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Any Place Similar To Avignon,france?
We had a lovely holiday earlier this year in Avignon. It was on a river, had an historic 'old' quarter from 12th century and lots of winding streets to explore. Is there any where else like this in France?
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Just a little to add to others' advice.
Carcassonne is unbelievably crowded in August - literally queues of pedestrians waiting to walk into the old town. Outside of August it is lovely, and the hotel 'les trois couronnes' lies just over the bridge in the modern town, has all the amenities of a modern hotel, but is in easy walking distance of the old town.
From Carcassonne station you can easily get trains to Toulouse, Montpellier, etc - anywhere in fact
St Malo also gets quite manically busy in August, but not to the extent experienced by Carcassonne as there are more ways in and out. Because St Malo got bombarded in WW2 there is relatively little of the intact old town.
Coming back to the Nimes area: Nimes itself is fascinating historically with huge Roman remains and within train-travelling distance are Uzes (historic town and Haribo factory) and Arles (Van Gogh and Camargue horses). The Roman aqueduct at Pont du Gard is served by touristand local buses.
France is full of wonderful interesting towns and if without a car I suggest you simply travel by train on the excellent local and inter-city services.
Carcassonne is unbelievably crowded in August - literally queues of pedestrians waiting to walk into the old town. Outside of August it is lovely, and the hotel 'les trois couronnes' lies just over the bridge in the modern town, has all the amenities of a modern hotel, but is in easy walking distance of the old town.
From Carcassonne station you can easily get trains to Toulouse, Montpellier, etc - anywhere in fact
St Malo also gets quite manically busy in August, but not to the extent experienced by Carcassonne as there are more ways in and out. Because St Malo got bombarded in WW2 there is relatively little of the intact old town.
Coming back to the Nimes area: Nimes itself is fascinating historically with huge Roman remains and within train-travelling distance are Uzes (historic town and Haribo factory) and Arles (Van Gogh and Camargue horses). The Roman aqueduct at Pont du Gard is served by touristand local buses.
France is full of wonderful interesting towns and if without a car I suggest you simply travel by train on the excellent local and inter-city services.
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