Avignon is a city that proudly wears its scars. TRAVELBOOK author Frank Lehmann visited and reveals why the rugged sister of Aix-en-Provence tells the better stories. Southern France is a wonderful ...

Fields and fields of lavender welcomed us as we drove through Provence in the south of France. We smelled wild thyme and lavender in the air and heard the symphony of cicadas perched on red-tile roofs ...

Eurostar’s new direct service to the south of France has cut the journey time from London to Avignon to under six hours. The historic capital of Provence may be most famous for a song and a ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. “Men are we,” wrote Wordsworth about Venice, “and must grieve, when even the Shade/ Of that which once was great is ...

Anthony Peregrine was a reporter at the Lancashire Evening Post for a decade, before he moved from north-west England to southern France. For the last 37 years, he has freelanced, specialising first ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The Community of Greater Avignon (Communauté d’Agglomération du Grand Avignon) began construction on a tramway project in Avignon, a commune in Provence region in south-east France, in October 2016.