Faraman Lighthouse, Maritime lighthouse in Arles, France

The Faraman Lighthouse is a stone tower standing about 43 meters tall with a wider base that narrows toward the top, giving it structural stability. Its exterior features six alternating white and black horizontal stripes painted to make it easily recognizable from a distance at sea.

A first fixed white light was placed on a 15-metre wooden tower in 1830; a 36.5-metre cylindrical tower followed in 1840, but coastal erosion brought the sea from 675 metres away in 1835 to 190 metres in 1864. The present tower was built in 1892, 1,200 metres behind the old one. It was back in service on 7 February 1947 after wartime damage, was automated in 1999 and lost its keepers in 2004.

The tower's black-and-white banding, added in 1934, was meant to keep it from being confused with the Espiguette and Grand Rouveau lighthouses, yet misidentifications continued. Two keepers lived here with their families, tending a petroleum-vapour lamp. Since 2012 the lighthouse has been listed as a monument historique, and it stands within the Camargue regional natural park, near salt marshes where pink flamingos are seen.

The lighthouse is not open for interior visits, but visitors can view and photograph it from outside. The surrounding area offers open walking paths that connect well with other historic sites around Arles, making it easy to combine a visit here with nearby attractions.

In 1967 Robert Dhéry shot a scene of 'Le Petit Baigneur', with Louis de Funès, at the lighthouse. The tower also carried an aerogenerator from 1972, was automated in 1999, lost its keepers in 2004 and was converted to solar power in 2019.