Avignon Highlights
With its world-famous performing arts festival, Europe's largest Gothic palace, outstanding Côtes du Rhône wine, a nursery rhyme bridge and a historic walled city -- a pocket of which falls under UNESCO World Heritage protection -- it is understandable why wealthy Avignon comes across as smugger than smug.
The city has it all: historic treasures, a clutch of interesting museums, great dining and a cutting-edge bar and cafe scene kept on its toes by a substantial student population.
Plan Your Trip
Top Avignon Attractions
See all- 1 Orange
- 2 Palace of the Popes (Palais des Papes)
- 3 St Benezet Bridge (Pont d'Avignon)
- 4 Baux de Provence
- 5 Pont du Gard
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