GETTING THERE

Voyages-sncf.com offers return fares on Eurostar from London to Avignon from £99 (€112). Ryanair (ryanair. com) and Aer Lingus, fly to Marseilles. Hertz (www.hertz. ie ) offers from €32 a day or cars. Rooms cost from €143 a night at Hostellerie du Val de Sault (valdesault.com) and from €70 a night at Auberge Charembeau (charembeau. com/en/).