Things to do in Saint-Remy-de-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur: The Best Sights & Landmarks

At the heart of the magnificent Alpilles mountains, the archaeological site at Glanum features the remains of an important Roman settlement that prospered from the 6th century BC to the third century AD. This fascinating site includes the ruins of both civic and religious edifices and is unique in Provence. Open: > 1st April to 30th September: from 9.30 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. > 1st October to 31st March: from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Last admission 30 minutes before closing time. Closed: > Mondays from 1st October to 31st March. > 1st January, 1st May, 1st November, 11th November and 25th December. Admission fees: Adults : 8 €; Concessions (18 to 25) = 6,50 €; Free admission: minors under 18*; Free admission: 18-25 years old* (citizens of one of the 27 countries of the EU or are non-European permanent residents of France) * excluding school groups

Psychiatric centre which treated Van Gogh after he cut off his ear.

A family run business, created in 2000, by brother and sister team Anne and Gilles Brun. Specialising in the production of cold pressed, extra virgin, mono variety, olive oils from five different types of olive and a house blend of the five varieties. Come and visit this working olive oil mill, set in the beautiful countryside just outside the town of St Rémy de Provence. Take a guided tour and sample the range of produce from the mill's kitchen.

A 1km walk connecting the center of Saint Remy de Provence and Saint Paul de Mausole where Vincent van Gogh lived the last years of his life, decorated with panels depicting paintings by the artist all along the way. Panels are not at the place where Van Gogh painted them.

Situe dans le centre historique de Saint-Remy-de-Provence, le musee des Alpilles est installe dans l'hotel Mistral de Mondragon, ancien hotel particulier d'epoque Renaissance. Classe Monument historique depuis 1862, le batiment d'une grande qualite architecturale, est construit d'une admirable cour interieure. La visite de ce lieu unique permet de mieux comprendre les paysages actuels, naturels et humains, de cette partie de la Provence qui s'etend entre le Rhone, la Durance et le massif des Alpilles. Promenade dans le temps et dans l'espace, l'exposition permanente evoque diverses facettes insoupconnees ou mal connues du patrimoine regional : de l'Hypselosaurus, gentil dinosaure qui jadis frequenta la contree, au costume traditionnel et a la tauromachie de type camarguais en passant par la culture et le commerce du chardon cardere, du pavot somnifere et des graines de semence. Des oeuvres internationales, signees Vincent van Gogh ou Albert Gleize, sont nees ici. Mais a cote existe aussi le travail souvent remarquable de createurs discrets, anonymes ou de notoriete locale, sur lesquels le musee souhaite egalement attirer l'attention : ex voto deposes aux XVIIIe et XIXe siecles dans les chapelles, cannes et devidoirs ouvrages, santons en terre crue, etonnantes enluminures d'Augustin Gonfond. Le cabinet d'arts graphiques et photographiques ainsi que l'atelier de typographie et de gravure traduisent par ailleurs l'orientation de l'etablissement sur les oeuvres sur papier et la gravure contemporaine.

Open every day from 1st June to 30 September State owned and managed by the Centre for National Monuments, the site was originally occupied by a vast complex of thermal baths dating back to the 4th century AD, which was gradually revealed through archaeological excavations conducted since the 1940s. A tithe house, religious and private structures have been housed under the same roof in medieval and modern times. In 1513, Balthazar de Sade had a hôtel particulier (detached private house) built in a combination of Gothic and Renaissance styles. The site as it appears today is the result of a joint effort of consolidation and restoration carried out on the buildings in the early 20th century by the architect Jules Formigé and Henri Rolland, Director of Antiquités de Provence. The aim was to conserve Glanum's archaeological collections there and attract researchers.