Avignon Travel Blogs

Avignon, known for its walled city, we walk from the station to our hotel for about 20 minutes and we're freezing coz its freaking cold and its 12 in the midnight. We stayed at Central Hotel and tour the Papal Palace or "Palais des Papes" and the famous half bridge or Pont Saint Benezet

So I made it to Avignon and to the hostel. The hostel was only open at 5 and I arrived at 3, so I sat on a park bench for 2 hours trying not to fall asleep and look like a homeless person (keep in mind I hadn't slept or showered in over 30 hours haha). The view was really pretty ... the Rhone …

After getting out of Nice ASAP, I headed into Provence to Avignon.  As soon as I arrived I felt much more at ease - things were looking much more like I would expect a French town/city to look.  I spent the late afternoon/early evening wandering around & getting lost amongst the twist…

It was this day my trip "really" started and all the evening before I was terribly nervous and begging for not having forgotten any important detail. But suddenly it was 9:05 am and too late for any further worries. Slowly the landscape we rushed through changed and after three hours the TGV arrive…

Okay...I'm trying to write this entry following notes in my book...so forgive me if I've accidentally forgotten some of what it means. We ate breakfast at the hostel...it was apparently so good we were law breakers? Hm...I dunno but all I know is French breakfast is tasty. I would eat a half baguet…

We spent the next few days in Avignon, and used it as a base for exploring the area. Having said that, the town itself was a very pleasant place to wander around, with narrow streets and old stone buildings. The almost complete lack of traffic within the old walled town made it a very relaxing plac…

Road trip from Paris to the Riviera

Nîmes, Avignon, Arles...

From Orange to Avignon is only 25 km, but I did it lentement with a visit to, what must sound as music in the ears of wine lovers, the village of Chateauneuf-du-Pape. Nowadays the "Popes new castle" is not more than a ruins on top of a small hill overlooking the village and the surrounding vin…

Paris, Cannes, Dijon, Nancy, Aix-en-provence

I guess the first thought we had in Avignon was "oh, wow" because we came out of the underground car park and were suddenly right in front of the papal palace. After walking around it as far as that is possible we decided to explore the town a bit and have lunch. It is a nice place, of course with …

Hit most of Provence and the Cote du Rhone area.

Avignon, Montpellier, Cannes, Ile Sainte Marguerite, Antibes

I went backpacking though Europe in the Spring of 2007. I'll use this blog to post pictures and stories from the trip!

My trip to London, Brugge, Amsterdam and Paris with my friend Aaron in April 2009.