Book a Photoshoot
in Avignon

Professional photoshoots in Avignon start from €310, and most one- to two-hour packages fall between about €310 and €450 depending on length and the number of edited photos. That covers an early hour on the Place du Palais as well as a longer evening that crosses to the Île de la Barthelasse for the skyline. Edited photos usually arrive within about a week.

The defining frame is shot from outside the walls: the Île de la Barthelasse, where the Pont Saint-Bénézet, the Palais des Papes and the cathedral's golden Virgin line up across the Rhône. Inside, use the Place du Palais at eight, the Rocher des Doms garden above the river, the ramparts themselves, and Rue des Teinturiers with its waterwheels and plane trees.

Sunrise inside the walls and sunset from across the river. Place du Palais at eight is empty enough to use the palace facade's full height; by mid-morning it is not. The Barthelasse view peaks at sunset and into blue hour, when the walls are lit. The mistral blows hard here: it polishes the sky but punishes veils and loose hair out on the bridge.

In July the theatre festival papers every wall with posters and fills every lane — wonderful for reportage, hopeless for quiet portraits, and accommodation books out months ahead. Check the year's dates before you fix your own, because they move. If your trip falls inside the festival, shoot at sunrise or work the river side, where the crowds never reach.