Avignon Trip Overview
Discover the best of Provence in a small group tour from Avignon with an experienced guide. During this full day tour, you will visit the highlights of the region as: Fontaine de Vaucluse, Gordes, Abbey of Senanque, Roussillon, les Baux de Provence, Saint Remy de Provence and Pont du Gard – places full of history, tradition, culture, romans architecture and typical perches villages surrounded by the beautiful nature.
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Duration: 9 hours 30 minutes
Starts: Avignon, France
Trip Category: Tours & Sightseeing >> Full-day Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France
Discover the best of Provence in a small group tour from Avignon with an experienced guide. During this full day tour, you will visit the highlights of the region as: Fontaine de Vaucluse, Gordes, Abbey of Senanque, Roussillon, les Baux de Provence, Saint Remy de Provence and Pont du Gard – places full of history, tradition, culture, romans architecture and typical perches villages surrounded by the beautiful nature.
Itinerary
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Stop At: 400 route du Pont du Gard La Bégude, 30210 Vers-Pont-du-Gard France
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.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Abbaye Notre-Dame de Senanque, D177a, 84220, Gordes France
Photo stop
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Fontaine de Vaucluse, Fontaine de Vaucluse, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur
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.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Gordes, Gordes, Luberon, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur
This is a real postcard picture.Gordes is one of the most well-known hilltop villages in the region.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Roussillon, Roussillon, Gordes, Luberon, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur
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
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Saint-Remy-de-Provence, Saint-Remy-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur
While strolling through the narrow winding streets you will discover fantastic old fountains, shady squares, picturesque restaurants and elegant boutiques. Walking tour.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Les Baux de Provence, Les Baux de Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur
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”.
Duration: 1 hour
