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Cheap Car Hire Avignon - Save 15% on your Car Rental in Avignon |
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Book your cheap car hire in Avignon securely online and save on a wide choice of vehicles from low cost economy options through to our luxury range. Make the most out of your Avignon car rental. Check out our Avignon tourist destination guide and driving tips submitted by our visitors.
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| Useful Tips |
| Scenic drives - by Jose from Barcelona |
| For the scenic drive in Provence the car is best. You are free to go everywhere the road can take you. Avignon is beautiful place with a wall all round the city. Park your car outside the wall and explore Avignon by foot. But perhaps it is safe to park in the garage inside the city and pay parking fee and enjoy peace of mind. |
| Avignon Overview |
| Once the capital of Christendom, when the popes resided here instead of Rome, this medieval city is filled with the magnificent heritage of palaces and churches from this splendid age, and Avignon draws visitors to its gates in the thousands.
Today Avignon is a key stop-over for travelers to Paris or the Mediterranean, and has become famous as city of culture drawing artists from over the world. |
| Avignon Essentials |
Grand Tinel (Banquet Hall) - Study the affluence and ornate decoration of a time gone by, and step into the pope’s bedroom on the first floor to see how these men of God lived.
Chapelle St-Jean - The famous frescoes painted in this church were executed between 1345 and 1348 and are attributed to the school of Matteo Giovanetti.
Palais des Papes - This ancient fortress-like refuge for popes has seen its share of the vagaries of human nature from heavy Christian politics to prostitution and vice.
Cathedrale Notre-Dame des Doms - This 12th-century cathedral is crowned by a gilded statue of the Virgin Mary that was added in the 19th century.
Chartreuse du Val-de-Benediction - Built in 1352 this is the largest Carthusian monastery in France and is made up of a church, three cloisters and the sleeping quarters of the monks. |
| Avignon Calendar - Pick of the Year's Events |
Festival d'Avignon - (July) Reveling in true Bacchanalian style takes hold of Avignon when the famous multi-arts celebration is held in the medieval city.
Horse Passion - (January) This annual equine event is held in the Parc des Expositions and crowds of horse lovers’ flock to watch the animals being put through their paces. |
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