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Avignon

Avignon is the capital of the French department of Vaucluse in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, and is on the banks of the Rhône river. Avignon was one of the European Cities of Culture in 2000 and its historical centre has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list. Wikivoyage

Population 92,188 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in France

Visas and entry What your passport needs for France
Tourist office · 490 m Office de Tourisme

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Avignon Fair

    April

    A modern-style fair. The wine competition of the Rhone Valley, organised upstream since 1980, gives its official results at this fair

  2. Festival d'Avignon

    July

    The Festival d'Avignon, or Avignon Festival (Occitan: Festival d'Avinhon), is an annual arts festival held in the French city of Avignon every summer in July in the courtyard of the Palais des Papes as well as in other locations of the city.

    Official site Wikipedia

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Avignon); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • Halles d'Avignon

    Covered hall
    1. Monday: closed
    2. Tuesday: 06:00–13:30
    3. Wednesday: 06:00–13:30
    4. Thursday: 06:00–13:30
    5. Friday: 06:00–13:30
    6. Saturday: 06:00–14:00
    7. Sunday: 06:00–14:00
    Times vary by day
    Tuesday
    06:00–13:30
    Wednesday
    06:00–13:30
    Thursday
    06:00–13:30
    Friday
    06:00–13:30
    Saturday
    06:00–14:00
    Sunday
    06:00–14:00
    400 m from the centre

  • Marché du jeudi matin

    1. Monday: closed
    2. Tuesday: closed
    3. Wednesday: closed
    4. Thursday: 07:00–12:30
    5. Friday: closed
    6. Saturday: closed
    7. Sunday: closed

    07:00–12:30

    1.7 km from the centre

  • Marché de Montclar-Avignon

    No hours mapped

    2.1 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 96 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

Train stations: Avignon-Centre 850 m, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon 1.4 km, Avignon TGV 3.4 km, Montfavet 5.8 km

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