Frejus Attractions
The best way to see the Roman ruins is to hop on one of the town's sightseeing Trains du Soleil .The best preserved of the ruins is the Amphithéâtre, rue Henri-Vadon (tel. 04-94-51-34-31). In Roman times, it held up to 10,000 spectators. The upper levels of the galleries have been reconstructed with the same greenish stone used to create the original building. Today it's used as a venue for rock concerts and the city's two annual Spanish-style corridas (bullfights). Ask the tourist office for dates and details. It's open Wednesday through Monday April through September from 9:30am to noon and 2 to 6:30pm, and October through March from 9am to noon and 2 to 4:30pm. Admission is free.A half-kilometer north of town on rue du Théâtre-Romain, the Théâtre Romain (tel. 04-94-51-34-31), not to be confused with the amphitheater, has been largely destroyed. However, one wall and a few of the lower sections remain and are used as a backdrop for occasional summer concerts. The site is open 24 hours, and visits, which aren't monitored, are free. Northwest of the theater, you can see a few soaring arches as they follow the road leading to Cannes. These are the remaining pieces of the 40km (25-mile) aqueduct that once brought fresh water to Fréjus's water tower.The small, round Chapelle Cocteau, avenue Nicola (tel. 04-94-53-27-06), was designed by the artist, film director, social gadfly, and prince des poètes Jean Cocteau. It was built between 1961 and 1965, and was decorated by Cocteau himself. Its octagonal shape, low-slung with small windows, might remind you of an African thatch-covered hut. It's open Wednesday through Monday April through September from 2 to 6pm, and October through March from 2 to 5pm. Admission is free.Just outside Fréjus are two curiosities that reflect the cultural mixture of France's early-20th-century empire. The Pagode Hong-Hien (tel. 04-94-53-25-29), still used as a Buddhist temple, is about 2km (1 1/4 miles) northeast on R.N. 7. It was built in 1919 by soldiers conscripted from Indochina as a shrine to their fallen comrades. It's open daily from 9am to noon and 2 to 6pm; admission is 1.25?. Off D4, leading to Bagnols, you can see the purple-red exterior of the Mosquée Soudanaise (no phone), built by Muslim soldiers conscripted from the French colony of Mali. It's controlled by the French Ministry of Defense and is off-limits to casual visitors.The grand neoclassical Villa Aurélienne, avenue du Général-d'Armée Calliès (tel. 04-94-52-90-41), was originally a holiday home for an English industrialist in the 1880s. It's the venue of a widely varied series of temporary art exhibitions. Call for information. The park surrounding the villa hosts occasional festivals .Parc Zoologique, Le Capitou (tel. 04-98-11-37-37), is off A8 about 5.5km (3 1/2 miles) north of the center of Fréjus. The safari park is home to more than 250 species of animals and is open daily May through September from 10am to 6pm, and October through April from 10am to 5pm. Admission is 10? for adults and 6? for children 3 to 10.
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Fréjus, Côte D?Azur
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