Things to do in Avignon

Wave Island

Wave Island is the first aquatic theme park in France.

Musée Angladon

In a former townhouse, the founders' home, the museum presents masterpieces by Degas, Cézanne, Sisley, Picasso, Modigliani and Van Gogh from the collections of the couturier J.

Musée lapidaire d'Avignon

The Lapidary museum, or Galerie des Antiques of the Calvet museum, presents the Greek, Roman, Gallo-Roman and early Christian collections, in a presentation gradually being renewed.

Musée Calvet

The building and the collection together form one of the most poetic and history-laden places of Avignon.

Musée du Petit Palais

The Petit Palais museum is one of the great European museums of medieval art. It is labelled Musée de France and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Palais des papes

The Palace of the Popes is the symbol of the Church's influence over Christian Europe in the fourteenth century.

Pont Saint Bénézet - Pont d'Avignon

Classified World Heritage by UNESCO. Built in the twelfth century, the Pont d'Avignon is the oldest structure built on the Rhône between Lyon and the sea.

Fort Saint-André

Fort Saint-André is a medieval fortress which, until the Revolution, protected a garrison, an abbey and a particularly lively town.

Château de Châteaurenard

Château de Barbentane

Château de Thouzon

Grotte de Thouzon

The Thouzon cave was discovered on 23 January 1902. It is the only natural cavern developed for tourism in the Vaucluse département.

Parc Spirou

Château de Boulbon

The strategic position of this feudal castle, above the Rhône valley, long made it a sentinel of the county of Provence facing the kingdom of France.

Château de Val-Seille

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