Visiting Le Salin d’Aigues-Mortes in the Camargue

Do you know the Saunier de Camargue? When we realised we were fairly closeby last summer in the Languedoc.(i.e. a over an hour’s drive each way – would make for a long day of driving but since we were “so close”…) we were keen to visit the salt marshes. We’d read that the landscape features stunning red salt flats that have to be seen to be believed…

We opted for a “Petit Train” tour around the marshes (90 minutes, 9€ per adult, operates from March to November, various times) with Salins d’Aigues Mortes. It’s truly like nothing I’ve ever seen!

Is that – PINK water?

Yes indeed it is – the pink colour comes from an algae producing beta carotene to protect itself from the sun. Between the pinks and the blues, I don’t know what’s prettier…

Here’s a taste of what you can expect as you whiz around the marshes in the Petit Train learning about the salt production and its history…

Salins Aigues-Mortes
Route du Grau du Roi
30220 Aigues-Mortes

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Visit the salt marshes in a “Petit Train“