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Summaryp. 04 | Aix-en-Provence, in the heart of Europe
p. 06 | Aix-en-Provence
p. 08 | Experience the quintessence of Provence
p. 10 | Experience the sweetness of it all
p. 12 | Experience of history
p. 14 | Experience of culture
p. 16 | Experience of greats moments
p. 18 | Experience of the gastronomy
p. 20 | Experience the contentment
p. 21 | Experience of other seasons
p. 22 | Aix Region
p. 24 | Aix-en-Provence, in the heart of Aix Region
p. 26 | Experience of vasts surroundings
p. 30 | Aix-en-Provence, in the heart of Provence
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Tourist Office300, avenue Giuseppe Verdi - BP 40160 - 13605 Aix-en-Provence - Cedex 1
Ivre de lumière et ombragé,Lavandes, buis et cyprès en escorte,
Un club de tennis très glamour, élégant et sans prétention, Posé sur un plateau verdoyant,
Dominant la très romantique ville d’Aix-en-Provence...
Un court central pour des tournois internationaux, des terres battues, des courts couverts,Une piscine dont le bassin scintille au soleil et un vaste choix d'activités à la carte,Tout un univers en mouvement est au service du sport !Sans oublier son délicieux restaurant.
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A central tennis court for international tournaments, red clay and indoor tennis courts , a delightful
swimming pool with blue waters sparkling in the sun and a wide range of activities à la carte .
A true universe in a constant motion to celebrate sport . As a must ... A delicious restaurant!
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Lots of sun and lots of shade, lavenders, pines and cypresses, a very glamorous tennis
club, elegant and unpretentious, set in the countryside, on a plateau overlooking the romantic city of Aix-en-Provence.
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PARIS
BORDEAUX
MARSEILLE
AVIGNON
ARLES
PARIS
NICE
CANNES
In the heart of Europe
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
ENGLAND
SPAIN
BELGIUM
By plane∞ Marseille-Provence Airport32 km from Aix-en-Provence
∞ MP2Terminal dedicated to low-cost flights
+33 (0)8 20 81 14 14 (12cts/min) www.marseille.aeroport.frwww.mp2.aeroport.fr
By train∞ Aix-en-Provence TGV Train Station15 km from the city centre www.voyages-sncf.com
∞ Aix-en-Provence Central Train Station Stops in Marseille, Gardanne, Manosque, Sisteron... www.voyages-sncf.com
Airport shuttle / TGV Train Station City-centre - Bus station www.navettemarseilleaeroport.comwww.cartreize.comwww.idcab.sncf.com
By carA7 / A6 Avignon (88 km), Lyon (297 km), Paris (759 km) A8 Cannes (153 km), Nice (176 km), Menton (208 km) A51 Marseille (35 km), Gap (150 km) A52 /A50 Aubagne (36 km), Toulon (84 km) A54 Arles (75 km), Nîmes (105 km), Montpellier (154 km)www.vinci-autoroutes.com
By bus∞ City centre Bus Station
+33 (0)9 69 32 82 07 (number not surcharged) www.lepilote.com
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...Aix-en-ProvenceCome and experience it:
a getaway in Provence that knows it all beyond the images
Pavillon de Vendôme
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At first glance, Aix-en-Provence makes a strong impression. Very quickly, it puts the mind at rest, the senses awaken and you become all receptivity. And long after your visit you will remember every nuance of the web of impressions taken in...
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A natural setting
One morning shopping
One afternoon hiking
A night of festival
Cézanne painted the Sainte-Victoire
Mountain dozens of time, without
ever pretending to have exhausted
the colors and forms of his mountain
of light. You can just as well contem-
plate it every hours of the day and
from all points of view... You will
be amazed as well. That’s why it’s
time to go beyond the images. Even
though those of Aix and Provence
are so beautiful! For each one reveals
a moment of the art of living: an
elegant and serene street where one
would like to stroll, a perched village
perfect to hide, a colorful market to
breathe in all the perfumes, an Aix-
style fountain to be soothed by its
song, a stone facade to feel its tex-
ture or an appetizing plate to savor...
We are happy here, as shown in the
pictures. But more than seen, the art
of living must be experienced. And…
we don’t seem to get over it.
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Experience
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the quintessenceof Provence
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Experience
the Sweetnessof it all
Heritage, culture, gastronomy, shopping… a lot to see and so much to do. But no rush! Taking your time, that’s precisely what the place is all about.
Along the streets of the old town of
Aix, your footsteps already rock at
the tempo of the Provencal dolce
vita. Without haste, without stress,
without hesitation, the hours flow in
the coolness of the fountains. The walk
stretches gently from shady squares to
rustling terraces, to the Cours Mirabeau
where the centuries pass under the
sumptuous blond stone facades.
Gourmet break. Close your eyes, crunch
a calisson... Aix specialty made of sweet
almond, orange peel and confit melon
that heavenly melts in the mouth, as
sweet as a tender hug. You like it?
Have some more, you have time. And
what about experiencing one of the
many markets in Aix? There is one
just around the corner, here, intense
as this appetite rising in you while
strolling between the market’s stalls... so
attractive for the senses! A true blast of
fragrances and colors. Now, the aperitif
is not far away, just waiting for you.
The rosé Coteaux d’Aix is kept cool
and the tapenade always available. The
more time passes, the better it gets.
You have time.
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Time to stop at the precise spot where Cézanne laid eyes on the landscape and his colors
on the canvas to mark forever the history of Art.
Time for experiencing, time for love, time to enjoy your holiday. Truly, there’s no need to rush...
Time to hike on Sainte-Victoire, a Mountain of tranquility whose sharp relief conceals
in reality a deeply soothing nature.
Time for a nap under the olive tree, while the cicadas cymbalize their love.
Atelier de Cézanne
Villa Beaulieu
Sainte-Victoire Mountain
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Experience
of History
You too will fall under the spell. Even the most distracted viewer of the heritage ends up being caught. So what’s the secret of the city’s beauty?
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Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur
It is up to everyone to discover it
and to each to glean one’s memo-
ries. Aix is better seen as an open
book of History, but no need to
read or know everything to enjoy
the walk. With the city so beautiful,
everything’s easy! There is nothing
else to do but enjoy the walk and
watch. Hence the epochs pass be-
fore your eyes, free of boredom or
fatigue. For each step you take, Aix
tells you a little more about itself,
Roman, Romanesque, Gothic, Re-
naissance... and Baroque of course:
with Paris and Versailles, the city is
one of the most beautiful French
testimonies of the opulent elegance
of the 17th and 18th centuries.
No other city can offer a journey through so many styles in the heart of an unexpected Provence.
Architects, city planners and de-
signers, Fernand Pouillon, Rudy
Ricciotti, Vittorio Gregotti, Kengo
Kuma, Oriol Bohigas, Patrick Blanc
and Christian Ghion have given
the city an additional contempo-
rary soul. Unless the drunkenness
of the ages wins you up to the
point of imagining life scenes 100
or 500 years ago yourself, among
the squares surrounded by mo-
numents, the sumptuous bastides
of Provence with their parks and
gardens, the perfumes of Tuscany,
the exceptional collection of some
160 beautifully preserved private
mansions... Basically, if Aix always
seduces at first glance, it is because
of its rich past, and its marvelous
heritage accessible to everyone,
up to the living traditions that are
shared in music, dances and fes-
tivals often spectacular. Seen as
a whole or in its smallest details,
Aix is beautiful and as such to be
admired and dreamed of. Splendid
simplicity!
Pavillon de Vendôme
Cloître Roman de la Cathédrale
Palais de l’Archevêché
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Experience
of Culture
First, follow Cézanne. Follow the life’s thread of a genius. Walk in his footsteps… See the city the way he experienced it, contemplate the landscape the way he loved it.
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Pavillon Noir, National Choregraphy Centre, Ballet Preljocaj Here, the comic strips have its “Rencontres” (festival) and the book its “Cité“ (library). Contem-porary ballet is at the Pavillon Noir, modern art in the Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs. Music has its Grand Théatre, the lyrical art its great festival.
Here, in the land of summer festivals, there are festivals all year long: piano, guitar, digital arts, short films, Big band, current music, sacred music...
Here, the show is being lived and the art shown in dreamlike places: 18th century Italian theater, architectural jewels from the 17th to the 21st century, courtyards of historical monuments, parks, castles and gardens, vines and quarries, and even an acoustic conch in the middle of the centenary trees...
Here, in the company of Cézanne, we like to find Rembrandt, Rubens and Ingres, Van Gogh and Renoir, Picasso, Léger, Staël, Mondrian, and so many others in Granet Museum or Caumont Art Centre. Vasarely is here as well who plays out its optical towers in its stunning architectural center.
Here, it’s whenever you want... the Experience of Culture never stops. It is now time to watch the program. And above all, to listen to your cu-riosity alone!
In Aix,
in the Aix Region,
Cézanne is
neither a memory
nor a monument:
he’s a presence.
A presence that
remains in you,
as precious as the
work itself.
But after Cézanne, what else?
Continue on your way, you are
only at the beginning of your
discoveries.
Granet MuseumSainte-Victoire Mountain
Vasarely Foundation
Caumont Art CentreQuarries of Bibémus
Spider by Louise BourgeoisChâteau La Coste
Vibrate in the colors of ”his” Sainte-Victoire Mountain, painted over and over again.
Go beyond the paintings and enter into the ar-tist’s intimate story as he pierced the secret of light.
Here is a shady garden, then his studio of silence where he returned to at dawn.
Here is the 20 years old Cézanne’s painting on the walls of the family home of the Jas de Bouffan.
Here are the ocher masses of the quarries of Bibémus, of which he made the pre-cubist paintings.
Experience
of GreatsMoments
Going out, having fun, listening and being moved... In Aix and in the Aix Region,
There is no special season for that: all seasons are fine.
WINE AND GASTRONOMY FAIR (Pertuis)
TOUS COURTS FESTIVAL
“CRÈCHE PROVENÇALE“ EXHIBITION
CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS IN PROVENCE: crèche, santons, Bravade calendale, marchés des 13 desserts, marche des rois, la pastoraleMaurel
BIG MARKET OF TRUFFLE AND GASTRONOMY (Rognes)
FESTIVAL OF THE SOUTHERN WRITERS
THE EUROPEAN DAY OF THE HANDICRAFTS
EASTER FESTIVAL
THE MUD DAY
AIX IN STRIDES
TAMBOURIN FESTIVAL
“RENCONTRES DU 9E ART“ COMIC STRIP FESTIVAL
“LE SM’ART“ CONTEM-PORARY ART FAIR
EUROPEAN NIGHT OF THE MUSEUMS
IRONMAN
GOAT AND HONEY FAIR (Fuveau)
WINES FESTIVAL OF THE COTEAUX D’AIX (Rognes)
ELOQUENCE DAYS
THE CARNIVAL OF AIX
Spri
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Winter
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LITERARY FAIR“LES ÉCRIVAINS EN PROVENCE“ (Fuveau)
“BÉNÉDICTION DES CALISSONS“
EUROPEAN HERITAGE DAYS
GOÛTEZ VOIR
DAYS[AND NIGHTS] CIRCUS FESTIVAL
RALLY DISCOVERY OF THE SAINTE-VICTOIRE WINES(Trets)
FÊTE MISTRALIENNE
FESTIVAL AIX IN JUNE Récitals, concerts, master classes
VIVRE CÔTÉ SUD FAIR
“FLÂNERIES” OF CONTEMPORARY ART in the Aix gardens
“FEU DE LA SAINT-JEAN“
“MUSIC EN VIGNES“ FESTIVAL (Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade)
INTERNATIONALGUITAR FESTIVAL (Lambesc)
NATIONAL DAYFIREWORKS
ZIC ZAC FESTIVALMusic of the world
WINES FESTIVALOF AIX-EN-PROVENCE
CULTURE FESTIVAL IN THE QUARRIES (Rognes)
STROLLING THROUGH THE GARDENS
“FÊTE DE LA MUSIQUE“ Street music festival
VINOMUSIC FESTIVAL JAZZ (Rousset)
CHARLIE JAZZ FESTIVAL (Vitrolles)
VITROLLES SUN FESTIVAL (Vitrolles)
PROVENCAL GASTRONOMY FESTIVAL (Châteauneuf-le-Rouge)
“LES CALADES PROVENÇALES“, Night handicrafts market
AIX-EN-PROVENCE FESTIVAL
COUNTRY ROCK FESTIVAL (La Roque-d’Anthéron)
INTERNATIONAL PIANO FESTIVAL (La Roque-d’Anthéron)
“LES INSTANTS D’ÉTÉ“ Outdoor cinema
LES CHIKOULADES (Lambesc)
PIANISTIC NIGHT FESTIVAL
DURANCE LUBERON FESTIVAL(Aix Region)
BIG BAND FESTIVAL (Pertuis)
MUSIC IN THE STREET
Autumn
Summer
Kengo Kuma Conservatoire Darius Milhaud
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The terroir, products, cuisine and flavors. Provence got it all… And it’s all for you!
Experience
of the Gastronomy
Pleasure......earthy, knife in hand, ready to honor your mouthwatering plate of goat cheeses from the Aix hills.
...intense, sniffing your glass while savoring (with moderation) the elegant and sensual wines of the five AOP of the Aix Region: Palette, Sainte-Victoire, Coteaux d’Aix, Côtes-de-Provence and Luberon.
...libertine but divine, to dip a slice of good bread in a plate filled with the AOP Aix-en-Provence olive oil…
...festive and powerful with a few grams of truffle tuber melanosporum on a boiled egg or pasta dish.
In France, gastronomy is an art.
In Provence, it’s simply fun. A pure pleasure.
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Fruits, vegetables, herbs, farm products... The entire terroir slips into your basket. From one season to the next, try Mona Lisa potatoes and Pertuis asparagus, Trets white melons, Gardanne beets, Arc Valley garlic, and then the almonds, figs, apples, cherries, honey, lamb...Good products are also at local producers who welcome you to the farm. And then along the gourmet road, where pastry chefs delight you with their chocolate, ice cream, and other goodies.Meal’s ready now! But where? At home if Provence inspires you... Or the table of a good restaurant
Are you drooling?
Imagine now a market in
the Aix Region. You have the
colors in mind, but not yet
the sounds, nor the perfumes.
You must go one morning to
understand how much Provence
is a garden that opens up your
appetite.
as there are so many in Aix and the Aix Region, the table of a chef who cooks with his heart and convictions... Unless you prefer the table you share after a cooking class, on the occasion of which a famous secret of Provencal grandmother was transmitted to you? Pick one and have a seat with all your friends! The ultimate pleasure of Provencal cuisine is to be together, and happy...
Aix calissons
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Experience
Contentmentthat await you in Les Thermes Sextius Spa and other well-being centers in Aix: scrubs, massages, wraps, refined care and rituals, benefits of the natural cosmetics based on olive oil, essential oils, flowers and plants of Provence...
Yesto relaxation and its rare moments
where you just follow your desires to see where they take you, apéros bistrots before electro, wine bars restaurants, theatres, cafés theatres, shows, cinemas, casino, nightclubs...
Yesto the Aix nightlife
in one of these delightful places in the city centre, cozy tea-rooms, delicatessens, confectioners, calissons makers and great pastry houses.
Yesto the sweet halt
Yesto the temptations of open air shoppingalong the pedestrian streets of Aix-en-Provence, when the city comes alive with all its showcases, influential brands, craft workshops, designer boutiques, concept stores, big names in fashion...
Obviously, you have deserved your holidays. So, don’t resist what comes
your way and treat yourself!
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Experience
The Provencal summer is such a beloved postcard that some come to wonder if Provence exists between September and May. Yes, it surely does, and it is even more beautiful! The sun does not go away; it simply descends from its heights, covering the landscapes with an incomparable luster, coloring the hori-zon of intense cobalt hues, and subliming the twilight into an incandescent show.
This exquisite light of autumn and winter in Provence redraws the scenery of your escapades. And we come to wait impatiently for the nightfall, when the streets light up at the approach of Christmas.
This is the time of the calendal festi-vals! Beginning on December 4th at Sainte-Barbe (where a little wheat is grown at home in promise of prosperity), they extend to Candlemas on February 2nd. It’s a wonderful period where the Provencal traditions move you to the core, in all their joyful vitality and their happy identity.
Aix sparkles and sub-jugates, celebrations and animations proliferate in the city and villages... with shining eyes in the briskly air, you pace Christmas markets while listening to chorus enchanting the streets, before attending a Provencal Mass of fervor. In one of the many fairs of santons, you come to meet the clay people born of a know-how unique in the world...
Among the highlights of these festivals in Aix, do not miss the ’Bravades calendales’ in December, a true celebration of traditional music and dances on the Cours Mirabeau, and in January the March of the Kings at the Cathedral of Saint-Sauveur, surrounded by small trades, shepherds, drummers, grinders... Magic? Yes... But in truth, as you might know, the magic of Christmas was indeed born in Provence!
of otherSeasons
Look at the ocher Baroque facades of the old Aix in late afternoon.
Look at the limestone shades of Sainte-Victoire throughout the day.
Look at the golden stretches of vineyards after the harvest, the sparkling olive trees at the time of picking... Indeed, what you see can’t be seen in summer!
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In autumn as in winter, Provence
remains a sensorywonderment,
but reveals rather hidden aspects of
itself. Let’s try!
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Museum and sites1 Aqueduc de Roquefavour 30 min
2 Musée Arteum 20 min
3 Abbaye de Silvacane 35 min
4 Domaine de Roques-Hautes 20 min
5 Barrage de Bimont 20 min
6 Barrage Zola 20 min
7 Château de Vauvenargues 30 min
8 Maison du Grand Site Sainte-Victoire 30 min
9 Château-Musée Edgar Mélik 20 min
10 Tuilerie Bossy 20 min
11 Musée de la mine 30 min
12 Musée de l’uniforme 20 min
13 Maison Sainte-Victoire 20 min
Parks and gardens1 Château La Coste 30 min
2 Jardin d’Albertas 20 min
3 Écomusée de la Forêt 20 min
4 Jardin d’Éguilles 20 min
5 Jardin de Romégas 20 min
6 Terrasses du château d’Arnajon 30 min
7 Jardins Val Joanis 40 min
Great escapes in the Aix Region
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BEAURECUEIL SAINT-ANTONIN-SUR-BAYON
SAINT-MARC-JAUMEGARDE
PUYLOUBIER
CHATEAUNEUF-LE-ROUGE
ROUSSET
VAUVENARGUES
PEYNIERTRETS
FUVEAU
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MEYREUILLUYNES
BOUC BEL AIR
SIMIANE-COLLONGUE
CABRIÈS-CALAS
LES PENNES-MIRABEAU
VITROLLES
LES MILLES
ÉGUILLES
VENTABREN
COUDOUX
SAINT-CANNAT
VENELLES
ROGNES
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PERTUIS
TOWARDS
AUBAGNE
TOULON
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TOWARDSGAP
TOWARDSMARSEILLE
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Experience
of VastsSurroundings
Provence: a serene, smooth, and savory land rich in favorites. A land easily discovered through the-matic routes. The most famous, the most beautiful of them? The Cézanne road! This is where you can start your discoveries: 75 km of enchanted navi-gation, pictorial emotions, striking panoramas... It’s a splendid prelude to many more explorations.
Land of light...
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The journey doesn’t stop there, neither the magic. On the gour-met road, it’s not so easy to make up your mind between all these delicacies, chocolates, biscuits and pastries…
On the roads of the sacred he-ritage, you are drawn to count-less landscapes and old fabulous stones, churches, chapels, orato-ries, hermitages, monasteries and abbeys such as the Cistercian abbey of Silvacane. In its beauty and architectural richness, this heritage tells a lot about the history of the inhabitants and the birth of the villages. But who comes simply to seek silence, moments of eternity or the de-light of a panorama, is fulfilled beyond his hopes. Granted also your desire for romanticism, in the green privacy of mansions and castles in the countryside of Aix. Many of its noble buildings from the 17th and 18th centuries
can be visited outdoors. The shimmering basins, murmuring fountains, bird paths, nymphaea, perfect gardens and embroide-red flowerbed, all emanate a dreamlike quality. Then, follow the roads along the water, the directed, controlled water, the nourishing water and even the forgotten water, the water that connects man to the springs and rivers by so many stories, both engineering works and heritage: Aqueducts, dams, lakes, canals, fountains, basins, lavoirs... With remarkable sites, secret corners, walk of freshness, game of hide and seek and treasure hunt, Aix-en-Provence will quench your thirst for light in any case.
Enthralling land...
Your turn now to
improvise each
stopover according
to your appetite:
Meetings with local producers, festivals and fairs of the terroir, visit of olive oil mills and their exceptional green or black fruit flavor. Along the roads of the Provencal wines, we explore the various domains and estates... keeping in mind during each cel-lar visit, the well-known adage of the oenotourist: taste the vintage with sobriety while savoring the encounters without moderation.
Alcohol abuse is dangerous for your health. Drink with moderation.
Abbey of Silvacane
Welcome to the Aix Region, around Aix-en-Provence.
At the foot of Sainte-Victoire, a green
wild landscape to experience if you wish to
extend your stay... and your happiness
to be here.
Château Beaupré
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Authentic land...
Trust it will find its way in the irresistible Aix Region. It will orient you without fail among the wooded hills and farmed valleys, vineyards, olive groves and intoxicating lavender... There will be no shortage, among the perched vil-lages and their web of narrow streets, museums and curiosities, artists’ studios and monuments of nature, festivals and fairs of the terroir where we celebrate products and flavors with local producers, olive oil mills where is revealed the exceptional flavor of green or black fruit... You may take the cross-roads for other perspec-tives on Aix-en-Provence Why not the GR2013, hiking trail between city and nature set up for the European Capital of Culture... Or the trail of the historical mining pole, which plunges you into the atmosphere and work of the mine in the 20th century. These are other routes...
But in the Aix Region... the journey is endless. And that’s good!
What about leaving behindthe beaten paths? Letting your inspirationguide you?
Tonic land...The power of the Aix landscape isn’t limited to its light, there are also the mountains, massifs and chains that compose it: chaîne des Côtes, Roques, Trévaresse, Concors, Quatre termes, Arbois, Étoile, Régagnas and of course the Sainte-Vic-toire Mountain, (Grand Site de France).
To appreciate this spectacular scenery, hiking is the best. Either on foot or horseback or by mountain bike, the paths weave from plains to summits a narrative sometimes wise but mostly wild through the flowering meadow and farmed land, garrigues, pine forests, forests, sublime panorama…
In Ecobalades, you become familiar with the emblematic flora and fauna of the Aix Region. They bring you a little closer to this preserved nature, full of nuances and diversity. More ideas? Climbing and paragliding for thrills, golf for a softer course... It’s all up to you!
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