying quality. 

 hquittner Says:  The chapel is close to the edge of the cliff on the east. It is a plain structure with a a small belfry and minimal carved decoration. Inside the chapel has bee covered with recent frescos of surrounding the Birth of Jesus by Yves Breyer. 

 hquittner Says:  The inside of St. Vincent's is dark and aside from a few adornments nothing remains. In the depth along one wall is a tomb of a knight from the 15C. In the back wall is an ancient small heraldic shield and nearby is a small statue of St. Francis with raised arms. A recent... 

 hquittner Says:  The facade of St. Vincent is a plain Romanesque building with unadorned arcading. It sits in a small square. The unside is dimly lit. Much of the vertical deeper wall is modifying of the surface of the cliff. Adjacent to the north of the church is a campanile whose belfry is... 

 Toshioohsako Says:  It is a fantastic view you can have over the small villages surround the Fort village of Baux town which stand of the top of the rocky hill. 

 Toshioohsako Says:  It is a pleasant and interesting experience to walk up through the narrow pavements of the Baux village. You will be surrounded by interesting houses, streets, monuments and artisan shops. Stop and have a coffee in onw of the terrace coffee shops - you can see a magnificent... 

 grandmaR Says:  «No one passes through Les Baux without a sense of true nostalgia, for here, more than anywhere else, the labours of time show what becomes of the most ambitious undertakings: ruined walls and breaches onto the void. The stones of man’s proud constructions devoured by the... 

 lotharlerch Says:  The ruins are fascinating both because of their very specific setting on the reef of the Alpilles and because of the interesting traces of millenia of history of this place you can find. It is rather nice and free of charge to wander around in the village with its few... 

 Anjutka Says:  That is what you most probably will do when in Les Baux. The place is very crowded under daytime but Lothar told me that it is almost empty in the morning. But for this he was camping very close to the place. 

 Alimacg Says:  This was not on my list of "to do's" but travelling with a teenager really took one to different places! This is a definite to do! but in order to fully appreciate what you are actually seeing, I would advise to hire the handset! In fact, hire handsets on any tours if...