World Travel Guide Search for a City   Destination Guides > Europe & Russia > Europe > France > Rhône valley and Provence > Western Provence > Avignon Avignon -- Neighborhoods -- Around place de l'Horloge Banasterie and Carmes quartiers Rue de la République to place Pie Southeast: To rue des Teinturiers -- Sights -- Musée Calvet Palais des Papes .  Avignon   · The City .  The Festival Of Avignon .  Eating And Drinking .  Nightlife And Entertainment .  Arrival And Information .  Discovery Passports .  Listings .  Explore Avignon .  Hotels in Avignon AVIGNON - THE CITY Hotels in Avignon   .  Exclusive Hotel De L'horloge Avignon from  $90.79  USD     .  Best Western Hotel Du Lavarin Avignon from  $76.89  USD     .  Kyriad Avignon Cap Sud Avignon from  $70.88  USD   More Hotels in Avignon >> Avignon's low walls still form a complete loop around the city. Despite their menacing crenellations, they were never a formidable defence, even when sections were girded by a now-vanished moat. Nevertheless with the gates and towers all restored, the old ramparts still give a sense of cohesion and unity to the old town, dramatically marking it off from the modern spread of the city. Rue de la République, the extension of cours Jean-Jaurès and the main axis of the old town, ends at place de l'Horloge , the city's main square. Beyond that is place du Palais , with the city's most imposing monument, the Palais des Papes , the Rocher des Doms park and the Porte du Rocher, overlooking the Rhône by the pont d'Avignon , or pont St-Bénézet as it's officially known.