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A shepherd boy walked out of the mountains, told Avignon that God wanted him to build a bridge across the Rhône, then lifted a boulder thirty men couldn't move to prove it. Seven hundred years ago, someone decided Rome was too dangerous to be pope in, and moved the entire headquarters of Western Christianity here.
This self-guided audio walking tour of Avignon tells its sharpest stories. Over roughly 4 km and 20 stops, played on your phone as you walk, you'll meet the pope who bought the city from a queen just tried for murder, a poet undone by one glance in a church, and a marshal a mob lynched over a lie.
Go at your own pace. No fixed start time, no group to keep up with, offline access, pause and resume whenever you like.
Over 25,000 travelers have used our self-guided tours, and this Avignon audio tour comes with a full refund guarantee. Bring headphones and start whenever you're ready.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
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Itinerary
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Pont Saint-Benezet (Pont d'Avignon) (Pass by)
Stand before four arches reaching into the river and stopping, and learn the story of the shepherd boy behind them
Admission ticket free -
1Rocher des Doms
Meet the escaped slave who smuggled a fortune past a death sentence, hidden inside his walking staff
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
2Musee du Petit Palais
Step into a cardinal's fortified home, then hear about the thief who out-catalogued the museums he robbed
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
3Cathedrale Notre-Dame des Doms
Look up at a gilded Virgin who watched the river, above the tomb of a gold-making pope
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
Palais des Papes (Pass by)
Face the largest Gothic palace in Europe, bought from a queen just tried for her husband's murder
Admission ticket free -
4Saint-Etienne
Spot the tiny hot-air balloons on the window sills, and the fireside moment they quietly commemorate
8 minutes • Admission ticket free -
5Place Crillon
Cross the square where a false rumor turned a crowd into a marshal's executioners in under an hour
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
6Place de l'Horloge
Pause in Avignon's biggest square, where a hidden medieval clock tower keeps working behind the town hall
8 minutes • Admission ticket free -
7Basilique Saint Pierre
Examine walnut doors carved five centuries ago, and the boy cardinal whose relics they guard
12 minutes • Admission ticket free -
8Avignon Les Halles
Taste the pink chocolate thistle named for the popes, sold behind a market's living garden wall
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
9
Meet the escaped slave who smuggled a forbidden seed and quietly turned Provence blood-red.
8 minutes • Admission ticket free -
10Hotel des Monnaies
Decode the eagles and dragons on the one facade in Avignon that refuses to stay modest.
7 minutes • Admission ticket free -
11Eglise Saint-Agricol
Spot the silver stork above the door, then hear which plague it was summoned to end.
8 minutes • Admission ticket free -
12Palais du Roure
Trace the mulberry tree carved above the door to a fortune, and a language nearly lost.
8 minutes • Admission ticket free -
13
ncounter the last tower of warrior-monks who inherited a fallen order's confiscated wealth.
7 minutes • Admission ticket free -
14
Uncover where a poet's single glance reshaped European love poetry, and why a king reopened her grave.
9 minutes • Admission ticket free -
15
Slip through a small door to where two brothers rowed a boat straight to the altar.
7 minutes • Admission ticket free -
16Rue Des Teinturiers
Follow the canal and its old waterwheels down the street that stained every worker's hands red.
8 minutes • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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