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Palais des Papes

Palais des Papes drew 600,000 visitors by current estimates, a figure the operator has not confirmed. It stands in Avignon, in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, a region that recorded 56.2 million overnight stays the same year.

Type
Monument
Town / region
Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Visitors per year
600,000 · estimate — verify before use
Hotel stock in town
2 upper-tier · 70 keys recorded
Palace properties in town
La Mirande, Hôtel d'Europe
Nearest gateways
Nice Côte d'Azur (NCE), Marseille Provence (MRS)
Access
Nice is the country's second airport and the gateway to the Riviera; Marseille serves Provence. The TGV to Nice takes nearly six hours, so the far south sells by air rather than rail.
Also on file in the region
MUCEM (428,194)
Region volume
56.2 m overnight stays in 2025 across Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, 6 departments
Season
April–October, peak Jul–Aug
Events in the region
Fête du Citron (Feb), Carnaval de Nice (Feb), Féria de Pâques (Apr), Festival de Cannes (May)
The regional market
The leading luxury market after Paris. Growth is driven by the top end: 4–5-star hotels gained 7% in a year while unclassified stock declined.
From Paris by rail
Avignon — 2 h 40 by TGV, Aix-en-Provence TGV — 3 h 00 by TGV

Estimate from secondary sources; treat as an order of magnitude. verified 26 August 2026.

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