The rest of our trip was going to be spent in Provence and along the Cote de Azur however we sadly had a lot of trouble finding any cheap available accommodation at the beach so we booked mostly inland towns in the Provence region. We had booked into Arles for our next stop but somehow communication got mixed up at the train station and we ended up with tickets to Avignon. Figured it was a sign so we spent the day in Avignon :)
Avignon was packed. July is festival time and it becomes a very popular destination. The main streets were full of people, posters and street performers. Avignon is a walled city and has lots of Roman influences which made it a fantastic city for a visit. We visited the Palais De Papes, an incredible building that used to house the Popes in the 1300s when they lived here during Rome turmoil. The palace was huge with a cathedral next door and a garden that overlooked the River Rhone. Gorgeous views but a scorching day! All the concrete seemed to multiply the sun ten fold.
We also checked out a famous broken bridge; Pont St-Bénezet or Pont d'Avignon as it's known in a French nursery rhyme/childs song.We jumped back on the train to Arles where we had dinner next to a Roman Arena which had bull fights every week, not what you'd expect in France! Arles also had an old amphitheatre and other Roman influences.
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