Lavender season, Avignon festival, Provençal markets, practical tips — short stories and useful guides for your stay.
Most visitors do the Palace, the Bridge, the Rocher des Doms — and leave. There is another Avignon: the medieval alleys, the flower-filled inner courtyards, and the Teinturiers canal with its watermill wheels still turning.
May 2026We are listed on major platforms. But booking direct changes something concrete: the price, the flexibility, the contact with us. Here is the honest calculation, without the marketingspeak.
May 2026Sénanque, Gordes and Roussillon form the classic Luberon triangle in one day. To experience it without being overwhelmed by tourist coaches, there are precise timing rules to follow and a visiting order that changes everything.
May 2026Three days in Avignon with kids is plenty to see the essentials without burning out. Here's the itinerary we share with our guests — day by day, with timing and rainy-day alternatives.
May 2026The Teinturiers quarter is one of the loveliest places in Avignon to sit down to a meal: the canal, the century-old plane trees, the shaded terraces. Rather than names that age badly, I explain the kinds of tables you find here — and I give every guest my up-to-date personal list at check-in.
May 2026The Utopia is the cinema Avignon locals genuinely cherish. Auteur and world cinema, films screened in their original language with subtitles, and a café-restaurant set inside the old Manutention building, a short walk from the Palais des Papes ramparts.
May 2026We live in Avignon, inside the medieval walls, and we host travellers all year round. Here is our real top 10 — not a generic list, but a residents' ranking, with the right timing, honest verdicts, and lesser-known picks mixed in with the icons.
May 2026The Palace of the Popes is the largest Gothic palace in Europe. To make the most of your visit without exhausting yourself or your kids, here is when to come, what to see, and what to skip.
April 2026The largest Gothic palace in Europe welcomes 650,000 visitors a year. To make the most of it without waiting 45 minutes in the sun, here are the opening hours, tickets, what to see and what you can skip.
April 2026Châteauneuf-du-Pape is one of the most famous appellations of the southern Rhône, a ruined hilltop castle that was the summer residence of the Avignon popes, and a unique terroir of large rolled pebbles. About twenty minutes from my apartments — but a visit worth planning a little ahead.
April 2026Behind an ordinary façade on rue du Chapeau Rouge hides one of Avignon's best-kept secrets: the Bains Pommer, a late-19th-century public bathhouse whose Belle Époque decor has survived almost untouched. We tell the story of this heritage curiosity few travellers know.
April 2026Facing the walls of Avignon, separated by the Rhône, there is a green and almost entirely agricultural island: the Barthelasse. It is where I go to walk when the old town gets too dense — and where the finest view of the city is found.
April 2026Most mornings, I cross Place Pie to do my shopping at Les Halles, Avignon's covered market. A vertical garden on the façade, around forty stalls, AOP cheesemongers, a fishmonger, charcuterie, market gardeners: here is what a local actually buys, and how to avoid showing up at the wrong time.
March 2026Gordes is the village on every Luberon postcard: stacked on its cliff, glowing gold in the late-day sun. We explain when to come, where to park, and how to pair it with Sénanque and Roussillon for a perfect day out.
March 2026Everyone knows the song, few know the story. The Pont Saint-Bénézet has not crossed the Rhône for three centuries — it stops, abruptly, in the middle of the river. Here is why, and how to visit it without falling into the tourist trap.
March 2026Les Baux-de-Provence is a medieval village clinging to a rocky spur in the Alpilles, a ruined clifftop fortress with 360° views, and the Carrières de Lumières — an immersive art show inside old bauxite quarries. Only 30 km from Avignon, but with a timing window worth respecting.
February 2026Just 20 minutes from Avignon, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence packs in a rare Roman site, the monastery where Van Gogh painted The Starry Night, the birthplace of Nostradamus, and one of the finest markets in Provence. Here's how we send our guests for a half day — or a full day — without missing a thing.
February 2026Half an hour from Avignon lies our favourite escape: L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, the "Comtat Venice". A river of crystal-clear water, waterwheels still turning, and one of Europe's biggest antiques gatherings every Sunday. Here is how we go, and when.
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