Located in Provence, Avignon enjoys a typically Mediterranean climate and the lifestyle that comes with it. The old city center is compact and can easily be explored on foot. Many gourmet restaurants and inspiring cafés are waiting to be discovered in the narrow medieval streets, while since 1947, the city has hosted one of the grandest events for contemporary performing arts in the world: the Festival d' Avignon. Yet, apart from its modern-day charms, Avignon is also an open-air book of history with many of its architectural splendors registered as UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Avignon is famous for being the city seven Popes called home between 1309 and 1376. As a result, Avignon thrived as architects, builders, and artists flocked to the city to give it the grandeur that matched the status of its residents. Prestigious cardinals commissioned elaborate palaces in Avignon and Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, across the river. To this day, crossing the Rhône River and suddenly facing the Palace of Popes is always an astonishing spectacle, even for locals.