Avignon Entertainment

  1. L'Esclave

    Avignon's inner-city gay hotspot is tucked behind a blank backstreet façade.

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  2. L'Opéra Café

    DJs keep the beats coming at this contemporary café with a thespian bent in the centre of action-station place de l'Horloge. It serves both lunch and dinner.

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  3. La Compagnie des Comptoirs

    Also incorporating a snazzy restaurant wrapped around an 18th-century courtyard, sink back on raised Moroccan-style beds beneath the arches of this former convent cloister. Cutting-edge DJs mix it up on weekends.

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  4. Red Lion

    Looking like someone picked it up from central London and plonked it down in Avignon, this cherry-red English pub has gigs a couple of nights a week, and theme nights a couple of times a month.

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  5. Tapalocas

    Tuck into a seemingly endless array of traditional Spanish tapas over a sangria or two at this vivacious place in the pedestrian area.

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  6. Woolloomooloo

    Inspired by the Australian bush, this eclectic Avignon institution, in a former printing house adjoining an old paper mill, embraces timber, antiques and a down-to-earth, authentic air that extends to its vegetarian-leaning menu. Get into to the spirit with a glass of the house speciality, Ti-Punch, packing Caribbean rum, lime juice, candied fruits, and spice-infused syrup.

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