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The legend: the young pastor Benezet, arrived guard towers, famous for its vineyards and Sali-
The Grand Canyon from the mountains of Ardechein 1177. It’s been nas. Dinner in a typical restaurant with dishes of
told he was invited from God to built a bridge
the camarguaise tradition.
of Provence of Avignon. In the beginning he was considered Return in hotel and overnight.
5 days crazy by the people of Avignon, he was challen- 4 Day: Avignon - St Remy de Provence - Arles -
ged by the prelate who asked him to load a boul-
th
der on his shoulders and to throw it in Rhone. Be- Avignon (75 km)
1 Day: Saint Paul de Vence - Avignon (250 km) nezet, without a delay under the attention of the Breakfast and departure to St Remy de Provence.
st
Departure to Nizza for the French Rviera. Break fascinated people, lifted the boulder, with a help Perched on the northern slopes of the Alpilles,
for the lunch at St Paul de Vence, characteristic from angels bathed in a golden light, it’s been the locality and the surrounding landscape have
medieval village, entirely pedestrian, between told. The bridge St-Benezet is one of the most an- inspired over 100 paintings of Vincent Van Gogh
the most fascinating in the hinterland. Situated tique masterpieces built on Rhone between Lyon and has given birth to Nostradamus.
on a promontory and known on entire country and the sea. A visit to Saint Paul de Mausole where the paint-
for its artist shops, is the ideal place to enter in er has passed his last year of suffer and to Gla-
the atmosphere of the region. You must visit the
Church connected to the Chapel Saint Clement in Gole del Verdon - Gorges of the Verdon Business Proposals in France
baroque style.
Curiosity: with its 40 citizens is a privileged des-
tination of artists and intellectuals with 60 art
galleries and artisan shops. Young and olds that
are playing pétanque (typical game of bowls) un-
der the trees in the square on the entrance in the
village.
Arrival in Avignon, considered the “capital” of
Provence. With its mighty walls remembers the
pomps of its past of art and cultural city. Nine
popes reigned in the city and every each of them
expanded and embellished its grandious pope
palace, today a symbol of Avignon. The Pope Pal-
ace is the biggest gothic edifice of Europe.
Some destructive details: the battlements that
are boarding the edifice, the loopholes to throw
boiled oil to the enemies, the towers from where
was watched over the entire zone, made of the
palace un impregnable fortress for popes who
have recovered here getting away from the ten-
sions in Rome. 3 Day: Avignon - Uzes - Nimes - Aigues Mortes num, the most important site of archeological
rd
Accommodation in hotel, dinner and overnight. (195 km) excavations of Roman era. Transfer to Arles, and
Breakfast and departure to Pont du Gard. The after the lunch, a guided visit of the city: the Are-
2 Day: Avignon - Orange - Vaison La Romaine - masterpiece, patrimony of the Humanity, built by nas, the Antique Theater, the Constantin baths,
nd
Avignon (115 km) the Emperor August, is a majestic part of a Ro- the Necropoli of Alyscamps and the cathedral of
After the breakfast, departure to Orange, where man aqueduct that departure from Uzes, at more Saint Trophime with its beautiful Romanesque
we can admire two monuments of the Roman than 50 km, and brought water to Nimes. cloister.
period recognized UNESCO patrimony: the Tri- For dimension, state of conservation and for the
umph Arch and the Antique Theater which owns incredible arcades, is the highest antique brid- Curiosity: from the Middle Age the path of Arles
its fame to the excellent conservation of the ge in the world. Visit of the medieval nucleus of is one of the 4 streets which are passing France
scene and the retro wall that Luigi XIV praised like Uzes walking through streets and squares where and Europe towards Saint Giacomo of Compost-
the most beautiful of his reign. The theater fol- we can see palaces and monuments, such as the ela.
lows the traditional display of the Roman theater, roman tower Fenestrelle, which has the particu- Return to Avignon, dinner in hotel and overnight.
with the steps of cavea (37 lines for around 9000 larity of being the only example of bell tower on
visitors) disposed on a half circle around the or- circular base in entire France. 5 Day: Avignon - Grand Canyon del Verdon (200
th
chestra. Lunch in a restaurant. Place aux Herbes is a very animated square, every km)
Enological curiosities: south of the city there is a Saturday holds a Provencal market overflowing After the breakfast, departure to Castellane,
vine region of Châteauneuf-du-Pape from where of tastes and colors. We proceed to Nimes, one a base of the departure for the visit of Gole de
comes the famous French wine from which gets of the most important places of the Roman Gal- Verdon.
the name. lia. A visit of the Maison Carree, a temple of im- A real masterpiece of the nature and second of
Transfer to Vaison La Romaine, a small city sit- perial period, the only temple from antique time dimension only after the USA’s Grand Canyon,
uated between the Alps and the Mediterranean conserved entirely. It owns its long life to the use the spectacular landscape is a result of the thou-
Sea, rich of testimonies from the Roman era and without interruptions. A visit of the magnificent sands of years old erosive ice action of the clear 245
the Roman Provencal style: a visit of the Antique Amphitheater of the Arenes and to the Gardens waters that plow it. The calcareous white rock
Theater and the Notre Dame of Nazareth Ca- of the Fountain from the XVII century. Lunch in a from its walls jumps up the strong blue of the
thedral and a walk in the streets of the medieval restaurant, water.
center until the feudal castle of the knights of To- We will also visit the Lake St Croix, the waterfalls
losa that dominates the entire city. Curiosity: in Nimes born the “very American” of Sillans and Moustiers Ste Marie, a rocky vil-
Return in Avignon and a walk along the shores of jeans textile, “denim” which is not other thing lage and immersed in the relaxing Provencal at-
Rhone to admire the Bridge Saint Benezet and than the contraction of “de Nimes”. mosphere.
boarding for the river cruise: dinner on the board In the afternoon, a transfer to Aigues Mortes, Lunch in a restaurant and departure for the re-
of the boat during the navigation. Return for the medieval village surrounded by mighty walls and turn at home.
overnight.

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