Jardins de Livrees B&B in Villeneuve-les-Avignon

We finally made it to Provence

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April 27th 2009
Today was a very long day. We left our hotel in Sarlat in the morning, drove to the car rental in Cahors, took a cab to the train station, took the train to Toulouse, transferred to a train to Montpelier (we could see the snow-capped Pyrenees),at Montpelier, transferred to a local train to Avignon (we had 11 minutes to get off the train and get on the other train). Then we took a bus to the other ... read more

Europe » France » Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur » Avignon

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