Avignon

Where to Stay in Avignon? Le Limas Bed & Breakfast

December 6, 2018

“It feels like a home, an art gallery and a boutique hotel all in one” Avignon, the ancient walled city with the famous “pont,” is situated along the Rhone River on the TGV train line from Paris. It is the perfect stopover en route to the Côte d’Azur, or can be your base for exploring …

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From the Archive Collections at MuCEM and Avignon Musées

November 1, 2018

Most museums have massive amounts of ‘stuff’ filed, heaped, and mounded away in archives, basements and warehouses. The question is: what do they do with it all? It really is an issue. Marseille’s MuCEM inherited the contents of the Musée National des Arts et Traditions Populaires in Paris and now has around one million items. Over …

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Art in Avignon: Christian Lacroix Show Promises to be Mirabilis

August 20, 2018

French fashion designer Christian Lacroix can be relied on to bring a stylish rather Baroque flourish to everything he does. A proud Arlésien, he has transitioned to Avignon to curate their new show, Mirabilis, for which he has chosen 350 to 400 works, documents and collections, from prehistory to ethnic collections to modern art, all …

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Museums of Avignon Musées Mirabilis is the Big Summer Show

June 12, 2018

The wonderfully creative Arlésien designer Christian Lacroix has been given free rein to choose items from the museums of Avignon for ‘Mirabilis’, the summer show. And ‘marvellous’ it surely will be: visitors can see 350 to 400 works, documents and collections, from prehistory to ethnic collections to modern art, in unusual groupings of works of art from …

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Must Visit the Pope’s Palace in Avignon France

April 9, 2018

I have ignored my blog for far too long. Busy at work and projects at home, so I never seem to find quiet time to share adventures with you. So here I am. I hope to be here more frequently from now on. As followers of the “Our House in Provence” blog know, Shirley and …

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Luxury Rooms in Avignon Stay at La Divine Comédie Private Suites and a Secret Garden

February 22, 2018

It took over 600 years to open this luxurious bed and breakfast in the heart of Avignon. La Divine Comédie is a jewel of a guest house with five suites and a magical garden, the successful outcome of the owners Amaury de Villoutreys and Gilles Jauffret’s vision. They purchased the property in 2009 and began …

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A visit to Avignon and the Jardin des Doms during the Festival of Avignon

October 10, 2017

When we go to Avignon, we try to park at the Hotel Mercure garage because the stairs exit close to the Popes’ Palace. Right next to the stairway, is the Hôtel des Monnaies (mint), the earliest private Baroque monument in Avignon. It sits opposite the main entrance to the Popes’ Palace. It was built in 1619 …

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Avignon

Where to Stay in Avignon? Le Limas Bed & Breakfast

From the Archive Collections at MuCEM and Avignon Musées

Art in Avignon: Christian Lacroix Show Promises to be Mirabilis

Museums of Avignon Musées Mirabilis is the Big Summer Show

Must Visit the Pope’s Palace in Avignon France

Luxury Rooms in Avignon Stay at La Divine Comédie Private Suites and a Secret Garden

A visit to Avignon and the Jardin des Doms during the Festival of Avignon

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