The hotel Le Nord-Pinus belongs to the memory of all Arlesians...
For me, as a child, it was the temple of leisure, of worldliness and above all of bullfighting. It was like an initiatory journey in reverse, starting from the Place du Forum without leaving it, towards Paris, towards Spain, towards the World. Images of Lucia Bose and Dominguin in white and gold costumes, of Cocteau and Picasso in black cape...
— Christian Lacroix