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21 Jul 2016

Excursion From Marseille: The Papal Palace In Avignon


We arrived at Marseille port the day before and I was very excited about the itinerary in Avignon. I must admit that I had actually already visited this little town, but I knew that this time would be very different. In fact, we were going to have a guided tour of the magnificent Papal palace and lunch in a local restaurant. In addition, the day before I attended a lecture on board focusing on the troubled historical period in which Avignon and the Vatican city were in dispute to nominate the Pope, therefore I was able to imagine exactly what the atmosphere would have been like in the Avignon of the Middle Ages.

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Customer Review

Mr Sainsbury

Ship great staff great food great Wifi not free £13 for 30 mins spent money on fully inclusive very small range of beers and wine and only some parts of the ship.

Cruise Line: Fred. Olsen

Destination: Bergen and Fjords

Cruise Ship: Black Watch