Guided tours in Avignon
To visit Avignon is to dive in time, it is to visit the city of the popes, high place of religious power in medieval times, it is to visit an architectural ensemble classified as UNESCO World heritage. But to limit Avignon to its medieval heritage is reducing because, beyond the Gothic buildings, one finds at the turn of its streets superb mansions, Art Deco buildings,… In short, it is an open-air architecture course.
Even if Avignon is known as the place of the power of the Catholic Church from 1309 to 1378 the city has also welcomed an important Jewish community and the synagogue that still exists in the heart of the old Jewish Quarter is the testimony.
If visiting Avignon with a guide will allow you to discover vestiges of the rich past of the city on every street corner, you will also see that Avignon is a lively and pleasant city with its squares to the detours of the alleys, its pleasant shops and terraces. You can also go to the halls which are a meeting place and where there are regional products.
In the streets of Avignon
We offer you to discover Avignon through its unusual details. Floods of the Rhone with their traces to the oratories passing through the halls or the Jewish quarter. We will also admire a unique panorama that embraces the tower of Philippe le Bel, the Pont Saint Benezet and the Mont Ventoux. We will walk the streets laden with history and unusual details up to the Rue des Dyers before returning to the Palais des Papes. V
isiting Avignon is a stroll and take the time to discover stories and an unsung architecture.
Private visits by appointment by email or by phone. Rate on request.
Visit of the Palace of the Popes
As guide-speakers we can accompany you to the Palais des Papes, the largest Gothic building in the west.
We will dwell on unusual details which allow to discover the life of the Pope and his court at the time medieval. Remnants of the elements of decoration also allow to see the richness of the ornaments of the Pontifical Palace.
We will finish the visit by the large chapel that you'll be breathless by its exceptional architecture.
(entries are not included in the price of the visit)
Private visits by appointment by email or by phone. Rate on request.
Visit of the Pont d'avignon
The Pont Saint Benezet can be a complement to your visit to the city or the Palais des papes.
Known as the "Pont D'Avignon", this bridge that lost part of its arches in a flood of the Rhone inspired the song "Under the Bridge of Avignon" which is the French song La greater known to the world.
(entries are not included in the price of the visit)
Private visits by appointment by email or by phone. Rate on request.
Guided tours in Avignon
To visit Avignon is to dive in time, it is to visit the city of the popes, high place of religious power in medieval times, it is to visit an architectural ensemble classified as UNESCO World heritage. But to limit Avignon to its medieval heritage is reducing because, beyond the Gothic buildings, one finds at the turn of its streets superb mansions, Art Deco buildings,… In short, it is an open-air architecture course.
Even if Avignon is known as the place of the power of the Catholic Church from 1309 to 1378 the city has also welcomed an important Jewish community and the synagogue that still exists in the heart of the old Jewish Quarter is the testimony.
If visiting Avignon with a guide will allow you to discover vestiges of the rich past of the city on every street corner, you will also see that Avignon is a lively and pleasant city with its squares to the detours of the alleys, its pleasant shops and terraces. You can also go to the halls which are a meeting place and where there are regional products.
In the streets of Avignon
We offer you to discover Avignon through its unusual details. Floods of the Rhone with their traces to the oratories passing through the halls or the Jewish quarter. We will also admire a unique panorama that embraces the tower of Philippe le Bel, the Pont Saint Benezet and the Mont Ventoux. We will walk the streets laden with history and unusual details up to the Rue des Dyers before returning to the Palais des Papes. V
isiting Avignon is a stroll and take the time to discover stories and an unsung architecture.
Private visits by appointment by email or by phone. Rate on request.
Visit of the Palace of the Popes
As guide-speakers we can accompany you to the Palais des Papes, the largest Gothic building in the west.
We will dwell on unusual details which allow to discover the life of the Pope and his court at the time medieval. Remnants of the elements of decoration also allow to see the richness of the ornaments of the Pontifical Palace.
We will finish the visit by the large chapel that you'll be breathless by its exceptional architecture.
(entries are not included in the price of the visit)
Private visits by appointment by email or by phone. Rate on request.
Visit of the Pont d'avignon
The Pont Saint Benezet can be a complement to your visit to the city or the Palais des papes.
Known as the "Pont D'Avignon", this bridge that lost part of its arches in a flood of the Rhone inspired the song "Under the Bridge of Avignon" which is the French song La greater known to the world.
(entries are not included in the price of the visit)
Private visits by appointment by email or by phone. Rate on request.