La Laune

A tennis court, a skate park and a public pool lie right next to the park, and the 14th-century medieval ruin of Fort Saint André is a short walk away. Cross over Pont d’Avignon and you’ll be met with a rather impressive array of ecclesiastical architecture, most notably the soaring UNESCO–listed palatial fortress, the Palais des Papes. If you’re there at the right time of year, you can join in with Avignon’s annual arts festival – the largest of its kind in France – and for the rest of the year, there are plenty of boutique-lined avenues, shaded squares, coffee shop terraces and excellent restaurants to explore. If you’re partial to a bag of Haribo every now and again, then you’ll be chuffed to hear that the Haribo Sweet Museum over in Uzès is a short drive away, as are the Cévennes mountains for horse riding, walking and cycling.