7th June 2011

A lovely sunny day again so we took plenty of water and set off to explore Avignon, it is full of posh hotels, shops & restaurants, you need plenty of money around here! The walks were well marked and took us around the historic sites including up some ramparts to the gardens at the back of the papal palace, the views were fantastic. The Palace was built to remind the European Kings of the day that the Pope was above them, they certainly chose a perfect site and the Palace is impressive. Nowadays it has a university and is well known for its art and culture with international festivals in the summer, it certainly had an arty feel to it! We had a great day wandering around and will look forward to returning.