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Combined entrance tickets for Palais des Papes and Pont d'Avignon
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Combined entrance tickets for Palais des Papes and Pont d'Avignon

Book this combo offer including skip-the-line tickets to visit UNESCO-ranked historic locations in beautiful Avignon including its world-famous bridge, the Palais des Papes and its gardens.

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Walking Tour of Avignon and Popes' Palace
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Walking Tour of Avignon and Popes' Palace

Enjoy a walking tour of Avignon and visit the Popes Palace with a professional guide, discover the rich historical past of the city.

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Palais des Papes Entrance Tickets with Histopad and Access to the Gardens

Visit the biggest Gothic palace in the world ranked as a UNESCO World Heritage site and experience an immersive digital visit of the Palais des Papes with the HistoPad app.

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Roman sites and historic places in Provence
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Roman sites and historic places in Provence

Book a guided tour to discover the Roman site and historic places in Provence. You'll visit Nîmes, Uzès and Pont du Gard with an expert guide. Departure from Avignon Touist Office.

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Full day tour of Avignon, Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Les Baux de Provence

Get the most of Provence with this full day excursion from Marseille to Les Baux-de-Provence, Pont du Gard, Chateauneuf du Pape and Avignon.

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Visit Provence in one day from Avignon

Book a full-day tour with a guide to explore the best places of Provence and visit the most beautiful monuments of the region. Departure from Avignon.

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Visit the villages of Luberon from Avignon
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Visit the villages of Luberon from Avignon

Discover the villages of Lubéron with a guide and transportation included from Avignon. Visit Roussillon, Gordes, la Fontaine du Vaucluse!

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Self guided tour with interactive city game of Avignon

Discover Avignon as you play an interactive city game on this self-guided tour that leads you to hidden spots around the city. You decide when to start, stop or pause.

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Chateauneuf-du-Pape and Luberon tour with wine tasting

Explore the wine route in the heart of the famous Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation and discover some of the most beautiful villages of France.

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Luberon lavender fields guided tour with transport from Avignon
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The inside story

Ultimate landmark of the city of Avignon, the Saint Bénézet Bridge is said to have been built in the 12th century .

Presumably, the story began with young Shepherd Saint Bénézet, called upon by divine voices to build a wooden bridge across the Rhone around 1177. Upon its completion in 1185, it became the only path connecting Lyon with the Mediterranean Sea, spanning 900 meters and 22 arches. Repeatedly washed away by the floods of the Rhône after being dismantled in 1226 during the Albigensian Crusade, it eventually became too costly to maintain, and thus was completely abandoned in the 17th century.

In fact, in the following centuries, the Avignon Bridge went on with cycles of engineering, renovation and repair, whilst cementing its iconic status notably through the ubiquitous children’s dance song “Sur le pont d’avignon”, popularized in the 16th and 17th centuries and somehow never forgotten.

Mystery still surrounds the actual origins of the Avignon Bridge, giving way to many scholar debates. From 2010 till today, it continues being the subject of CNRS (the French National Centre for Scientific Research) led interdisciplinary research, notably leading to a variety of multimedia museum displays.

Along with the rest of the main architectural elements of the Avignon historical center, the Saint-Bénézet Bridge was classified World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1995 .

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How to get there

Pont d'Avignon Boulevard de la Ligne, 84000 Avignon, France Avignon