Cruises from Tarascon

Tarascon, 23 km south of Avignon and 20 km north of Arles, is located on the east bank of the Rhône River, France. On the other side is the similarly sized town of Beaucaire. Directly opposite each other and connected by several bridges, Beaucaire and Tarascon constitute one town, with about 30,000 inhabitants. An irrigation canal rejoins the Rhône near Tarascon. The construction of the current castle of Tarascon was started in 1401, and was turned into a military prison in the 1600s.