Getting to Avignon

Avignon in France is a famous tourist spot, and visited by tourists from all over the world. This travel guide provides you with the handy information about getting to Avignon . The geographical position of Avignon is such that you can reach there from any European city.

By train

Getting to Avignon is really easy because of the strategic location of Avignon, which lies between the Paris-Lyon-Nice-Italy train line and the Montpellier-Narbonne-Perpignan-Spain line. You can come here from many European cities because several European train companies have direct train services to Avignon. Otherwise you might take a high speed train any day from Paris and it will get you at the La Gare TGV station in Avignon in about 3 hours. If you choose to take a train from Marseille it will take you about 30 minutes to be in this city.

By car

For those who love long drives and driving hours, getting to Avignon by car is also possible. Avignon is situated on such a traffic crossroad axis that you can drive from most of the European cities to Avignon. Highways connect Avignon to Germany, Italy and all the major French cities, because of the geographical position of Avignon and therefore from all the destinations north of the city you can take the A9 motorway and come to Avignon. If you are coming down from Nimes, Barcelona or any other destination from the south of the city then also you can take the A9 motorway. The motorways of Avignon are excellent and have clear signposts; therefore you will have no problems while driving into Avignon. From Marseilles you can reach Avignon in about 1 hour time but it will take you about 6 hours if you plan to go from Paris.

By bus

For getting to Avignon , you can also take the international bus services provided by Linebus and Eurolines from the cities like Brussels, Morocco, London, Prague, Italy and Spain. Any bus will take to Avignon's Gare Routière coach station, lying on the boulevard St Roch, within reasonable time.

By air

The best way of getting to Avignon is however by air. Avignon lies near the Marseille Provence Airport. It is about 80 km southeast of the city. Here you get the facility of getting connected with all the major European countries. You can get into the city either by taking any shuttle bus or by hiring a taxi or a car. However, you can get into the city from the Caumont Avignon airport also.

By ferry

For those who want to know whether you can come to Avignon by availing the waterway the bad news is that there is no direct ferry service into the city of Avignon. Therefore if you want to come by the cross channel services, then you have to sail from any of the ports of UK and come to any French port like Calais, Cherbourg or Le Havre. From there, you can come to Avignon by taking a bus, taxi or by your own car. However it will take lots of time if you come this way to reach Avignon and the route is complicated and lengthy too.

So getting to Avignon is quite smooth due to the strategic location of Avignon and transportation facilities especially the excellent motorways of Avignon and good train and air service.