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Provence Hotels / Avignon-Barcelona Road Trip?

Our family of four will be in Provence from July 30th to August 8th. We were originally going to rent a house and stay in one place, but are concerned about the heat, so want to look at hotels with air conditioning. In fact, now we're thinking of more a road trip, picking up the car at the Avignon train station, then driving to Barcelona and back.

We're pretty much open to any ideas for where we might go and stay in the Provence area and would appreciate hotel suggestions. Heck, if we found the "perfect" hotel, we might go back to the idea of staying one place.

Thanks very much!

Posted by
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With only one week stay in Provence. Look at Les Baux, St-Remy, Gordes, Rousillon, Arles, Bonnieux,
Lacoste. There are so many lovely areas so choose a base ot two and explore.

Posted by
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If you end up driving to Barcelona and back here are some great places to stop along the way...
Montpellier - beautiful medium sized southern French town
Pezenas - village circulade that is hundreds of years old. Lots of little winding streets to explore and great shops. Weekly market is well worth it! If you have time go to the Abbaye de Valmagne winery. My favorite in the area.
Beziers - the cathedral is amazing...climb to the tower for the view...it's very different from other cathedrals in Europe.
Narbonne - lovely little town with a unique, half-finished cathedral.
Coulioure - gorgeous little port village with a pebbly beach. Pretty crowded in good weather but beautiful.
There are so many other nice places in this area but, to me, these are the highlights.

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Wow, these suggestions are great, particularly the small towns in Languedoc - thank you!

With 8 nights in the south, we're thinking of staying at two hotels (with AC), one somewhere around Arles/Avignon and then around Pezenas or Carcassonne. (Will leave Barcelona for another trip.)

We'll have a car so can get to out-of-the way places. Does anyone have hotel suggestions? Thanks!