Attraction · Avignon · Updated on 1 November 2026.

Popes' Palace in Avignon

Popes' Palace is an attraction in Avignon, Vaucluse. This place has an audio tour of about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch. 15 of the 43 well-known points of interest nearby are within 1 km. Within 60 m you'll find a public toilet, a water point and a bench.

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The story

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Audio tour · Popes' Palace

2:00

You're standing at the Palace of the Popes in Avignon. Take a look up those walls. Massive towers, battlements and tall pointed arches running up the façade. It looks more like a fortress than a palace, and that was the whole idea. It's the largest Gothic palace in Europe, built on a rock high above the Rhône.

Read and hear the whole story in the Outdoor Pitstop app: check in at this place and it is yours (with Pro; new users are Pro for the first 4 weeks).

Opening hours and admission

Wheelchair: Partly accessible
Visitors: 774,325 a year (2023)

Source: OpenStreetMap and Wikidata.

Photos

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