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Aigues Mortes is the most beautiful walled town set on the edge of the Camargue salt pans. The town is lively day and night with a great choice of restaurants and bars and there are some lovely shops to browse in. Just strolling down all the little streets is delightful. Not far from the town you can see thousands of flamingos at the Parc Ornithologie and there is a good beach at Saint Maries de la Mer

The owner seems to feel that her inability to follow through on allowing us to use the pool after the early check out was offset by they’re keeping our luggage until 4 o’clock. I understand it’s a family run hotel and maybe they don’t understand that all hotels offer the service of keeping your luggage until you can come back to claimant for your onward journey she accused us of coming by train and not by bike we never did say that we were coming by bike. We gave her our train arrival time and we arrived on time. We were joining a bike tour that was close to the hotel. She told us we could use the pool and then reneged on that offer. It was very disappointing. Very difficult to make her understand that I guess it’s a language barrier.

Aigues-Mortes is an outstanding place to visit; the scene from the salt flats looking towards the city is unforgettable - nothing has changed since 1248. The city (in reality a small town within the walls) is very relaxed. The people are friendly and the restaurants are good. Surprisingly un-commercialised for somewhere this good. Absolutely worth a visit.

Aigues-Mortes-Mortes is a lovely little medieval town at the Western edge of the Camargue region. It is famous for its salines (Fleur de Sel), but not so for its rich and well maintained historic buildings and infrastructure, encircled by an old city wall. It is surrounded by beautiful ponds with dozens of flamingos, and access to the Mediterranean Sea. There are plenty of restaurants (traditional French seafood, as well as international cuisine), as well as a number of coffee shops and bars. Especially at night time, the lit town gates that are fully preserved are breathtaking. If you are in the region, its definitely worth a short visit. La Grande Motte, Arles, and Montpellier are in reach by cycling distance.

We didn't know beforehand that the dates we booked coincided with the "Fete Votive 2022". Our first view of the town was that of a noisy fun-fair pitched up against the medieval walls of the town. The fair extended inside the walls and there was a great deal of loud music - mostly pop music, and much drinking. This absolutely was not what we wanted but fortunately our accommodation was far enough away from the centre to be aware of the revelries. Undoubtedly the town is charming, and the upside of fete was that young black bulls with an escort of mounted riders on white horses were driven along a main throughfare twice a day - which generated a lot of excitement. Our vacation was taken in early October, seemingly well beyond the tourist season and we had difficulty booking a tour to visit the Camargue or to the salt pans - both of which were primary reasons for staying in Aigues-Mortes. Nevertheless, we had an enjoyable stay in the town which was kept immaculately clean during the fete, and it was easy to avoid the areas of heavy drinking and loud 'live' music. Would I go back to Aigues-Mortes? Certainly, but I would choose the date I visited there more carefully. I should perhaps mention that we were self-catering, and we had great difficulty in locating food shops within the town, though there were enough restaurants and food outlets open so you will definitely not go hungry. I cannot tell how typical our experience was since it did coincide with the fete, and we are just too old to participate in activities of our youth. It's a lovely place for a short stay. Do your research carefully.

Since our last visit quite a few years ago the number of mosquitos has increased enormously, particularly if one wants to eat outside in the main square in the evening. Well worth visiting Les Petites Trains de Colorado even for people not interested in model trains. Superb working display, entry 6 euros.