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Author: Martin Hills

Posted on September 27, 2011March 23, 2017

Weekend Away: Avignon

Paris offers enough diversity to satisfy the most demanding tastes, but it is also the best starting point from which to explore the rest of France and, indeed, of Europe.  Starting a new series of suggestions of places interesting enough to justify a weekend trip, Martin Hills finds Avignon  Continue reading “Weekend Away: Avignon”

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