Pont du Gard Skip the Line Admission Ticket
Duration: 1 day
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Avignon
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Avignon, Gordes, Roussillon and Lubéron Full-Day Tour
Duration: 9 hours
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From Avignon: 1-Day Lavender Tour
Duration: 10 hours
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Van Gogh's Road: 5-Hour Tour from Avignon
Duration: 5 hours
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Pont du Gard, Uzès & Nîmes: 5-Hour Tour with Entry Fees
Duration: 5 hours
The Best of Provence: Full-Day Guided Tour from Avignon
Duration: 1 day
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Provence Scenic Full-Day Trip from Paris
Duration: 15.5 hours
Avignon: Private Popes & Wine Tasting Day Tour from Nice
Duration: 9 hours
Luberon and Lavender: 5-Hour Guided Tour from Avignon
Duration: 5 hours
Marseille: Avignon and Châteauneuf du Pape Day-Tour
Duration: 8 hours
From Avignon: Camargue and Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer
Duration: 5 hours
From Avignon: Private Guided L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue Bike Tour
Duration: 1 day
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Essential sights in Avignon
Avignon, France’s combination of religious prestige and a lively student and arts community makes it an incredible French destination. Don’t miss these Avignon essentials!
Pont Saint-Bénézet
There’s a lot more to the city than this famous Avignon bridge, but walking across it is a must. It’s the height of the city’s romantic history.
Palais des Papes
Located in the heart of Avignon is this magnificent Gothic fortress. Clear your schedule; exploring this gigantic complex will take the entire day.
Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon
Art lovers and history buffs will love this medieval Christian collection.
Avignon Cathedral
The Cathedrale Notre-Dame des Domes is simply gorgeous from the outside, but stepping inside will take your breath away.
Festival d'Avignon
Avignon in July brings a once in a lifetime opportunity: Festival d’Avignon, one of the world’s greatest contemporary performing arts festivals.
Musée Requien
This free natural history museum is simple and elegant. The best exhibition focuses on the reintroduction of wolves in France, but be warned—English is limited.
Eglise Saint Pierre
Wandering through this peaceful church filled with incredible art is a must do for Avignon.
Orange (small city)
Rent a car and head a half hour north to Orange. Despite its beautiful Roman architecture, it’s not a popular tourist destination, leaving the city fascinatingly eerie.
Planning Your Avignon Visit
Take the Train from Paris to Avignon
Nothing compares to a train ride through France. Arrive early, get your seat, and relax and enjoy the roughly 3-hour trip.
Wander Through Avignon Old Town
The walled and cobbled old town is the perfect place to wander through lantern-lit lanes finding gem after gem.
Good to know
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- Language
- French
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- Currency
- Euro (€)
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- Time Zone
- UTC (+01:00)
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- Country Code
- +33
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- Best time to visit
- Tourist seasons goes from about April to September, when the weather is warm and all the shops and restaurants are open. July and August are the hottest and most crowded, so plan your trip based on your preferences.
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What people are saying about Avignon
Interesting tour around unique towns in Provence
On a hot 36 deg C day we toured provence in airconditioned minivan. The locations were unique and have good vistas of the countryside. Our guide was restricted to his vehicle due to drop off arrangements so we received suggestions on places to visit and we explored the locations from there. Would have been nice to tweak the times in the different locations due to heat. Two locations have streams/rivers and would have been nice to have more time there and less in the hotter locations. Pont du Gare was probably my favourite - impressive architecture, river, nice breezes, and museum which I only had time to race through.
Nice places to visit, not the best schedule
The trip was very interesting, but I think there should be more time to visit Avignon rather there spending an hour in Les Boux or watching the Roman Pont du Gard, which you could do in 15 minutes. Very dissappointing wine tasting; the sommalier was extremely unfriendly, not explaining anything about wines we were trying. I guess they think their wines are so good and famous that they don't need any marketing, but what she was presenting was in fact anti-marketing. It spoilt somehow the overall impression of the trip.
Perfect afternoon with a wonderful guide!
We were so lucky to be taken on a half day wine tour with Emmanuel. Not only was he friendly and welcoming, he was also incredibly knowledgeable and engaging. This was my first wine tour and I learnt so much about wine, as well as the area of Provence and Occitane. My sister and I joined a couple from the USA and all had such a wonderful time. Thank you Emmanuel for making our visit such a memorable one!
An excellent overview of Provence’s highlights
David did a great job of providing interesting commentary about the history of the various areas we saw during the day. It was an aggressive schedule, but necessary to cover the diverse areas we saw. We could have spent much more time at each site but as a highlights/overview tour we were able to spend just enough to appreciate the special nature of each site.
Great trip combined history and wineyard visit
We joint Friday morning tour, was little worried if too early for wine, but turned out there were a nice place (Theatre Orange) to visit first then wineyard after. Perfect for the half day. Our lady guide Doreen explained every places well and took us around smoothly. Timing was good and we enjoyed it all.
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