Pont d'Avignon

Avignon

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September 21st 2007
The train from Nice to Avignon was a TGV service which meant we had to pay a supplement. Luckily unlike the expensive Italian fast trains all the TGV trains in France required a supplement of only €3 each. There were certainly big queues to buy tickets for the TGV trains in Nice. The TGV train did not go to the central Avignon railway station, but rather to a new station located on the outski ... read more

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