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Avignon is a city in the Vaucluse department, located in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in southeastern France. The city itself has around 90,000 inhabitants, though the total metropolitan area is more than three times as big regarding the number of inhabitants. For more information, also see the official Tourist website of Avignon.
From the Avignon Travel Guide
In Jan 2011, I had booked a three night stay for April 2011 but due to a change in my traveling plans, I wrote to the hotel in end Feb 2011 to inform them that I will be cancelling the first night and hence only stay two nights at their property. ... more
Had a great time, the place is ideall located and very easy to find!!! Would recommend it to anyone wanting to visit Avignon. Staff were friendly and eager to help when I couldn't work out how to turn the heating on. ... more
cycling in provence
I'm off to Provence for a month or so before Christmas...any keen cyclists like to join me? Mont Ventoux in particular, Avignon, Carpentras, Vaison etc...thought I'd get a BnB or gite? I'm a pretty strong rider but enjoy touring too, sightseeing and so on. I'll travel from Waterloo UK mid-November... ...
Avignon
Trains, Trains, Trains. Today we travel from Avignon to Lyon, Lyon to Chamberie and Chamberie to Milano. The rail system here is unbelievable. Chamberie is a quaint little mountain town close to the French-Italian border in the Alta Savoya region. It was originally under Italian rule but that changed ...
Posted in Europe 2009 by samandvic
BARCELONA Day 10 and 11 16th/17th October
On our way to barcelona we stoped for half an hour at Avignon. Its a beautiful fortified town. The whole main city is completely surrounded by a huge wall. The bridge that now only goes part the way ...
Posted in Natassia's Journey to the Unknown by Natassia
The southie bit of France
We got onto Avignon pretty late after getting off the worst piece of public transport we’d ever been on, seven hours of bus hell from Geneva to Avignon. It wasn’t the bus that was so bad ...
Posted in Jamie'n'Rach by jamienrach