Avignon - 5 Loves & Hates of Visiting Avignon, France

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The best and worst parts of visiting Avignon, France for tourists. Tourism information for Avignon, France. Love the Papal Palace and the historic city, watch out for overbooked hotels in the summers.
The greatest parts and less favorable parts of visiting Avignon, France.
Filmed in Avignon, France
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@Unkn0wnGuy 3 жыл бұрын

In 2019 my wife and I visited avignon during a river cruise (Scenic river cruises.... amazing!). We thoroughly enjoyed it.

@malie117 3 жыл бұрын

Watching this video from... Avignon (I'm french) ! The university of Avignon is also reaaaally nice to see. You can rent a car to visit Orange (30min), with his Théâtre Antique and Arc de Triomphe :) Merci pour cette vidéo !

@lecabillaud6060 3 жыл бұрын

And don't miss Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, right across the Rhône river, where the bridge used to lead, which is a wonderful small town, with an impressive fortress/monastery, and a tremendous view on the city of Avignon.

@serguei58 3 жыл бұрын

@@lecabillaud6060 and mervellous St ruf , and la reine jeanne , and la croix des oiseaux , and Moncalr very interesteing !!

@harrybeau7619 3 жыл бұрын

@@serguei58 🤣🤣🤣

@NarcoVF 3 жыл бұрын

@@serguei58 xDDD

@serguei58 3 жыл бұрын

@@NarcoVF ????

@elliotporezdarmon2278 3 жыл бұрын

I’m french and i come from Avignon, it’s an amazing city and all about your say it is true. A beautifull video thinks guy to speak about Avignon

@JamesBrown-ij1px 3 жыл бұрын

I LOVE your enthusiasm and ‘child-like’ wonder you express! While still being objective and smart about travel essentials. This make me want to go to Avignon even more than before! Thank you!

@haouanana4096 3 жыл бұрын

i am curently a student in avignon university. its my first year there. i come from africa

@preetiwadhwani2454 2 жыл бұрын

Hey! I am going to be starting there too.

@loreleimorphee5162 3 жыл бұрын

I was born in Avignon, thank you for your review, I love my city, but you forgot the University of Avignon, which was before st Marthe hospital I was born there. The Sainte-Marthe hospital was founded by a lawyer, Bernard Rascas, in 1353. Entrusted to the Trinitarians from its creation, it became, from the 15th century, the main hospital in Avignon.The Sainte-Marthe hospital closed definitively in 1994, and the buildings is now Avignon University.

@harimsen 3 жыл бұрын

I loved Avignon, it is a truly beautiful city and the people were really nice to me and my friends. My friends and I played like the French version of Ring Around the Rosie on the bridge.

@EscapingtheEmptyNest 3 жыл бұрын

Old school Wolters! Love it.

@annaburch3200 3 жыл бұрын

I've been to Avignon twice. I agree that the Palais des Papes is really cool, architecturally, but rather meh if you are expecting medieval decorated rooms. I love the area surrounding Avignon. Easy drives! And there is AMAZING food. 🤤 I'm drooling just thinking if it. The smells of herbs and lavender. The sound of cicadas (even the fake ones in the souvenir shops) . . . Ahhhh! Provence! ❤️ (We travelled from Paris to Lyon on the TGV to visit a friend THEN took the train into the central Avignon station. Perfect!)

@sherryhibbs2804 3 жыл бұрын

Made me a little sad we can't just pick up and go there. 😢 I will definitely be adding this city to my bucket list.

@marcmalki734 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Nimes, the Pont du Gard, the lavender fields and green surroundings of Avignon! Beautiful ptogram..

@horseplop9 3 жыл бұрын

GreT video today Mark. France is on the top of my list for visiting . So many people small towns. Bon Voyage!

@patcrowe2821 3 жыл бұрын

Love see the old footage. Hope the family and yourself are healthy and happy

@josholiveros3713 3 жыл бұрын

Wow really helpful guide for people who have never been. Your vids deserve more recognition!

@suncoastcrafting6362 6 ай бұрын

Another great video! I need more vacation time!

@Stefan-xw8mq 2 жыл бұрын

We use to stop over regularily in Avignon when driving from Germany to Barcelona. Really love the town and the area as such, besides Avignon so much to see like Pont du Gard, Uzès, Saint Rémy de Provence, Les Baux du Provence, next time is Arles on our bucket list. Thanks for sharing, great video.

@galinettegaline7563 Жыл бұрын

When you visit Arles, please please , don't go to see a barbaric corrida... bullfigting is HELL for the bull.

@grif13 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark, for the trip on the way-back machine. I was hoboing Europe in '96 and popped into Avignon for an afternoon. My base was Nice. Yep, bit of a trip but nice when you have the time and unlimited Europass. 3 take-aways for me. Pope's palace. Colder than a witches t*t but interesting. The bridge to nowhere. Very pretty. And the great vanilla shake I got from the Mcdonald's near the merry-go-round. To this day I dream of the shake. One day I'll go back but at the moment I live on Grenoble st. Thanks again.

@poudredeperlimpinpin1716 3 жыл бұрын

Je suis Avignonnais, merci pour ta vidéo !

@hakikamli2724 3 жыл бұрын

Mais il s’est trompé sir la carte de France au début de la vidéo, il l’a situé n’importe où mdrrr

@poudredeperlimpinpin1716 3 жыл бұрын

@@hakikamli2724 pas du tout, il a bien situé Avignon. Il faut suivre la flèche..

@kaynovo8043 3 жыл бұрын

Nice recap .... and I grow up in Avignon

@stephentaylor636 6 ай бұрын

Good video. informative. thanks!

@faustine6428 3 жыл бұрын

C’était il y a longtemps ! 2018 au moins ?Car la grande chapelle était remplie de photographies en 2019. J’espère que vous avez aimé notre beau palais dans lequel j’ai eu le plaisir de travailler quelques mois !

@littleamericanfamily113 3 жыл бұрын

Such a charming picturesque city!

@carolaalmendra1289 2 жыл бұрын

Very good video... Thaks for your tips🐾🐾

@BrianJohnson-bq9tr 2 ай бұрын

I just returned from Avignon and, as a history nut, i particularly loved the medieval feel of the old town and, yes....the food. It is a plave i would love to vosit again and stay longer. Also, i found the locals to be very friendly.

@TonoyLetsgo 3 жыл бұрын

Wow... What a wonderful place.. ❤️❤️

@TomGuideKrakowPoland 3 жыл бұрын

40👍🏻🤗Bonjour, it's my pleasure to get new hints about that magic place. Greetings from Kraków Tom

@stam9373 3 жыл бұрын

Au-revoir

@belesdan1886 Жыл бұрын

Getting off the main track is rarely difficult for me. I do this by getting lost. Getting back on the main track is more a thing.

@reelhappytravellers2691 3 жыл бұрын

It was really fun,we enjoyed it. You should definitely make it out there again if you get the chance….

@anaikaschippers-juergens7706 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect timing. Covid allowing we will be visiting Avignon this summer. Your tips are verry welcome 😊

@staycasual7203 3 жыл бұрын

I hate to give you a reality check but that ain’t happening in 2021 sweetheart. Bo Jo ain’t letting us go anywhere until 2023, trust me on that.

@anaikaschippers-juergens7706 3 жыл бұрын

@@staycasual7203 Thanks for the reaction. I'm European though and prospects for traveling within Europe are reasonable providing the innoculation is doen in July (fingers crossed)

@sgw8707 3 жыл бұрын

We get to go! All hope not lost lol

@SuperMarcoPolo7 3 жыл бұрын

I proposed to my wife in Avignon on the river cruise!!

@AngelaBuyck 3 жыл бұрын

Wow looks very amazing

@indiana8417 3 жыл бұрын

Ok so i love were I come from, I really think Avignon is a superbe City. hyronicly this video made me sad. These images you used are so cool and reminded me how much Avignon's a great city. But the covid's depriving us of all of this life, and I miss this. I'm sad (but really happy sins your video is really enjoyful )

@PEI_Guy 3 жыл бұрын

I was in Avignon in 1984 and found it great.

@grouloulle 2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget to all dance in circles on the bridge.

@josefeldman1202 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video and nice city.🙂

@SupaG777 20 күн бұрын

I travelled through Europe by myself by train as an American in 2004! And i was stuck in Avignon for 4 nights because I kept getting on the wrong train.. I hopefully realized that I was going the wrong direction! You're observations are accurate!! Thank you

@SupaG777 20 күн бұрын

I was trying to take the Avignon train to get to a rare hot spring town. I am happy that I did so much walking that I found a new pair of walking shoes in Avignon. Little kids were peeing on the store fronts, instructed by their parents.. I could go on. Ask me if you'd like to know more? I had thee weirdest massage in a torture chamber room.. She claimed to be a doctor and was recommended to me by my hotel host.

@MolliTheGreat 3 жыл бұрын

just found ur channel from the mistakes in Amsterdam video n i gotta say, ure my fav american !

@galinettegaline7563 Жыл бұрын

Thank you mister! If you have enough time don't miss l' île de la Barthelasse, in front of pont St Benezet ( Pont d' Avignon) and beetween the 2 parts of the Rhône . You are in the countryside at the same time so close of the city.

@garedmorort 3 жыл бұрын

Happy to see you love France! You should go to Brittany (Bretagne) places like Locronan are frozen in medieval times and the region has a Celtic flavor (place of birth of crepes!)

@woltersworld 3 жыл бұрын

We would love to go there. Hopefully when this is over we can get back and enjoy it

@Camie99 3 жыл бұрын

yooo i live there i recognize every place in this video i love it haha

@IsaanFinland 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@hlynnkeith9334 3 жыл бұрын

While you are in Provence, how about a video on Aubagne and the home of the Legion?

@Thinkingabtlife 3 жыл бұрын

Oh thats my city, welcome !

@woltersworld 3 жыл бұрын

We love Avignon

@FireRaptor100 3 жыл бұрын

When I first travelled to Avignon a was just planing to do a day trip and then leave at night to Dijon. I tried to find a place lo leave my luggage, but there were not. I dont know if this is common in France. As a result, I had to explore the city with my luggage. Luckily, it wasnt a large one.

@louismeullenaere5085 3 жыл бұрын

Restaurants you should go to: Le 26, El Taquito (Mexican), Le bercail, Chez Mimmo (Italian), Arlequin and finally Chez Bodus. -A Local who liked those

@MrAllen-fv9cj 3 жыл бұрын

Will you do a video about Wisconsin ever?

@Zandain 3 жыл бұрын

I live outside of Avignon, when I visit, never inside the city walls - it is a gorgeous place, so much to see, food to enjoy and people to smile with! - thanks from Denmark 🌸💕

@SilverSamurai12 3 жыл бұрын

Would you recommend going in the fall or spring to avoid the bulk of the tourist hordes? Or is this one of those places one just has to suck it up and go in the summer? I generally avoid summer travel so it's easier on the wallet.

@Laurgal5 3 жыл бұрын

I was there in September 2019 and the weather was great, not so many tourists, gorgeous area, great food and wine!

@perthfanny3017 3 жыл бұрын

No. You don't have to go in the summer! Spring or autumn would be perfect (like may/June or September/October) and not as hot and probably cheaper^^

@audreynelson9651 3 жыл бұрын

I love Avignon for a festival location. I've been in Avignon for both the national music festival and the theater festival, and enjoyed them more than I have in other cities in France. Also, the square (it's more of a rectangle) in front of the the Pope's Palace has had seemingly organized street performances all day and into the evening every time I've visited, with 3 different types of performances happening at the same time, and changing out at regular intervals, with the only cost being donations to the hat placed in front by each performer or group.

@RajevShah-ey6fp 5 ай бұрын

is there any chance of seeing Lavender fields in Avignon in February?!!

@Bamboule05 3 ай бұрын

Only on postcards snd calenders

@ibetserrano812 3 жыл бұрын

Do they import the wines to the United States?

@anthonylamesa7619 3 жыл бұрын

New tram system open now!

@paulelford1568 3 жыл бұрын

Just posted, when was it filmed. Eight of us are supposed to go there the end of August.

@triciarie3972 3 жыл бұрын

If you haven't booked your accommodations yet, with 8 people it might be cheaper to rent a house. We stayed in a house in the 13th century town of Boulbon for cheaper than we could have rented hotel rooms. We went to the Pont du Gard which I loved. Les Baux is very nice but make sure you check which days they are demonstrating the catapults and the trebuchets and staging sword fights. They don't do that every day. We went to Arles and saw the amphitheater, and several other sights there. We also went to the excavation of the Roman town of Glanum near St Remy. Each town has a market day when you can buy all sorts of food and other items (outdoor market). So check for those.

@bethdibartolomeo2042 2 жыл бұрын

Judging by Mark's hairstyle, about 2015. Hope you were able to go there!

@AmandaIbraimovic 3 жыл бұрын

One time a friend asked for tips for Antibes, here I loved for a while. I spent hours writing my favorite addresses, writing tips, best food everything. HE FREAKING PARKED OUTSIDE THE CITY. TOOK A PICTURE AND HAD THE AUDACITY OF SAYING HE VISITED THE CITY. I never feel more annoyed at my life. What's wrong with exploring? That's de difference between turists and travelers my friend. He wasted a great oportunity

@Bamboule05 3 ай бұрын

The bus from the tgv station to the old part of town only takes 15 min, so no big deal

@aysun9354 3 жыл бұрын

This is my City! Where I live 💖

@oceanluminant 3 жыл бұрын

@Vosjeunes Auronsdesvisions j'avoue, étant sur avignon depuis 20 ans, quand je lis les gens dire être deg de jamais être venu, j'ai envie de dire....vous ratez rien 😂

@paullewis2413 2 жыл бұрын

The thing I hate about Avignon also applies to so much of Europe today - tacky tourist shops spilling out on the streets and selling cheap junk. Fortunately Avignon is not as bad as some other cities, They. totally take away the feeling of being in an ancient city which is not contrived for tourists. Otherwise it’s great!

@yesorlando05 3 жыл бұрын

Have you ever done a video or toured Israel/The Holy Land? I would LOVED to see that. Great videos.

@YaHABIBIII-212- 3 жыл бұрын

Le 84 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@42_le_bg2 3 жыл бұрын

Let's go visit "the rocade" , best place in avignon

@hittingtax2670 3 жыл бұрын

Ever been to Brest, France?

@laurie6123 3 жыл бұрын

I hate that i haven't visited yet!

@bluejay3945 3 жыл бұрын

Suit up Mark let’s go. I’m tired of just watching. Time to participate

@colinesquire2480 3 жыл бұрын

Strange city has its charms though

@SkipMDMan 3 жыл бұрын

I always have fun with the pickpockets in every city, whether European or American or elsewhere. I'll go to a thrift store and buy half a dozen cheap old wallets. I'll print off colored paper that looks like Euros, put it in the wallet. Then I'll include a nice note in the host language mentioning just how stupid they are to steal a wallet full of fake money. It gives you another fun thing to do on the trip! Of course I have the wallet practically hanging out of my back pocket in invitation!

@DatNguyen-gi8pi 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, I talk to my wife about this and I want to do the same, but she warns me the pickpocket guy may piss-off comes back and beat the sh... out of me. hahaha

@SkipMDMan 3 жыл бұрын

@@DatNguyen-gi8pi Usually by the time they look in the wallet they are far enough away from you where you'll never meet again. It's easier than breaking their hands like I used to do.

@principalmcvicker6530 3 жыл бұрын

Oh I will be using this tip for the rest of my life. Thank you very much, I'm gonna tell people that too if they're going to big touristy cities

@sgw8707 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome 🤣

@donaldhughes6146 3 жыл бұрын

Did you dance on the bridge in Avignon ? 😉

@DonVueltaMorales Жыл бұрын

I hope you time your visit to experience the _mistral_ --a killer of a wind, especially if you experience it in the winter and if it lasts for days. It's great in July, when the temps are up in the mid-90s (°F ~ 35 °C). Go to the Rocher des doms, look out over the Rhône, and get blown away. I laughed when I first read about Avignon "suffering" from wind. But if you catch it lasting for over a week in late January/early February, it will beat you into the ground. 💙🤍❤⚜🗝🗝🗝✝

@CRAZY-lc3np 3 жыл бұрын

Enfin , les Avignonnais sont représentés !

@Bartholomew_Musgrave Жыл бұрын

Imagine someone wanting to list things they hate about Avignon. As usual, all an American cares about is whether somewhere is “cool” or not.

@nikkirockznikkirockz4158 3 жыл бұрын

#IMissFrancE!!!!!

@lil_fxres 3 жыл бұрын

Sa se voit lui il a pas fais un tour a st jean monclar ou la rcd😂

@oceanluminant 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂 en même temps les touristes sont full intra muros

@CRAZY-lc3np 3 жыл бұрын

T'as raison lol

@oc10121989 Жыл бұрын

been there and caught some wierd kind agrophobia when i entered the popes' room

@SherriLyle80s 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds lovely. It's a shame they don't do more to protect tourists though.

@niallers8572 3 жыл бұрын

Protect tourists from what? I have been there twice and I never had any problems

@SherriLyle80s 3 жыл бұрын

@@niallers8572 he mentioned almost being pick-pocketed as soon as he stepped off the train. France in many cities is notorious for a large theft problem. In general, I wish authorities would do more. If you report it, they laugh at you.

@SherriLyle80s 3 жыл бұрын

@@niallers8572 Im glad you are good. Mark has made many videos specifically about scams and theft in France. Just be weary.

@niallers8572 3 жыл бұрын

@@SherriLyle80s I see what you mean yeah. In my opinion Barcelona is much worse I could see 2 guys eyeing me up it was so obvious they thought I would be an easy targetup and I shouted at them dont even thing about it I have seen videos about pick pockets here 🤣🤣

@SherriLyle80s 3 жыл бұрын

@@niallers8572 oh so true. I heard Barcelona is the pitts. So unfortunate. I would love to travel there but not if I have to look over my shoulder every second.