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Arrival, information and accommodation
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There's no train station in St-RA©my;
buses
from Avignon, Aix and Arles drop you in place de la RA©publique, the main square abutting the old town on the east. The
tourist office
, on place Jean-JaurA?s (June-Sept Mon-Sat 9am-noon & 2-7pm, Sun 9am-noon; rest of year Mon-Sat 9am-noon & 2-6pm; tel 04.90.92.05.22, fax 04.90.92.38.52), is just south of the centre, reached by following boulevard Marceau/avenue Durand-Maillane; they have excellent free guides to
cycling and walking routes
in and around the Alpilles and can provide addresses for renting
horses
. If you want to rent a
bike
, try Telecycles (tel 04.90.92.83.15). It's difficult to get to Glanum or Les Baux
except by foot or taxi (taxis tel 06.07.02.25.64 or 06.09.92.13.38).
St-RA©my has a fairly wide choice of accommodation , though real bargains are hard to come by. In the old town, pleasant hotels with some cheap rooms are Les Arts-La Palette , above the CafA© des Arts at 30 bd Victor-Hugo (tel 04.90.92.08.50, fax 04.90.92.55.09; 300-400F/a?¬46-61; closed Jan & Feb), and Ville Verte , on the corner of place de la RA©publique and avenue Fauconnet (tel 04.90.92.06.14, fax 04.90.92.56.54; 220-300F/a?¬34-46), which has facilities for the disabled, a garden and a pool, and also organizes walking, climbing and cycling trips. Outside the old town, try Nostradamus , 3 av Taillandier (tel 04.90.92.13.23, fax 04.90.92.49.54; 220-300F/a?¬34-46), to the north, with studios for two, or Le Castellet des Alpilles , 6 place Mireille (tel 04.90.92.07.21, fax 04.90.92.52.03; 400-500F/a?¬61-76; closed mid-Jan to mid-Feb), to the south past the tourist office, which is small and friendly, and has some rooms with great views. Finally, close by the tourist office, the Antiques , 15 av Pasteur (tel 04.90.92.03.02, fax 04.90.92.50.40; 700-800F/a?¬107-122; closed Nov-March), is a nineteenth-century mansion with huge grounds, pools and wonderfully aristocratic furnishings in the dining room and salons.
There are three functional and busy
campsites
near St-RA©my: the municipal
Le Mas de Nicolas
, 2km along route de MollA?ges (tel 04.90.92.27.05; closed Nov to mid-March);
Monplaisir
, 1km along route de Maillane (tel 04.90.92.22.70, fax 04.90.92.18.57; closed Nov-Feb); and
Pegomas
, 1km along route de Noves (tel 04.90.92.01.21, fax 04.90.92.56.17; closed Nov-Feb). Other useful information
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