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We were in Provence last year, as part of a 6-week trip. We visited Avignon some years ago, but last year was a road trip so we could use the car to go see nearby small towns, which were different than the more crowded city of Avignon.
We stayed in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgues, which was a charming small town enclosed by the river Sorgues, like a much smaller Strasbourg.
You may want to rent a car for a day or two to make day trips. The French country roads were not too bad to navigate. We visited Gordes, Lex Baux-de-Provence, Roussillon, Nimes, etc... The first 3 are French versions of the Italian hilltowns.
Some points of interest: Carrières de Lumières, the ruins of castle in Baux-de-Provence, and Sunday market in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue. The Sunday market is visited by locals, and attracted tourists from as far as Marseilles.
I did not have time to drive a bit down south to see Saintes Maries de la Mer in the Camargue. I learned of this place from the song Méditerranéenne (French lyrics for an originally Italian song).
We stayed in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgues, which was a charming small town enclosed by the river Sorgues, like a much smaller Strasbourg.
You may want to rent a car for a day or two to make day trips. The French country roads were not too bad to navigate. We visited Gordes, Lex Baux-de-Provence, Roussillon, Nimes, etc... The first 3 are French versions of the Italian hilltowns.
Some points of interest: Carrières de Lumières, the ruins of castle in Baux-de-Provence, and Sunday market in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue. The Sunday market is visited by locals, and attracted tourists from as far as Marseilles.
I did not have time to drive a bit down south to see Saintes Maries de la Mer in the Camargue. I learned of this place from the song Méditerranéenne (French lyrics for an originally Italian song).