Things to do in  Avignon

Wonderful day! Great tour guide! Super friendly and knowledgeable! Best way to see Avignon! Would recommend.

Anne was wonderful. She was funny, and filled the silence with great information. To visit Avignon and not take a tour with her or a colleague would be a disservice to yourself! The sites were great, but the wine tasting was fabulous! I would have liked a bit more wine, but who wouldn’t! Thanks, Anne!

Loved our tour guide, loved the tour. Visited some towns that we wouldn’t have otherwise. Loved St. Remy, so glad we got to see that. Really got an understanding of Avignon. So glad we did this!

Loved our private tour with Gordana! She is a lovely woman with tons of information and great English! Loved the itenerary though we missed one thing due to the park being closed, she made adjustments and it worked out well. She also made an amazing recommendation for dinner in Avignon! Super tour

Our guide was exceptionally knowledgable and it's smart to skip the line. What made this trip were the stories about previous figures and landmarks and it's a terrific way to see Avignon (as it's quite small). Well worth it and there's not much walking to be honest!

Our guide Julien was very helpful, nice, funny and knowledgeable of the area. He took us to the best looking lavender fields, and even made a photo stop in Gordes even though it wasn't on his list. He was also very helpful in giving tips about other places to visit in Avignon and the tour was very agreeable.

This was a great tour. Melanie picked us up in Avignon at the appointed time. The van was spacious. Melanie was very conversant in English and extremely knowledgeable about all of the areas that were toured. Melanie made for a very wonderful experience and we came away from the tour with a much greater knowledge of southern France.

Our guide Emanuel gave us an amazing Grand tour of Provance. His knowledge of the places he took us and the surrounding areas was excellent. The weather was beautiful which added to the experience. Overall it was an enjoyable day. I would definitely recommend this tour to anyone wanting to see places outside Avignon.

This particular tour was not available however the booking group kindly found two other half day tours that incorporated everything we wanted to see. So much to see outside Avignon, a great place to visit. Highly recommend.

Great scenery, great guide. A chance to see a Provence village, take great photos, enjoy a market stop all in one day. Comfortable van and accommodating service in Avignon.

The Avignon tour was comprehensive and being a small group most enjoyable. Avignon is a fascinating place to visit! The only bad comment I would have is that the driver spoke more in French than English, and that he used his mobile phone whilst driving.

My friend MJ and I had such a good time on this tour. Our driver, Laura, did a great job on finding some beautiful fields for us to visit. We did get to go to the Abbey which I had so hoped to do, a quick stop in Gords for some photos, and a stop at a small lavender farm. We didn't go into Salute, which I was hoping to do, but time didn't permit. The van was comfortable especially with the air-conditioning as it was very hot in Avignon during our stay. I do recommend the tour...it was enjoyable.

Small group: our family of five and three other individuals. 2 of our sons were able to participate in wine tasting, but youngest just listened to the session. Anne, our guide, was pleasant and sassy while imparting regional and site history. Yes, my teen/early twenty year old sons enjoyed the tour. Good way to see other areas surrounding Avignon, include a wine tasting and learn some history, as we had limited time.

Christian was an excellent tour guide; very considerate, attentive to the experience & needs of the group. Sharing fascinating snippets of information from the outset - he also went above & beyond - demonstrating his real love of Avignon, Marseille, it’s history and appreciation of the wine. Thank you Christian! I have not given 5 stars as I hoped to see and learn more about the vines or how they treated the grapes; although we did learn a little more at Chateauneuf du Pape - about grape varieties, the terroir and the steps involved in tasting the wine. To me, the experience felt a little too much like a guided shopping experience…but I would still recommend a tour with Christian - as he made it something more :)

My partner and I agreed that John's cooking class was a highlight of our vacation. Our teacher/chef is a native of California who left the US to train in Germany and France before opening his lunch restaurant in the wonderful market at Les Halles in Avignon. John taught our course in English, but he is also fluent in French and obviously has cultivated great collegial relationships with shop owners throughout the market. Thus, we began with the freshest ingredients, all of excellent quality, and John proved to be an excellent teacher. He interspersed gems of technique with information about the ingredients and history of dishes that are most popular in the Provence region of southern France. We began with a cup of coffee, brief conversation in which the five of us students got acquainted, and a sampling of three goat cheeses. We then moved on to cooking our lunch, which consisted of roasted vegetables (carrots, a blend of mushrooms, onions), polenta, roasted pork loin (marinated in a mustard-based marinade and surrounded by a red wine and balsamic vinegar reduction), and chocolate lava cupcakes. We sipped on a rose from Provence and had a lovely Cote-du-Rhone red with lunch. The class lasted a little over three hours and was great fun. I highly recommend this cooking class for anyone with beginner to intermediate+ cooking skills. I would return for another class with John.

This was an awesome way to see a lot of Provence in a short time. The tour is packed with lots of stops which are really picturesque and quite different from each other...the highlight has to be Gordana who was very informative and brings a great energy to the tour. She is really conscious of ensuring everyone has a great time and has lots of recommendations and anecdotes of the area. Would definitely recommend to anyone keen to see the area around Avignon

We had the most perfect day with our tour guide, Gordana!! Because of the cooler spring, we were a little early to see full blooming lavender south of Avignon, but our guide quickly shifted and gave us the option to stay on the original course and see the early blooms or head north and see full blooms. We opted to go north and it was spectacular!! We also visited the most beautiful little hill town of Vaison la Romaine. I would absolutely recommend this tour (and more importantly, our guide who adapted to give us the best experience for us) to anyone looking for a wonderful experience in Provence! She was friendly and knowledgeable and we would have loved to have spent even more time with her!!

The tour is wonderful. Our guide Nicolas was very knowledgable. The highlight of this tour is defintely the lavender fields. We had a chance to visit a private field and we had entire field to just 4 persons. IT was perfect. We also visited Saint Abbeye which was good, then Gordes (not a huge fan of this city ), then we had a lunch break at Rousillon and had enough time to visit the lovely trail of ocres. We ended our tour at a museum where we had a chance to understand the process of producing essential oils from lavender. Nicolas also suggested us places from where we should buy souvenirs and where it can be expensive. He also suggested some nice restaurants in Rousillon. We loved this tour and would defintely recommend it to future travellers to Avignon and Provence

Our tour guide Gordana was lovely and full of knowledge. We had a wonderful day learning about Provence and Gard history. The car was comfortable. Gordana went out of her way to accomodate our needs and make our trip as enjoyable as possible. This is a wonderful half-day trip from Avignon with adequate time to see the sites and towns. We would highly recommend this day trip. Good value for money as well!

We met our guide Amar at the Visitors Info Center near the Central train station. He was prompt and friendly from the start. There was only one other couple in our tour and we were in a nice van. Amar was thoroughly knowledgeable about the area and he had a quality hand's free microphone attached to his driver's seat, so that we could hear his excellent commentary all through the day. The itinerary was to see the town of Roussillon, Gorde, Les Baux and Pont du Gard. These places in the Luberon area of Provence are so nice that any tour would be beautiful, but Amar gave us good hints of highlights at the stops and he parked the car in the best location to make it shorter walking and he was in the best location when we returned to the car. The pretty town of Gorde was just to be seen from a good vantage point, so we were pleasantly surprised when he also drove through the tiny town. We had a 45 minute stop at the famous red clay town of Roussillon which is not enough to walk all through the town, but Amar showed us a great place with a few shops, restrooms, cafe and fantastic view of the city and of the valley below. On the way to Les Baux we drove passed by St. Remy where Van Gogh stayed in the clinic. Across the road from the clinic Amar drove in front of the Roman triumphal arch that was part of the nearby ruins of the city of Glanum from 27BC - first century AD. A short distance away is Les Baux that sits on top of a steep hill that can be a challenge to hike up the parking lot and the hill, so when Amar let us out right at the entry to Les Baux & we were able to make the most of our 45 minute visit there. the last stop was at the Pont du Gard three tier Roman ruin. Again Amar let us out right at the walking path and while we walked across the aquaduct he drove around to our exit point and we could get right into the vehicle - personalized first class service !! Amar asked us and the other couple if we wanted to be dropped off near our hotel area or some other part of Avignon and again that was so helpful to be able to be in the spot best for us. In order to see more of the beautiful Luberon area of Provence it would best to have several days in each of the areas we saw, but this excursion was a great way to be introduced and see the highlights in order to return sometime. Our thanks to Viator and Amar !