St Remy Van Gogh tour

There's a self-guided tour. https://www.alpillesenprovence.com/en/history-heritage/a-land-of-art-and-culture/vincent-van-gogh/ I couldn't get the brochure to load, but it will probably be available at either the Estrine Museum or at the Cloister of Saint Paul of Mausole. We did this walk in 2015. There were sign boards with a picture of his painting at each location.
Edited to add: I think we spent about 4 hours; 1+ hours at the Cloister, 1+ hours on the trail, which included walking uphill to the panels at Glanum, 30 minutes walking through St. Remy and having a gelato, and 15+ minutes walking back to the Cloister. It looks like you can pay for an audio guide at the St. Remy Tourist Office. The museum and audio guide weren't available when we visited.

In 2019 I visited the asylum and it was interesting and worth doing. The audio guide was interesting but the second half seemed to center on the life and works of the man running the asylum - who encouraged van Gogh to paint as therapy - and his progressive attitudes. While that part was also interesting it strayed pretty far from the main subject matter if you were there for van Gogh. Van Gogh's room was reconstructed from his descriptions in letters to his brother and is presented as such.

I don't believe the walking tour existed then and I'm interested in trying it out. There is a similar set-up in Arles with metal "easels" set up in places van Gogh painted featuring the painting and some information about the subject matter.

The nearby ruins at Glanum weren't uncovered until after well after van Gogh's lifetime so he probably wandered and painted the landscapes that no longer exist - except for the mountains - because no one knew they were there.

Enjoy,
=Tod

I took a tour to St. Remy and on the one hand was glad because I'm not a big fan of driving in unfamiliar places so I would have been nervous driving there on my own. But on the other hand, I was almost crushed with disappointment when our tour guide only gave us an hour there, and then hustled us back in the van to go on to the next stop. So pros and cons.

You have to go to Arles, of course (that was also on our tour, and also too short of a time!) and see some of the scenes he painted. They have tableaux of his paintings near the scenes that he painted which is really cool to see.

If you're comfortable driving yourself, I'd urge you to do that instead so you can move at your own pace and take your time without being rushed. If I go to Provence again, I might bite the bullet and do that myself!

Also if you go to the asylum by car there is a small parking lot there. But do not worry if full. There is a huge parking lot more or less just across the road. It might be signed as if it is the parking for Glanum but it is an enormous pay by plate lot and available for either or both. And they are close. I share this here as I think I saw on a different thread someone was explaining they were disappointed they didn't get to see the asylum because the parking lot there was full.