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Avignon: Immersive Guided Tour of 1860

By Epok'Tour
Free cancellation available
Price is €20 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

  • A theatrically guided tour led in historical outfit
  • Explore the city’s transformation driven by its booming industry.
  • Discover numerous anecdotes about Madame Pernod’s encounters and daily life

Activity location

    • Grenoble
    • Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • 75 Rue des Teinturiers, 84000 Avignon, France | You will meet your guide at the corner of Rue des Teinturiers and Rue Guillaume Puy, and will easily recognize her by her period costume.
    • Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

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Avignon: Immersive Guided Tour of 1860

  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 30 minutes1h 30m
    1h 30m
  • French
Language options: French
Starting time: 10:00
Price details
€20.00 x 1 Adult€20.00
Total
Price is €20.00
Until Thu, 13 Aug

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    1,5-hours guided tour in Grenoble led by a professional guide wearing historical outfits.
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Food and drinks

Know before you book

  • Not suitable for: Children under 10 years
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

What you can expect

Step into the industrial bustle of Avignon in 1860 on an immersive guided tour!
Led by Madame Pernod, mother of a renowned dyer and dressed in historical outfit, you’ll relive the transformation of Avignon at the rhythm of the booming textile industry.

In a vibrant area filled with the colours of fabrics and the sounds of busy workshops, discover how silk and indiennes (printed cottons) made the city famous—fuelled by the secret of madder red, a precious pigment that brought wealth to certain families.

Madame Pernod will take you through the stories of those who shaped this era, like her son and the naturalist Jean-Henri Fabre, shedding light on the people behind the success of Avignon’s dyeing industry. She’ll also share key events and the social tensions of a city in full transformation.

1.5-hour tour in small groups, for adults and children aged 8 and up.

Location

Activity location

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    • Grenoble
    • Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • 75 Rue des Teinturiers, 84000 Avignon, France | You will meet your guide at the corner of Rue des Teinturiers and Rue Guillaume Puy, and will easily recognize her by her period costume.
    • Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France