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!
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 !
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!)
@@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)
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.
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 !
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.
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
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.
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 )
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.
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!)
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. 💙🤍❤⚜🗝🗝🗝✝
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 🌸💕
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.
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.
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.
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.
@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 😂
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
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!
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!
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
@@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.
@@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 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 🤣🤣
@@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.
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
Another great video! I need more vacation time!
In 2019 my wife and I visited avignon during a river cruise (Scenic river cruises.... amazing!). We thoroughly enjoyed it.
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!
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 !
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.
@@lecabillaud6060 and mervellous St ruf , and la reine jeanne , and la croix des oiseaux , and Moncalr very interesteing !!
@@serguei58 🤣🤣🤣
@@serguei58 xDDD
@@NarcoVF ????
Old school Wolters! Love it.
i am curently a student in avignon university. its my first year there. i come from africa
Hey! I am going to be starting there too.
Je suis Avignonnais, merci pour ta vidéo !
Mais il s’est trompé sir la carte de France au début de la vidéo, il l’a situé n’importe où mdrrr
@@hakikamli2724 pas du tout, il a bien situé Avignon. Il faut suivre la flèche..
Nice recap ....
and I grow up in Avignon
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.
When you visit Arles, please please , don't go to see a barbaric corrida... bullfigting is HELL for the bull.
GreT video today Mark. France is on the top of my list for visiting . So many people small towns. Bon Voyage!
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.
Yes! Nimes, the Pont du Gard, the lavender fields and green surroundings of Avignon! Beautiful ptogram..
Wow... What a wonderful place.. ❤️❤️
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.
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.
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!)
Very good video... Thaks for your tips🐾🐾
Perfect timing. Covid allowing we will be visiting Avignon this summer. Your tips are verry welcome 😊
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.
@@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)
We get to go! All hope not lost lol
Wow really helpful guide for people who have never been. Your vids deserve more recognition!
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.
Love see the old footage. Hope the family and yourself are healthy and happy
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.
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 !
I proposed to my wife in Avignon on the river cruise!!
Such a charming picturesque city!
The bus from the tgv station to the old part of town only takes 15 min, so no big deal
Good video. informative. thanks!
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.
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
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.
It was really fun,we enjoyed it. You should definitely make it out there again if you get the chance….
Wow looks very amazing
I was in Avignon in 1984 and found it great.
40👍🏻🤗Bonjour, it's my pleasure to get new hints about that magic place.
Greetings from Kraków
Tom
Au-revoir
Beautiful
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 )
Nice video and nice city.🙂
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.
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
Oh thats my city, welcome !
We love Avignon
is there any chance of seeing Lavender fields in Avignon in February?!!
Only on postcards snd calenders
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!)
We would love to go there. Hopefully when this is over we can get back and enjoy it
just found ur channel from the mistakes in Amsterdam video n i gotta say, ure my fav american !
Don't forget to all dance in circles on the bridge.
While you are in Provence, how about a video on Aubagne and the home of the Legion?
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. 💙🤍❤⚜🗝🗝🗝✝
Do they import the wines to the United States?
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 🌸💕
yooo i live there i recognize every place in this video i love it haha
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.
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.
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.
I was there in September 2019 and the weather was great, not so many tourists, gorgeous area, great food and wine!
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^^
Just posted, when was it filmed. Eight of us are supposed to go there the end of August.
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.
Judging by Mark's hairstyle, about 2015. Hope you were able to go there!
New tram system open now!
Le 84 🔥🔥🔥🔥
This is my City! Where I live 💖
@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 😂
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
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!
Re train station.
Get some cash out.
Buses to the centre don’t except cards.
There’s an ATM at the opposite side of the station from the bus stops.
@@leosmoonfish2849 I bought all tickets at the machines before I boarded and bus or train. I didn't use cash once.
Let's go visit "the rocade" , best place in avignon
Did you dance on the bridge in Avignon ? 😉
Enfin , les Avignonnais sont représentés !
Ever been to Brest, France?
Will you do a video about Wisconsin ever?
I hate that i haven't visited yet!
Suit up Mark let’s go. I’m tired of just watching. Time to participate
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!
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
@@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.
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
Awesome 🤣
Have you ever done a video or toured Israel/The Holy Land? I would LOVED to see that. Great videos.
Strange city has its charms though
Sa se voit lui il a pas fais un tour a st jean monclar ou la rcd😂
😂😂😂😂 en même temps les touristes sont full intra muros
T'as raison lol
Imagine someone wanting to list things they hate about Avignon.
As usual, all an American cares about is whether somewhere is “cool” or not.
Sounds lovely. It's a shame they don't do more to protect tourists though.
Protect tourists from what? I have been there twice and I never had any problems
@@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.
@@niallers8572 Im glad you are good. Mark has made many videos specifically about scams and theft in France. Just be weary.
@@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 🤣🤣
@@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.
#IMissFrancE!!!!!
been there and caught some wierd kind agrophobia when i entered the popes' room
🇫🇷🇫🇷💜🤗
Avignon is really boring town. Sorry
What happened to your health plan. C'mon man.