6 Perfect Things To Do In Avignon In One Day offbeatfrance.com

Even if you only have one day, there are plenty of things to do in Avignon. A word of warning: You may end up wishing you had more time!

Visitors to this part of France often come for the sunshine, a certain Provençal atmosphere, or the region's Roman heritage. Some also visit for the amazing ramparts which circle this fortified city.

So it may surprise you that I visited in the freezing heart of winter, immersed myself in medieval rather than Roman lore, and spent an inordinate amount of time chasing the sunshine.

Despite this, I adored the city, vowed to return in even better weather, and found plenty of things to see in Avignon, whose historic center – the Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge – is protected on the UNESCO World Heritage List.