"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 ..."
"Avignon could keep you busy for quite some time. It is consumed by history and culture, packed with countless museums, and surrounded by 14th century ramparts that once protected i ..."
"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. ..."
"If you have read my entries from Rhodes (Greece) and Valletta (Malta), you might be familiar with the name Avignon - a French city of great power in the middle ages and one of the ..."
"Sometime in the 13th century, the powerful Count of Sabran sought to strengthen control over his territory in southern France by fortifying the castle atop the hill overlooking the ..."
"In the morning I met up with Tania, we loaded the car and were on our way. Spent most of the day driving to Avignon, and after a quick drive around the city centre, settled into th ..."
"I travelled through the pretty spectacular Costa Brava from Barcelona to arrive in the heat of Nimes in southern France. Nimes was one of the nicest little cities I have visted. It ..."
"Sekantis pagal mūsų planą - Avinjonas (Avignon). Kadangi nuo Oranz iki jo tik mazdaug 30 kilometrų, savo tarpinį tikslą pasiekėm gana greitai. Mi ..."
"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 cours ..."