Avignon - 5 Loves & Hates of Visiting Avignon, France

The best and worst parts of visiting Avignon, France for tourists. Tourism information for Avignon, France. Love the Papal Palace and the historic city, watch out for overbooked hotels in the summers.
The greatest parts and less favorable parts of visiting Avignon, France.
Filmed in Avignon, France
Copyright Mark Wolters 2021
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[elliotporezdarmon]

I’m french and i come from Avignon, it’s an amazing city and all about your say it is true. A beautifull video thinks guy to speak about Avignon

[malie]

Watching this video from... Avignon (I'm french) ! The university of Avignon is also reaaaally nice to see. You can rent a car to visit Orange (30min), with his Théâtre Antique and Arc de Triomphe :)
Merci pour cette vidéo !

[UnknwnGuy]

In 2019 my wife and I visited avignon during a river cruise (Scenic river cruises.... amazing!). We thoroughly enjoyed it.

[JamesBrown-ijpx]

I LOVE your enthusiasm and ‘child-like’ wonder you express! While still being objective and smart about travel essentials. This make me want to go to Avignon even more than before! Thank you!

[suncoastcrafting]

Another great video! I need more vacation time!

[SuperMarcoPolo]

I proposed to my wife in Avignon on the river cruise!!

[ginacrusco]

Excellent! I didn't know Avignon was a great place to be at Christmas. Looks like there's a Christmas market too. I loved seeing pix of you with your family!

[sherryhibbs]

Made me a little sad we can't just pick up and go there. 😢 I will definitely be adding this city to my bucket list.

[haouanana]

i am curently a student in avignon university. its my first year there. i come from africa

[harimsen]

I loved Avignon, it is a truly beautiful city and the people were really nice to me and my friends. My friends and I played like the French version of Ring Around the Rosie on the bridge.

[marcmalki]

Yes! Nimes, the Pont du Gard, the lavender fields and green surroundings of Avignon! Beautiful ptogram..

[Stefan-xwmq]

We use to stop over regularily in Avignon when driving from Germany to Barcelona. Really love the town and the area as such, besides Avignon so much to see like Pont du Gard, Uzès, Saint Rémy de Provence, Les Baux du Provence, next time is Arles on our bucket list. Thanks for sharing, great video.

[kaynovo]

Nice recap ....
and I grow up in Avignon

[annaburch]

I've been to Avignon twice. I agree that the Palais des Papes is really cool, architecturally, but rather meh if you are expecting medieval decorated rooms. I love the area surrounding Avignon. Easy drives! And there is AMAZING food. 🤤 I'm drooling just thinking if it. The smells of herbs and lavender. The sound of cicadas (even the fake ones in the souvenir shops) . . . Ahhhh! Provence! ❤️ (We travelled from Paris to Lyon on the TGV to visit a friend THEN took the train into the central Avignon station. Perfect!)

[loreleimorphee]

I was born in Avignon, thank you for your review, I love my city, but you forgot the University of Avignon, which was before st Marthe hospital I was born there. The Sainte-Marthe hospital was founded by a lawyer, Bernard Rascas, in 1353. Entrusted to the Trinitarians from its creation, it became, from the 15th century, the main hospital in Avignon.The Sainte-Marthe hospital closed definitively in 1994, and the buildings is now Avignon University.

[belesdan]

Getting off the main track is rarely difficult for me. I do this by getting lost. Getting back on the main track is more a thing.

[Bamboule]

The bus from the tgv station to the old part of town only takes 15 min, so no big deal

[DonVueltaMorales]

I hope you time your visit to experience the _mistral_ --a killer of a wind, especially if you experience it in the winter and if it lasts for days. It's great in July, when the temps are up in the mid-90s (°F ~ 35 °C). Go to the Rocher des doms, look out over the Rhône, and get blown away. I laughed when I first read about Avignon "suffering" from wind. But if you catch it lasting for over a week in late January/early February, it will beat you into the ground. 💙🤍❤⚜🗝🗝🗝✝

[poudredeperlimpinpin]

Je suis Avignonnais, merci pour ta vidéo !

[grif]

Thanks Mark, for the trip on the way-back machine. I was hoboing Europe in '96 and popped into Avignon for an afternoon. My base was Nice. Yep, bit of a trip but nice when you have the time and unlimited Europass. 3 take-aways for me. Pope's palace. Colder than a witches t*t but interesting. The bridge to nowhere. Very pretty. And the great vanilla shake I got from the Mcdonald's near the merry-go-round. To this day I dream of the shake. One day I'll go back but at the moment I live on Grenoble st. Thanks again.