Avignon Short Breaks

Avignon travel Guide The city Avignon is well known for its "palace
of Popes". It is situated in the left bank of Rhone one of the main
water thoroughfares. Today it is a prestigious cultural city for its
theater festival. Avignon occupies an oval shaped area which great
part of is covered by the parks and gardens, not fully
populated.CLIMATEClimate is relatively characterized as dry summers
and cool, damp winter. Often city is subject to windy weather. Summer
season is the best time to travel Avignon by Eurostar.CULTURECulture
of Avignon includes the theaters. Annually a fames theater festival
held in Avignon. Festival includes theatrical events as well as other
art form such as dance, music, and cinema making good use of
monuments. There are two festivals that take place "festival in and
second Festival out".Top AttractionsPalais des Papes- the palace is an
impressive monument. The palace is begun in 1316.Notre dame des doms-
the cathedral is a Romanesque building, built during 12th century. The
most prominent feature of the cathedral is the gilded statue of the
Virgin, which surmounts the western tower. The mausoleum of Pope John
XXII is one of the most beautiful works within the cathedral; it is a
noteworthy example of 14th century Gothic carving.St. Pierre- Which
has graceful and richly carved doors. St Didier and St Agricol, all
three of which were built in the Gothic architectural style.The town
has a statue of a Persian, Jean Althen who in 1765 introduced the
culture of the madder plant, which long formed the staple and is still
an important branch of local trade.Pont d'avignon- the bridge is
famous for French song Sur li pont d'Avignon.Calvet Museum- has a
strong collection paintings, metalwork and collections.Musee du petit
Palais- has an exceptional collection of Renaissance paintings of the
Avignon school.Collection Lambert, housing contemporary art
exhibitionsMus�e Angladon, which exhibits the paintings of a private
collector who created the museaumMus�e Lapidaire, with the
archeological and medieval sculpture collections of the Fondatation
Calvet in the old chapel of the JesuitCollege.Mus�e Louis-VoulandMusee
ReQuienPalais du RoureTRANSPORT:-Caumont airport is situated just 8km
from Avignon. It has a railway station SNCF railway station just
outside the rampart of the old town. Transport within city includes 23
bus lines and 110 km of bike lines.Cheap Hotels in AvignonAuberge de
cassagne
Le cloit saint louis
Hotel les agassins
Avignon grand hotel
Hotel les frenes
Le bristol
NIGHTLIFE AND SHOPPING-Nightlife of the Avignon is very exclusive,
trendy and good. One can enjoy clubs, bars, discos, theatre and
operas. One can spend maximum time for shopping in Avignon. The main
shopping street is rue de la Republicque. It is an ideal town to buy
presents specialties include olive oil, lavender, brightly printed
fabrics, sugared fruits etc.Famous Nightclub and BarsLe Grand caf�
The pub Z
The Esclave Bar
The AZMI Jazz club
Travel InformationThere are plenty of traveling options available to
reach this wonderful city. Avignon is the perfect city for short
breaks as well as for weekend breaks. I still remembered my short
breaks to the city of popes. I got Eurostar shorts breaks offer to
Avignon and telling you frankly that was the unique experience I had
while traveling through train in Europe. I can say that trains are
becoming lifeline of the European.I would suggest you to check through
online, travel broucher and Eurostar official website to know about
latest short break deals to Avignon. You simply need to hop on the
London Avignon train from London's St Pancras International train
station to Avignon international. The journey time is around 6hrs.
Eurostar runs direct services to Avignon during July to September
month. Otherwise, you can travel from London to Paris by Eurostar and
then take TGV to Avignon from Paris.