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Eating, drinking and entertainment
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For
food
, cheap
frites
with
plats du jour
to eat in or take away can be had at
La Fringale
, 10 rue de Tourre (closed Sun lunch, plus Wed lunch out of season), while
Le Yaca
, 24 place Silvain (tel 04.90.34.70.03; closed Wed, plus Tues off-season & Nov), gives a generous choice of dishes for 125F/a?¬19.06 or less in an old vaulted chamber. However, the best food you're likely to get in Orange is at
Le Parvis
, 3 cours des Pourtoules (tel 04.90.34.82.00; closed Sun evening & Mon), with a weekday lunch menu from 98F/a?¬14.95. For
drinking
, head for place de la RA©publique in the centre, where there's
Les NA©gociants
and the less expensive
CafA© de l'Univers
, painted in ProvenA§al yellow. On the other side of cours Aristide-Briand, the
CafA© des Thermes
, 29 rue des Vieux-FossA©s, has pool, a good selection of beers and a youngish clientele.
Orange's main festival is the
ChorA©gies
, a programme of opera, oratorios and orchestral concerts in July - details and tickets from the Bureau des ChorA©gies, 18 place Silvain (tel 04.90.34.24.24).The theatre is also used throughout the year for jazz, film, folk and rock concerts. Prices range from 90F/a?¬13.73 to 150F/a?¬22.88, and some performances are free; details from the Service Culturel de la Ville, 14 place Silvain (tel 04.90.51.57.57). Tickets for all events can be bought from FNAC shops in all big French cities, and at the theatre box office in Orange. Other useful information
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