Location: Avignon

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France

Country: France

Region: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Department: Vaucluse

Arrondissement: Avignon

Canton: Avignon-1, Avignon-2, Avignon-3

Intercommunality: CA Grand Avignon

Government

• Mayor (2014–2020): Cécile Helle (PS)

Area: 64.78 km (25.01 sq mi)

Population (2015): 92,130

• Density: 1,400/km (3,700/sq mi)

Time zone: CET (GMT +1) (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST): CEST (UTC+2)

INSEE/Postal code: 84007 /84000

Elevation: 10–122 m (33–400 ft) (avg. 23 m or 75 ft)

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Official name: Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge

Criteria: Cultural: i, ii, iv

Reference: 228

Inscription: 1995 (19th Session)

Area: 8.2 ha

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Top 6 Specialty Museums in Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur

June 17, 2021 Frederic Celentano

Avignon charms visitors with its ancient streets, restored medieval ramparts and the immense Gothic architecture of the Palais des Papes (Palace of Popes—the papacy was based here in the 14th century). The annual Festival d'Avignon, a major arts festival, attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors for theater, dance, film and street performances.
Restaurants in Avignon

1. Epicurium

100 rue Pierre Bayle, 84916, Avignon France +33 4 32 40 37 71 [email protected] http://www.epicurium.fr

Excellent

46%

Good

33%

Satisfactory

12%

Poor

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4.0 based on 82 reviews

Epicurium’s permanent exhibition invites you to immerse your senses in the world of fruit and vegetables – their colours, smells, sounds... So keep your senses alert! After the exhibition, you visit the Epicurium vegetable garden and orchard. This original trail highlights the diversity of fruit and vegetable species.

2. Collection Lambert

5 rue Violette, 84000, Avignon France +33 4 90 16 56 20 http://www.collectionlambert.fr/

Excellent

53%

Good

23%

Satisfactory

11%

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Overall Ratings

4.0 based on 202 reviews

3. Musee Angladon

5 rue du Laboureur, 84000, Avignon France +33 4 90 82 29 03 [email protected] http://www.angladon.com

Excellent

41%

Good

40%

Satisfactory

15%

Poor

Terrible

Overall Ratings

4.0 based on 315 reviews

4. Palais du Roure

3, Rue College du Roure Ancien Hôtel de Baroncelli-Javon, 84000, Avignon France +33 4 13 60 50 01 [email protected] http://www.avignon-tourisme.com/Monuments-et-Patrimoine-%20ulturel/AVIGNON/fiche-4615598-2.html

Excellent

28%

Good

59%

Satisfactory

10%

Poor

Terrible

Overall Ratings

4.0 based on 39 reviews

5. Silk Conditioning Museum

6 rue de Saluces, 84000, Avignon France +33 4 90 86 53 12

Excellent

Good

25%

Satisfactory

25%

Poor

50%

Terrible

Overall Ratings

3.0 based on 4 reviews

6. Maison Jean-Vilar

8 rue de Mons, 84000, Avignon France +33 4 90 86 59 64 [email protected] https://maisonjeanvilar.org/

Location: Avignon

Top Things to do in Avignon

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Top 6 Specialty Museums in Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur

1. Epicurium

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2. Collection Lambert

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3. Musee Angladon

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4. Palais du Roure

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5. Silk Conditioning Museum

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6. Maison Jean-Vilar

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