The 12 Best Things to Do in Avignon, and What Each One Costs
The palace, the bridge, the garden above the river, the market, the back streets, a food walk, the wine country, the villages and what is free.
These are the long reads for the choices you make before your Avignon booking. What should you see first, how do the days fit together, when is the city quiet, what does each fare buy, and when do the fields flower?
Start with the twelve best things to do on a first visit, or with the plan for one to three days if you have picked your dates. The blog answers single questions in fewer words.
The palace, the bridge, the garden above the river, the market, the back streets, a food walk, the wine country, the villages and what is free.
One day inside the walls, a half day out on the second, a wine or villages day on the third, where each day starts, the trains and the cost.
When the city fills, when to reach the palace, booking online, July, the quiet corners, parking outside the walls, early starts and the closed days.
The palace and the bridge, the combined ticket and the pass, then walks, food walks, wine days and villages days, what each fare carries and leaves out.
When the lavender flowers, which days stop in the fields, the abbey in bloom, the plateau out of reach, cut fields, the heat and how to behave.
The monument prices and hours are in the visitor guide, every meeting point on the map, and every fare on Avignon Tours.