Avignon in 4 days

Twenty-five rooms over three levels, with a tablet restoring the lost decoration; if short of time, see the great hall, kitchen and painted chamber.

The rock where the city began, laid out as a 19th-century park with a pond and swans, overlooking the Rhône, the bridge and Mont Ventoux.

A former cardinal's palace holding over three hundred Italian paintings from the 13th to 16th centuries, including a Botticelli Madonna.

Walk to the end of the famous broken bridge, where the deck stops abruptly over the river, and look into its two-storey chapel.

A covered market behind a Patrick Blanc green wall, with around forty stalls, truffles in season and two counters where you can eat.

A flat river island of orchards and poplars, good for walking or cycling; the riverbank path gives the classic view of ramparts, palace and bridge.

A cobbled street along a canal under plane trees, where old mossy waterwheels still turn slowly beside the pavement.

Yvon Lambert's contemporary art collection in two linked 18th-century mansions, with works by Sol LeWitt, Cy Twombly, Anselm Kiefer and Miquel Barceló.