Avignon
Avignon
| Avignon, a city of popes is the city of Provence's most characteristic. Located along the Rhone it owes to the river's nickname Floating Island. The past papal she keeps to witness the largest Gothic palace in the World: The Palace of the Popes. This monument grandiose form with the famous Avignon Bridge (bridge Saint Benezet) and the ramparts an impressive architectural ensemble classified as World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Avignon is facing the town of Villeneuve-les-Avignon, where the cardinals the pope had their residence. Avignon is the door of Provence when you happen to Uzès. Starting from this city all of Provence opens to visitors at less than 100 kilometres.
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| The Luberon with amazing villages of Gordes, Lacoste and its castle of the Marquis de Sade, Bonnieux storied on the hill and not far Ménerbes and Oppède the Old. Visitors can also lead to massive Alpilles across the city of Saint Remy de Provence with a detour through the Baux de Provence site where mineral hangs a small village. The Alpilles massive white stone where the dispute is the dark pines become regional park. |
| The villages of Fontvielle, Aygalières Maussane and have kept their typical architecture of the villages of Provence. The Alpilles can return to Avignon on the roads of the Vaucluse plateau and take a look at the abbey of Senanque and then stop at the Isle sur la Sorgue where there are many antique dealers who make the reputation of this small town or go to Arles and the Camargue, taureax and its white horses and the beach at Saintes Maries de la Mer. |
