Visitor logistics, transport, weather advice, and common pitfalls to avoid
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The largest Gothic palace in Europe, seat of seven popes, and the defining landmark of Avignon. But is it actually worth your time and money inside? A local resident's honest, practical answer.
The Festival turns Avignon into one of the most exhilarating small cities on earth - and one of the hottest and busiest. Here is a local's practical guide to staying cool, dodging the crush and moving around town, so you spend your energy on the shows, not the logistics.
The Festival OFF throws about 1,700 shows at you across three weeks in July. Here is an honest, practical system for choosing what to see, where to go, and how to stay comfortable in the heat - even if, like us, you are not a die-hard festival-goer.
There isn't one Festival d'Avignon - there are two, running side by side every July. Here is the honest difference between the IN and the OFF, and how to work out which experience is really for you, from someone who lives here.
Inside the walls or out, the quiet streets versus the lively ones, the parking truth, and the places we would actually send a friend - a local resident's honest guide to choosing where to stay in Avignon.
Getting to Avignon is easy - as long as you know one crucial thing before you book. A local's guide to arriving smoothly by train, plane and car, and the two-station trap that catches everyone out.
A local resident's honest list of the most common tourist mistakes in Avignon - and the simple fixes that will transform your visit.
Is one day enough for Avignon? How about a weekend? An English-speaking local who has lived in the city for years breaks down exactly how many days you need - and what to do with each one.
