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- Breakfast
- Transfer to the airport
- Private Flight to AVIGNON
- Transfer by bus "Grand Tourisme"
to the Hotel : "L'AUBERGE DE CASSAGNE"
- Visit of the great POPES PALACE
and the "PONT D'AVIGNON", the famous bridge.
- Free time for lunch
- Afternoon visit of CHATEAUNEUF DU PAPE
and its so famous vineyard.
"At Châteauneuf
du Pape we are proud to have been making wine since time
immemorial !
The culture attached to the vine is extremely ancient in
Provence.
Over twenty six centuries
ago the Celts and the Ligurians were making wine, albeit
in a rudimentary fashion it must be said!
The
known part of the history of our village starts in the middle
ages, at this time we belonged to ...the German Emperor
Friedrich the 1st (Frederick the Redbeard).
Redbeard did not get on with the Pope,
but he was forced to make some concessions (before going
on to publicly humiliate himself) and in 1157 signed a charter
making a variety of donations to the Church.
Châteauneuf (at
the time not "du Pape") was one of these donations.
The development of the vine fields can be attributed to
Pope Jean XXII.
He also arranged the building
of the castle which now stands in ruins. When the Popes
returned to Rome the county remained a papal possession
until the French revolution.
- Gastronomic dinner at the hotel.
- Night at the AUBERGE DE CASSAGNE****
On the edge of Avignon, hidden
in an oasis of green gardens and refreshing fountains, the
Auberge de Cassagne opens its doors to you. The sense of
luxury begins as soon as you cross the threshold: smiling
welcome, Provencal furniture, beams and terra cotta immerse
you in "the Art of Living in Provence.
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