Le Mas des Ponts d'Arles hosts study days, residential seminars and group stays, with meeting rooms for 25 and 80 people and 50 bedrooms on the same site. The three-star hotel stands at 10 avenue des Prés d'Arlac in Fourques, on the Gard side of the Petit Rhône, about 3 km from Arles.
Seminars and company events
The hotel sells several formats: room hire alone, a study day, and a residential package that adds bedrooms for the team. The offer is adjusted to each request. Meeting rooms take daylight and come with a screen, a video projector, a paperboard, Wi-Fi and a photocopier.
Team building can be run on site: a quiz, a treasure hunt inside the hotel, an olympiad in the park, or a musical or karaoke evening. The hotel can also arrange outings in the area, such as a tour of the Camargue, a visit to a bull farm or a guided tour of Arles. Between sessions, groups have a bar, a terrace reserved for guests, pétanque, volleyball, table tennis, badminton and table football in the park.
For a larger plenary, the hotel points to two municipal spaces run by the town hall of Fourques, a two-minute walk away: a room for 120 people and an auditorium of about 300 seats. These are not part of the hotel and are booked through the town.
Rooms and capacities
The seminar page lists Salle 1 at 45 m² for 25 people and Salle 2 at 100 m² for 80 people. Another page describes one large room for about 100 people and two smaller rooms for 30 and 25, so ask the hotel which layout it can offer for your date. The restaurant room covers 110 m² and was designed for coach groups. Capacities change with the layout chosen.
Accommodation
The hotel has 50 air-conditioned bedrooms looking onto the garden or the park. Rooms of about 17 m² sleep two in a double or twin beds, with a bathroom, a small desk, a flat screen and Wi-Fi. Comfort rooms add a balcony or a terrace, and family rooms of about 24 m² sleep four. A 12 by 6 meter pool is open in season, and the park covers about 8,000 m².
Catering
Meals for seminars are prepared by the hotel's partner caterer. The hotel also serves breaks, lunch stops and dinners for groups staying overnight, and prepares picnic lunches for a day out in the Camargue. The bar serves soft drinks, wine, beer, tea and hot chocolate.
History and setting
The hotel was built in 1990 to receive tour groups, which explains its layout: a large parking area that takes several coaches, an enclosed car park of 50 spaces, and a quiet position outside town. The property gives direct access to the banks of the Petit Rhône, on paths reserved for walkers and cyclists. The Roman arena and the old center of Arles are about 7 minutes away by road, and Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer is within reach for a day trip.
Getting there
The hotel gives Nîmes-Garons airport at about 20 minutes and the TGV station in Nîmes at about 15 minutes. By car, leave the motorway at Arles exit 4, take the D6113 toward Fourques and Nîmes, cross the Petit Rhône and turn right at the next roundabout. Parking is free and private. Reception opens every day, with hours that vary by season.
