Grand Hotel Avignon

... terrasse, d,autant plus qu,elles sont beaucoup plus abordables qu,a Paris ou qu,a Chamonix.  A part ca, y,a pas grand chose a dire. Avignon est reellment une petite ville malgre ses 80 000 habitants. Prenez soins de vous!!!!! Tammy ...

... was erected. But it is most recently famous for a huge theater festival in the summer that attracts thousands. This engenders Avignon with a wonderful bohemian air about it, and many neat little shops.     Avignon, which is in ...

... 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 ...

... ," and finally she met up with us in Paris.  From there we took the TGV (AWESOME!!!!) to Avignon. We stayed at the Avignon Grand Hotel, 34 Boulevard Saint-Roch.  Oh.  My.  God.  Stay there if you go.  There is one simple ...

Had " great days in Paris and Avigon......although it rained pretty much today!  Eiffle Tower, Louve, NOTRE Dame, MUSEUM Orsey went too fast;  Saw Monet, Rodin, DeGass, Rembrqndt, Van Gogh......got lost a few times.....but not bad. ...

... and I felt a little bubble of happiness rise up inside of me. Southern France is beautiful. Our arrival in Avignon was smooth and comforting. Our hotel was a mere two blocks from the train station, right on the main road. We were greeted by an air in the ...

Saturday 25th: train to Avignon from Guingamp took all day; did a walk around the old town and saw the famous Pont d'Avignon and Palace of the Popes.  Avignon was bucketing it down with rain when we woke in our tiny hotel room the next morning. We ...

... It is a huge walled city, university inside its walls, large amounts of restaurants and shops everywhere.  The Sur La Pont Avignon we browsed today, Bryon remembered the song they had learn’t in French classes many years ago.  Only half ...

... in amongst all this and then checked in to the hotel. We spent our last night in France in old Avignon – caught a shuttle bus (navette, Jo!) from the hotel which dropped us right in the centre, just in time to catch the sun going down over the ...

... usually is with his guitar playing I was really proud of him! The day before Kerren left, we drove to Avignon and stayed overnight in a hotel there. It was very relaxing and we really enjoyed the hotel pool and restaurant in the afternoon/evening. ...

August 20-22 After changing trains in Marseilles, I touched down in Avignon around mid-afternoon. I decided to just walk into town to find a cheap hotel on my own. I prudently passed up the first couple I saw heeding my own proximity to train stations ...

... needed to take coffee back with me.  Uncertain of how exactly to do that, I reluctantly decided on McDonald's for take-out.  A grand cafe at McDonald’s is about half of a regular in the U. S. and about three times as strong.  Taking a ...

... on the seine and enjoyed the gorgeous day. did i mention its 70 and low 60s at night here! i hope the weather is as spectacular in avignon.   we had to get home to meet joel (hopkins) cause he came to meet us in paris for dinner. he is in france on ...

... DAY 28 SAT We wouldn't have minded staying another night in Collioule if only to relax on our balcony, but I had booked a hotel in Avignon by phone the previous day. We had learned that it was sometimes difficult to find lodgings on a Saturday. As we ...

... the lounge and headed out to tour Avignon.  We walked to the Palace of the Popes, finding the city square with the grand Mirande Hotel and the entrance to the palace and the Church of Notre Dame which had a huge statue on the steps in front. ...

... that was near the Royal Palace. Good food, only the didn't give enough chocolate cake. After that, I think everyone went to the Grand Casino. It gorgeous inside and out. There are all these Ferraris parked outside, and when you go in, it's dead ...

... , had an interesting quick lunch and then headed back on the road to Avignon!     In Avignon we stayed at the Avignon Grand Hôtel. All right, it was not as “nice” as the hotel in Monaco but it was huge – a suite ...

... , a museum inside the Duomo whose well preserved frescoes depict the life of Pope Pius II. Monteriggioni and Siena We left the Grand Hotel Boston this morning to see Monteriggioni and to settle in Siena. At breakfast I found Victoria first thing to update ...