Taxi Aubenas → Avignon

This transfer connects wild Ardèche to papal Provence. Aubenas guards the entrance to the Ardèche Gorges, a 30 km limestone canyon, and the Pont d'Arc, a monumental 60-metre natural arch. Nearby is the Chauvet Cave replica (UNESCO, world's oldest cave paintings, 36,000 years). Avignon is the City of Popes with the world's largest Gothic palace, the famous bridge, and the Avignon Festival, the world's premier theatre event since 1947. The route passes through Viviers, an ancient episcopal city, and Orange with its UNESCO Roman theatre. Popular with tourists combining gorge adventures and Avignon heritage, festival-goers in July, and Ardèche residents connecting to Avignon TGV for fast trains to Paris.