Avignon and Pope's Palace walking tour

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Join our Avignon guided-walking tour including Skip-the-Line Pope's Palace entrance ticket and savor a wine-tasting in a local restaurant.

Explore the historical center of Avignon on a 3-hour walking tour, enjoy explanations about this fabulous city with your english-speaking local and passionate guide.

Climbing up to the top of the fortified medieval city walls to reach the "Rocher des Doms" garden, discover Avignon stretching in all its beauty along the Rhône river. Discover the rich historical past of Avignon where the papacy established in the early 14C.

Enjoy skip-the-line access and follow your A la Francaise Provence guide inside the Pope's Palace (entrance ticket included), largest gothic-style Palace in Europe. In this maze of galleries, chambers and chapels, imagine its luxurious furnishing and sumptuous decoration from the medieval period. Benefit from genuine explanations and anecdotes thanks to your local guide.

Walking on the cobbled streets to the Place de l'Horloge, find out about the secret of the painted windows. See the town hall topped with its clock tower, and the theatre.

Enjoy the end of the tour savoring a glass of Côtes du Rhône wine served in a local bar close to the Pope's Palace.

You will walk over paved streets, then climb a series of steps to reach the Pope's palace so please wear good shoes (like sneakers) !

From 2 to 14 people

3h00

What's included

Tasting of 1 wine

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  • Avignon and Pope's Palace walking tour - A La Francaise Provence - Winalist
  • Avignon and Pope's Palace walking tour - A La Francaise Provence - Winalist
  • Avignon and Pope's Palace walking tour - A La Francaise Provence - Winalist
  • Avignon and Pope's Palace walking tour - A La Francaise Provence - Winalist
  • Avignon and Pope's Palace walking tour - A La Francaise Provence - Winalist
  • Avignon and Pope's Palace walking tour - A La Francaise Provence - Winalist
  • Avignon and Pope's Palace walking tour - A La Francaise Provence - Winalist
  • Avignon and Pope's Palace walking tour - A La Francaise Provence - Winalist
  • Avignon and Pope's Palace walking tour - A La Francaise Provence - Winalist
  • Avignon and Pope's Palace walking tour - A La Francaise Provence - Winalist
  • Avignon and Pope's Palace walking tour - A La Francaise Provence - Winalist
  • Avignon and Pope's Palace walking tour - A La Francaise Provence - Winalist
  • Avignon and Pope's Palace walking tour - A La Francaise Provence - Winalist
  • Avignon and Pope's Palace walking tour - A La Francaise Provence - Winalist
  • Avignon and Pope's Palace walking tour - A La Francaise Provence - Winalist
  • Avignon and Pope's Palace walking tour - A La Francaise Provence - Winalist
  • Avignon and Pope's Palace walking tour - A La Francaise Provence - Winalist
Avignon and Pope's Palace walking tour - Winalist
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11 Place De L'horloge, 84000 Avignon, France

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