Tour #3
Avignon Luberon and Lavender Fields
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In the 14th century, Avignon located in the South of France was the seat of the papacy.
The Palais des Papes, an austere-looking fortress dominates the city, the surrounding ramparts and the remains of a 12thcentury bridge over the Rhone.
Beneath this outstanding example of Gothic architecture, the Petit Palais and the Romanesque Cathedral of Notre-Dame-des-Doms complete an exceptional group of monuments that testify to the leading role played by Avignon in 14th-century Christian Europe.
Free time for lunch on your own in the town center : at each turning, Palaces, Churches, small Italianlike Squares and Museums are expecting your visit !
Take time at the Senanque Abbey in the middle of the fields of lavender and enjoy visiting the lavender museum in Coustellet where you will learn everything on the manufacturing of the essential oil.
Visit the spectacular countryside of Peter Mayle's book « A Year in Provence », fascinating « perched » hill-top villages, outstanding natural produce and the light of Van Gogh and Cezanne.
Let yourself be led for an amazing breakthrough in the Luberon if you want to see as many as possible of the choices, it's the place in Provence to go!
Avignon Pope‘s city
Gordes perched village in Luberon
Senanque Abbey and lavender field