Amid streaks of lightning and startling thunder claps on a recent day, I head out into the middle of the marshy wetlands known as the Camargue. I'm with a group of tourists, piled on hay bales in the ...

Horses, bulls and birds of all types live among the pink marshes of the Camargue, a rugged landscape shaped by the relentless push and pull of sea and river. By Alexis Steinman Alexis Steinman, a ...

“Vive Saintes-Maries!” comes the rousing cry from a man in a fedora and green silk shirt, his neck strung with silver pendants depicting hedgehogs, caravans and saints. Saintes-Maries is at the heart ...

In the Rhône delta, where the river and the Mediterranean meet, rising sea levels, heatwaves and droughts are making water sources salty and lands infertile. Scientists in the region say the Camargue ...

Following an 18-month renovation, nature resort Les Bains Gardians officially opens its doors on June 1, taking its name from the cattle herdsman of the Camargue, the guardians of a herd of bulls and ...

Picture this: As you open the window of your room at Les Bains Gardians, pink flamingos are taking a breather in a nearby pond as cranes fly by. Walking to breakfast, you pass white horses cantering ...

The Camargue spreads like a fan from the ancient Roman city of Arles, and in its folds lie green rice paddies, rose-colored salt flats, grass-filled marshes, and wide, windswept beaches. Arles offers ...