Provence Highlights Full-Day Tour from Avignon

Highlights

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1. A cool and quiet wellspring in winter and summer, and a surging and impetuous torrent in in spring and autumn, the Fontaine is a real wonder of nature which never ceases to amaze.The spring is the most copiously productive in Europe, and one of the largest in the world, by volume of water.

   45 min

2. This is a real postcard picture.Gordes is one of the most well-known hilltop villages in the region.

   30 min

3. Photo stop only during Lavender blossom season (last week of June until mid-July)

   10 min

4. Roussillon is located in the very heart of the biggest ochre deposits in the world, and is distinguished by a wide palette of flamboyant colours. Wandering the narrow streets, stairs and squares in Roussillon opens your eyes to the beautiful natural pigments used throughout the village, and the millennium-old knowledge of how to use this generous natural gift. In Roussillon, man has long worked in harmony with nature. Lunch stop

   1.5 h

5. While strolling through the narrow winding streets you will discover fantastic old fountains, shady squares, picturesque restaurants and elegant boutiques. Walking tour.

   45 min

6. This immense and superb stone fortress is without doubt one of the "must-sees" in Provence. The village is officially classified and labelled as "one of the most beautiful villages in France".

   1 h

7. Pont du Gard, a masterpiece of ancient architecture built halfway through the 1st century AD. It is the principal construction in a 50 km long aqueduct that supplied the city of Nîmes, formerly known as Nemausus, with water. Built as a three-level aqueduct standing 50 m high, it allowed water to flow across the Gardon river.

   45 minAdmission included

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

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Know before you go

How it compares in Avignon

• Its from-price is close to the median of the 66 day trips we list in Avignon.
• It is longer than most of them.
• By number of reviews it ranks 2 of 66.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Avignon

Avignon is a walled Rhône city where the popes lived in the fourteenth century, known for its vast palace, a broken bridge and a summer theatre festival.

From 1309 to 1377 the popes governed the Catholic Church from Avignon, and the Palais des Papes, a huge Gothic fortress of pale stone, still rises above the old town. Medieval ramparts more than four kilometres long surround the centre. The Pont Saint-Bénézet, the Pont d'Avignon of the nursery song, stops halfway across the Rhône, with only four of its arches left.

Top-ranked sights in Avignon: Roussillon, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Pont du Gard.

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