Avignon Self Guided City Tour of Popes, Poets and Assassins

2–4 hours Free cancellation Private tour

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About this activity

A shepherd boy walked out of the mountains, told Avignon that God wanted him to build a bridge across the Rhône, then lifted a boulder thirty men couldn't move to prove it. Seven hundred years ago, someone decided Rome was too dangerous to be pope in, and moved the entire headquarters of Western Christianity here.

This self-guided audio walking tour of Avignon tells its sharpest stories. Over roughly 4 km and 20 stops, played on your phone as you walk, you'll meet the pope who bought the city from a queen just tried for murder, a poet undone by one glance in a church, and a marshal a mob lynched over a lie.

Go at your own pace. No fixed start time, no group to keep up with, offline access, pause and resume whenever you like.

Over 25,000 travelers have used our self-guided tours, and this Avignon audio tour comes with a full refund guarantee. Bring headphones and start whenever you're ready.

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At a glance

Duration: 2–4 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–15
Audio guide: German, Russian, Portuguese, English, Italian, Polish, French, Dutch, Spanish
Operated by: Tourific

Ages: Adults (14–70 years)

What is included

Included

Included: 100% Satisfaction Guarantee: If you don’t love the tour, write to us for a full refund.
Included: Offline access to the tour (no internet connection needed) once tour is downloaded.
Included: Audio and written guide included
Included: 1 year access to audio on iOS & Android. Listen to the tour anytime, as many times as you like.
Included: Images to identify stops and in app interactive map for navigation.

Not included

Not included: Any physical devices or headphones
Not included: Human tour guide at location

Itinerary

Pont Saint-Benezet

Passing by

Stand before four arches reaching into the river and stopping, and learn the story of the shepherd boy behind them
Rocher des Doms

10 min

Meet the escaped slave who smuggled a fortune past a death sentence, hidden inside his walking staff
Musee du Petit Palais

10 min

Step into a cardinal's fortified home, then hear about the thief who out-catalogued the museums he robbed
Cathedrale Notre-Dame des Doms

15 min

Look up at a gilded Virgin who watched the river, above the tomb of a gold-making pope
Palais des Papes

Passing by

Face the largest Gothic palace in Europe, bought from a queen just tried for her husband's murder
Saint-Etienne

8 min

Spot the tiny hot-air balloons on the window sills, and the fireside moment they quietly commemorate
Place Crillon

10 min

Cross the square where a false rumor turned a crowd into a marshal's executioners in under an hour
Place de l'Horloge

8 min

Pause in Avignon's biggest square, where a hidden medieval clock tower keeps working behind the town hall
Basilique Saint Pierre

12 min

Examine walnut doors carved five centuries ago, and the boy cardinal whose relics they guard
Avignon Les Halles

10 min

Taste the pink chocolate thistle named for the popes, sold behind a market's living garden wall
Stop 11

8 min

Meet the escaped slave who smuggled a forbidden seed and quietly turned Provence blood-red.
Hotel des Monnaies

7 min

Decode the eagles and dragons on the one facade in Avignon that refuses to stay modest.
Eglise Saint-Agricol

8 min

Spot the silver stork above the door, then hear which plague it was summoned to end.
Palais du Roure

8 min

Trace the mulberry tree carved above the door to a fortune, and a language nearly lost.
Stop 15

7 min

ncounter the last tower of warrior-monks who inherited a fallen order's confiscated wealth.
Stop 16

9 min

Uncover where a poet's single glance reshaped European love poetry, and why a king reopened her grave.
Stop 17

7 min

Slip through a small door to where two brothers rowed a boat straight to the altar.
Rue Des Teinturiers

8 min

Follow the canal and its old waterwheels down the street that stained every worker's hands red.

Meeting point and pickup

Everyone meets at the meeting point.

Meeting point

This is a self-guided audio tour on the "Tourific self-guided tours" app. To activate the tour, check your email for instructions from Tourific or your booking platform sent right after booking. Can't find it? Search for "Tourific" in your email inbox and spam folder OR contact us via support.

End point

Using your ticket

You will need to download the "Tourific self-guided tours" app from the Google Play Store or the App Store

Right after booking, you’ll receive an email from Tourific or the tour booking platform with instructions to access the tour

Having trouble finding the email? Just search for “Tourific” in your inbox or spam folder

The tour is valid for 1 year and can be listened to any number of times. So feel free to download tour and experience a few stops before going on the tour