Best places: Tourist Attractions in Avignon, France

Papal palace, once rival to the Vatican, with 25 open rooms, frescoes & cultural events.

12th-century cathedral, crowned by a gilded statue of Virgin Mary, with tombs of the Avignon popes.

Small Provençal Gothic cathedral dating to 1358, featuring carved walnut doors & interior artworks.

Esprit Calvet's collection, with Egyptian, Greek & Roman artifacts, archeology & European paintings.

Fortress-like stone walls built around the city in the 14th century, with views of the Rhone River.

Storied indoor market with a vertical garden, cafes & stalls selling local produce, meats & cheeses.

Small museum in a 17th-century church exhibiting Greek, Roman & Etruscan sculptures, vases & glass.

😠 Absolutely useless and misguiding. Waste of time. They can google some info for you. They open the office after the morning tours have left, so you can only book some sightseeing tour for the following days. You can buy tacky souvenirs, if that is your thing.

In 2000 Yves Lambert opened this museum to share his private art collection with the public.

Ruins of famous medieval bridge, with 4 arches spanning the Rhone & a small chapel to St Nicholas.

👍 Very friendly establishment with simple, tasty and generous cuisine.

👍👍 Magnificent church, very beautiful places of meditation.

Centuries-old, Gothic-style mansion, now a museum of Provencal history, with a big bell collection.

Old-school natural history museum with 3 floors of zoological & botanical specimens & fossils.

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This 7th-century Gothic Roman Catholic church features a bell tower & a baroque altar.

14th-century Gothic-style Catholic church with Renaissance art & a working bell tower.

Decorative arts from the 17th & 18th centuries, displayed in an elegant mansion with a back garden.

Paintings, drawing & sculptures by legendary artists showcased in an 18th-century mansion.

👍 I expected more; it should be four star camping. The area is large and shaded by old big trees - this is nice. But shower is a mess: the automatic light turns off and you have to continue in darkness, the water temperature can not be changed, I would prefer a cold shower as outside temperature is a...