Insider : The local's guide to Avignon

Skip the tourist traps. Our insider guides are written by English-speaking locals who have called Avignon home for years. From the best terraces for a glass of rose to the quiet courtyards most visitors walk straight past - consider this your shortcut to experiencing the city like a local.

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A day trip to Saint-Rémy-de-Provence: chic streets, Roman ruins and Van Gogh's asylum

Around 45-50 minutes from Avignon by bus, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence is the chic face of the Alpilles - a beautifully renovated old town, a Roman site at its doorstep, and the monastery where Van Gogh painted The Starry Night. It is touristy and it is pricey, but it is also impossible not to like. Here is a local's honest guide.

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A day trip to Nîmes: Roman grandeur, gardens and bulls

Twenty minutes by train from Avignon sits a city with the best-preserved Roman temple on earth and an amphitheatre that still fills with crowds. But Nîmes is no museum piece - it is a living, working city with gardens, markets and a bull culture that defines its calendar. A local's honest guide.

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A day trip to Arles: a local's favourite escape from Avignon

Ask this Avignon local for one day trip and the answer is always Arles. A short train ride delivers you into one of the most charming towns in Provence - Roman arenas, Van Gogh's streets, an unbeatable market, and the famous light that has drawn painters and photographers for centuries. Here's how to do it properly.

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Châteauneuf-du-Pape: a local's honest guide to the Pope's wine country

The most famous wine village in Provence sits twenty minutes from Avignon - but is it worth your day? A local's honest guide to Châteauneuf-du-Pape: the papal vineyards, the galets roulés, how to taste without the crowds, and the insider alternative across the river that costs half the price.

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Villeneuve-lès-Avignon: the chic village across the river

Just across the Rhône from Avignon sits its elegant, understated neighbour - and a different world entirely. A local's guide to Villeneuve-lès-Avignon: the royal fortress, the great monastery, the panoramic views back at the popes, and the shady square made for a slow Provençal apéritif.

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Roman Provence from Avignon: a local's guide to the ancient south

Provence was the first Roman province outside Italy, and the monuments they left behind are among the finest anywhere - some of them a short train ride from Avignon. A local's honest guide to the Roman theatres, arenas, temples and aqueducts worth your time, which need a car, and which one quietly beats them all.

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