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Le Petit Rhône
Suitability for a houseboat holiday ****

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The Petit Rhône branches off the Rhône at Arles, passes a beautiful part of the Camargue and flows westerly of the “Gipsy-town”, Les Saintes Maries”, into the Mediterranean Sea. To the lock of St. Gilles, where it has access to the Canal Rhône à Sète, it is developed for Cargo ships; afterwards it becomes a small, romantic river, which can, under normal circumstances, be passed with boats up to a draught of one meter. The cable of the ferry at Sauvage allows a height of 2.70 m.
Advantage: A unique opportunity to visit the Camargue by boat, Saintes Maries can be reached over a short bit of the Mediterranean Sea.
Disadvantage: Unforeseen shallows.

Length: 37 kms; locks: None; boat hirer: In Aigues Mortes at the Canal Rhône à Sète.
A small river for friends of nature, who don’t mind mosquitoes too much.
Tourism
The Camargue, what else can one say! On top of that, the wonderful Roman town of Arles and the old “Gipsy-town” Saintes Maries de la Mer, both hav a lot of visitors.
Food and Drinks
Mediterranean and Provencal!! That means, only the best, if you avoid the restaurants “dispatching” tourists.

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