204: Ampitheatre of Arles

Well no doubt the ampitheatre was looking very pretty after a recent cleaning job that had seen half of the grimy stones removed of years of filth.

me sitting on the steps of the uncleaned bit!

Arles is the former capital of Provence and, as the book 1000 places to see before you die points out, its the city of van Gogh's anguish. Heavily bombed during the war alot of it has been rebuilt but a few areas have been left un touched like the below bridge

Now it was hard to determine whether the ampitheatre is used nowadays or not as it was completely closed due to the renovation and you couldnt go inside. But Arles is famous for its non-killing bull fights. Nice for the bulls- even though the still get heavily annoyed for an hour by the bullfighter.

The book 1000 places to see before you die recommended the Grand Hotel Nord-Pinus. Sadly their restaurant was shut for renovation (amazing given it was tourist season) so all I could do was snap a photo of the facade!!