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Parking in Arles

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What is the parking like in Arles?

We'll be renting a place via VRBO ... places in the old town section I get the reply, from the owners, "public parking" is close by. Concerns are we go out on a day trip and return to not have a parking spot? Or having to walk a LONG distance to the rental.

We do have the option of staying just a bit farther out from the old town area and have a dedicated parking spot right by the rental. However, would rather stay close to center of town.

We'll be staying in Arles for 9 nights in late May/early June. So am thinking that since it is not peak season, parking should not be much of an issue, but interested in hearing other first hand experience from those that have been.

Thanks in advance!

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When we were there in Arles, there was a lot of parking around the perimeter of the city/town center. easy walking distance to the center. ITs not the easiest to park there but they have parking

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years ago we arrived with reservations on the day it turned out was their annual festival including running of the bulls -- not only did our hotel have no parking (they advertised it but I didn't realize I would need to have reserved it and probably usually you don't need to) but the town was full of blocked streets and people parked on every available berm or traffic island. We ended up driving about a mile out of the city when luckily someone pulled out of a space and we took it and walked the mile back to the hotel. I don't know what we would have done if our luck had no given us that spot. May and June doesn't sound like off season to me. Any chance of booking a parking spot in a garage in the city?

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Parking in a lot of medium to large French cities is very difficult. We were in Carcasonne. Our rental was near underground and surface lots. The underground lots were almost always filled. The surface lots were filled during the day, but spaces opened between 5-7PM. In Carcasonne, you needed to pay 8-12Noon, and 2-6. Otherwise spots were free. This schedule is the same in many cities. Not in Angers, where pay hours were longer.

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