Avignon, France Travel Blogs

Saint Benezet Patron Saint of Architects!
Aug 20, 2007

Saw two UNESCO Heritage sites here:  the Saint-Benezet Bridge and the Palais de Popes.  Learned that architects have a Patron Saint-Benezet.  Good to know, we really need it at times!  Our cute hotel was located right outside the ...

France rocks!
Aug 14, 2004 (4 photos)

... in our round-the-world itinerary. We were not disappointed! Saint Victor la Coste is located approximately 15 miles north of Avignon in the Rhone valley. We slept in a room of a three-story stone house constructed by volunteers in years past, worked up ...

Two Euro lunch stop
Aug 9, 2008 (2 photos)

Our stop in Avignon was just long enough for a short stroll along the river bank to streach the legs and take a few photos of the half built bridge and the city wall. I'm not sure if this little town needs much more time than this?

Map Pin Update
Jul 27, 2007

Avignon map pin

Avignon
Aug 12, 2007 (9 photos)

... after being newly chosen as leader of the Christian world.  We also got to see the Pont St. Benezet (Le Pont D'Avignon... Or Benedict's Bridge). You may be familiar with the french nursery rhyme "sur Le Pont d'Avignon". It goes... Sur Le pont d' ...

Groovy little town of the medieval Popes
Jun 16, 2006 (28 photos)

... taken Jerusalem and had then rushed across the Middle East and Turkey in the centuries leading up to the 1,500 AD. Avignon became this powerful because the papal throne actually moved here, from a politically turbulent Rome, for most of the chivalrous ...

More Roman French style
Mar 8, 2004 (6 photos)

... , so when the opportunity for cheap tickets arrived, and as it was Lucy's birthday, we decided to book them and have a look around Avignon as well. After we left the arrivals, we made our way over to the Hertz desk to pick up the car we had ordered. ...

pin for avignon
Nov 1, 2007

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Avignon
May 1, 2009 (3 photos)

Avignon - once the seat of the Papacy...

Avignon - France
Sep 17, 2005 (1 photos)

We travelled all day and arrived at Avignon in the South of France in the afternoon. Avignon is a gorgeous city, surrounded by walls and with a palace and cathedral in the center. It was home to a number of popes over a 70year period, i cant quite remember ...

France
Jul 7, 2008 (5 photos)

... de le Mer. YES!! I miss the beach at home and will probably be one of the first things I do when I get home. Avignon is a beautful city with many medieval buildings, tiny winding streets and the Palace de Papes where 9 popes lived. 5th July Today we ...

Sur le pont d'Avignon to the banks of the Seine
Apr 8, 2006 (3 photos)

We visited Avignon before returning our Peugeot and returning ourselves to Paris. Nancy wanted to walk on the famous "Pont d'Avignon" or Pont St-Benezet, as it is actually called. But the 12€ fee dissuaded her (thus the picture "under" the bridge). We ...

New Year's in Avignon
Dec 28, 2003 (3 photos)

... city ever, not to mention the more dubious honour of being where Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves was filmed. We arrived in Avignon and, after a few unplanned circuits of the city's walls, found the Bagatelle campground in the middle of the Rhône on the ...

Sur le pont d'Avignon
May 27, 2006 (7 photos)

After going back to Lyon I headed to Avignon. The town is your stereotypical French town, old buildings (unharmed by either war), intricate cathedrals, intimate parks and, of course, really fun people.

Athens to Provence
Sep 19, 2005 (5 photos)

Hi all Welcome back We left the Islands on Wednesday and headed for Athens,- Nice ferry ride (it costs 1 Euro to upgrade to non- smoking airline type seats and believe me it is worth it as I have never seen as many smokers before!) At the port it ...

Avignon pin
Mar 29, 2007

this is just a pin showing that ive been to Avignon

french festivities
Jul 10, 2008

... septic system. It was pretty rank!!! Every year from July to August Avignon hosts the biggest festival in France, aptly named the Avignon Festival, which started out as theatrical performances back in the 1940´s, but now also involves music, dance and ...

Avingnon and Chateauneuf Du Pape
Nov 4, 2007 (30 photos)

We used Avignon as the jumping off point for a journey through the Provence wine region. This whole area was as beautiful as everyone had told us. We rented a car for 1 day and drove through Chateauneuf du Pape. It was a pretty great day aside from having ...

Au Revoir, la France!
Jul 10, 2006 (8 photos)

... , Monte Carlos, and Marseilles. The train track ran right along the sea, and it was a great tour of Southern France. On Sunday, we explored Avignon, which is, like San Gimigano, a walled city built in the Middle Ages. It was also home to the Pope for ...

Arles and Avignon
Sep 27, 2006 (9 photos)

... was the seat of the Christian world in the fourteenth century. I had no idea that popes ever lived outside of Rome, but apparently Avignon was home to 20 popes. Then it started dumping on us, and the rest of my time in Avignon was spent shopping and ...

Day Trip to Avignon
Oct 23, 2005 (3 photos)

After training all day from Madrid to Barcelona, and Barcelona to Montpellier, we spend a night in the shady town, before taking a day trip to Avignon. We visit the Palace of Popes. We visit the Pont D'Avignon. No one dances.

I love Avignon
Sep 26, 2005

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Disappointed Hotel Owner
Jul 28, 2005 (2 photos)

... In my humble opinion, Avignon is a big tourist trap. It has two main attractions. The Palais de Papes and the Avignon bridge. Both big disappointments. The Palais de Papes is a Castle where many Popes resided before the centre of Catholisim was moved to ...

Revisiting Avignon
Oct 1, 2008 (5 photos)

... of the sun giving a rosy hue to the front of this elegant structure. We then walked down to find the famous Pont de Avignon. I remember very clearly standing with my three children on this bridge singing, "Sur la pont, D'Avignon". Alas we could not repeat ...

Chegando na Provence!
Sep 4, 2008 (2 photos)

... turistas e não sei onde é que moram essas 50 pessoas :) Foi uma ótima dica, valeu mesmo a pena. Depois voltamos para Avignon e fomos procurar a casa dos primeiros CouchSurfers com quem me hopedei: Melissa e Yannig, eles moram com o irmão de Melissa num ...

Nimes and Avignon
Jun 28, 2005 (5 photos)

... , a walled medieval city on the Rhone, which used to be the home of the Popes when they were in France for a hundred years. Avignon was again very pretty with its river location, chic shops, pretty streets and Popes Palace, but a little too touristy for ...

Avignon, post-visit
Jun 5, 2006 (15 photos)

... (VW vanagon actually) so as to not mix wine tasting and driving of the new car. We also spent some time in Avignon's city center which was very nice. Lots of shopping possibilities. I say possibilities because when we actually decided to do some shopping ...

the recap
Nov 5, 2006 (2 photos)

... it, is to take the shuttle bus back into town for the same euro, and find some other bathroom! Avignon was also, to our amazement, the first place in France we were able to find good coffee. It was at a little hole in the wall on Rue Fourbrisseurs, ...

Hasties entry cause im to lazy
Jul 31, 2006

Click here for satellite map Hide lines Reference map So left the Alps and headed down to Avignon for the night as it was the easiest way to get to our next stop Barcelona. There was a big festival on when we got there so hit the bars ...

Its been hot during our half week in Provence
Sep 28, 2009 (19 photos)

... art during about the last two years of his life. Unfortunately, almost all of his work is in other parts of France. On the way back to Avignon, we caught a train and arrived at the station right before sunset. There were a few mosquitos buzzing around and ...