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2-Star Hotel in Villeneuve les Avignon


5 Minutes by car or taxi from the TGV train station.

- A9 motorway, exit at Remoulins (coming from Nîmes) or Roquemaure (coming from Paris)
Follow direction Avignon and Villeneuve Lez Avignon
- A7 motorway, exit "Avignon nord" (coming from Paris) or "Avignon sud" (coming from Aix en Provence or Marseille)
Follow direction Avignon centre and Les Angles, Villeneuve les Avignon.

Bus lines 10 and 11 from Avignon centre (near the central train station and the shuttle to the TGV train station)
For both busses, get off at the 1st stop after the Bridge.

The hotel is just a few steps from the Rhône

Hotel Cube
Impasse Rhône - 30400 Villeneuve les Avignon
Tel. : +33(0)4 90 25 52 29 - Fax : +33(0)4 90 25 68 90

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Discover Avignon and Provence from the Hotel
Villeneuve les Avignon
On the west bank of the Rhône, at the gates of the famous city of Avignon and across from its celebrated bridge, Villeneuve lez Avignon constitutes, with its historic character, the richness of its classed sites and monuments and its privileged location, the ideal base for a visit to Provence or Languedoc.

The Philippe le Bel Tower
In March 1293, the king of that name created Villeneuve Saint André, gateway to Languedoc and the French kingdom, which would later become Villeneuve lez Avignon. He ordered at the time the construction of a fortress destined to command the passage over the Saint Bénézet Bridge (the Avignon Bridge) linking the kingdom to the Empire.


The Popes' Palace
Towering over the city and the Rhône, near the summit of the Rocher des Doms, the Popes' Palace and its impressive high walls flanked by four gigantic towers, classed "World Heritage Site" by UNESCO, without doubt constitutes, with the Saint Bénézet bridge, the city walls, the Petit Palais and the Cathédrale des Doms the most exceptional grouping of monuments in all of Provence. All year round it is the site of regular cultural events: exhibitions, tours, concerts without forgetting the famous Avignon Theatre Festival created by Jean Vilar in 1947. With 650,000 visitors each year, the Popes Palace is one of the 10 most visited monuments in France.

The Saint Bénézet Bridge
Legend has it that the construction of the famous Avignon Bridge is due to the ardour of a young shepherd who in 1177 came down from the mountains of Ardèche. He answered to the name of Bénézet and to the calling of his God. Historically, facilitating the crossing for pilgrims in the Middle Ages, an antique wooden bridge linked Villeneuve and Avignon. It was partially destroyed during the siege of 1226. At its height, the bridge stretched over 900 m and counted some 22 arches. Between 1603 and 1633, heavy flooding of the Rhône got the better of the edifice, leaving it in its present state, and with a song famous the world over.


The Mont Ventoux
The Mont Ventoux, also called the "Giant of Provence" dominates from its 1912m the Rhône Valley, the Baronnies and the Vaucluse plateau. Veritable myth in the history of Provence, it also offers one of the most impressive panoramas in Europe, distinguished notably by UNESCO.

Orange
Founded in 35-30 BC by veterans of the Roman Legion, the city of Arausio, today the town of Orange, still reflects through its numerous monuments the magnificience of the antique Roman civilization. The musts to discover: the Amphitheatre, the Triumphal Arch, the ruins of the city walls and the aqueduct.
The Roman Amphitheatre in Orange, dating from Antiquity, hosts since 1869 "the Roman festivals" since become the Chorégies d'Orange opera festival.


Saint Rémy de Provence
As did Vincent Van Gogh, come discover the emotions that take shape in you upon seeing the beauty of the landscapes of Baux de Provence. Saint Rémy de Provence, founded more than 2500 years ago, is one of the oldest towns in the South of France. A stroll is a must through the squares and old streets where the Provençal poets, Frédéric Mistral and Joseph Roumanille and maybe even Nostradamus, took their inspiration.

Arles
Often evoked for the richness of its Roman and Romanesque past, registered as World Heritage by UNESCO, and for its arena, its Roman theatre and its Thermal baths, we forget that Arles is also one of the three routes leading to Saint Jacques de Compostello, and also without doubt the cradle of the Camargues bull races, as seems to attest the oldest testimony going back to 1402, in honour of Louis II, count of Provence.


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