Avignon and Provence
Nearest Train Station: Avignon Ville/Centre. Eurostar trains stops at Avignon TGV which is an hour away from Avignon Centre stop, so you can either take a cab or take a shuttle/ train. Normally your eurostar ticket should cover that as well. From London, there is a direct train that takes around 6 hours. Avignon ( French pronunciation: [a.viˈɲɔ̃] ) is a commune in south-eastern France in the department of Vaucluse on the left bank of the Rhône river. Of the 90,194 inhabitants of the city (as of 2011), about 12,000 live in the ancient town centre enclosed by its medieval ramparts. Between 1309 and 1377 during the Avignon Papacy , seven successive popes resided in Avignon and in 1348 Pope Clement VI bought the town from Joanna I of Naples . Papal control persisted until 1791 when, during the French Revolution , it became part of France. The town is now the capital of the Vaucluse department and one of the few French cities to have preserved its ramparts. T