Domaine de la Palissade — Attraction in Arles

Currently (end of March 2025) the la Sableuse path (the longest 8km) has an obstruction so you can't walk it in a loop. The path is waterlogged just next to the pole visible in the photograph and marked on the map. We tried bypassing it as probably other people before us because there were several side paths. We tried about 3 of them but they all ended with more waterlogged areas. We didn't pursue it further as we didn't want to damage vegetation. Eventually we went back the same way. I find it unacceptable that there was no information about this fact displayed as a notice or passed on to us at the place where we bought tickets. It is clear that vehicles use the path fairly often so someone in the park must have known. I recommend this path for plant watchers. I was looking for birds and I've only seen a couple of flamingos, swans and coots. I was hoping to see more birds than that. Beware of ticks. I walked my dog on the parking lot. Straight away I saw ticks on his face when he went close to the vegetation patches there. I also found ticks walking on my clothes and brushed them off. They seemed way more interested in my elderly dog. Turned out I didn't catch all off them because a few days later I removed 3 ticks that...

I really wanted to like this place and enjoy our horseback ride through the camargue but the staff failed to tell us about the massive swarms of mosquitos awaiting us as soon as we started our journey. There were multiple opportunities for the staff to tell us or remind us about mosquito repellent and to prepare for the worst but only when we got on the ride did we realize that we were swarmed by mosquitos. We asked the instructor to turn around and she indicated that we would have to turn the whole group around and essentially ruin the ride for everyone else. I walked away with no less than 500 mosquito bites all over my body (this is not an exaggeration). The rest of the group looked equally as bitten. Potentially it’s not as bad when it doesn’t rain the day before but I cannot attest to that. If you go prepare to douse yourself in mosquito repellent and wear...

Nous avons fait une très belle balade à cheval de deux heures au Domaine de la Palissade, accompagnés par Léna, une guide exceptionnelle.

Pédagogue, douce, drôle et passionnée, elle nous a transmis avec générosité ses connaissances sur la nature, la faune, la flore camarguaise, les chevaux... Elle a su créer un vrai lien, nous mettant tout de suite à l’aise. Un moment riche, sincère, vivant, ponctué d’échanges personnels et de beaux fous rires. Merci Léna, tu as illuminé notre journée !

Seul bémol : à notre retour, nous avons été un peu refroidis par l’attitude de la dame présente à l’écurie. Très distante, froide, elle s’est montrée assez dure avec Léna devant nous, ce qui nous a mis mal à l’aise. Léna voulait nous faire découvrir le lâcher des chevaux en nature, mais cette dame nous a coupé net : « au revoir, merci, la sortie c’est par là »... Un final un peu abrupt, qui contrastait avec la chaleur et la qualité du moment partagé.

Malgré cela, nous gardons un très bon souvenir de cette expérience grâce à Léna. Une personne en or, qui mérite...