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Market in Aix-en-Provence, France
Rows of squash in a market in Aix-en-Provence, France (courtesy, Aix en Provence Tourism)

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Aix-en-Provence Travel Guide

The most charming center in all Provence, this faded university town was once a seat of aristocracy, its streets walked by counts and kings. Founded in 122 B.C. by a Roman general, Caius Sextius Calvinus, who named it Aquae Sextiae after himself, Aix (pronounced "ex") has been, in turn, a Roman military outpost, a civilian colony, the administrative capital of a province of the later Roman Empire, the seat of an archbishop, and the official residence of the medieval comtes de Provence. After the union of Provence with France, Aix remained until the Revolution a judicial and administrative headquarters. Read More

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Hotels

Villa Gallici

Avenue de la Violette
Aix en Provence 13100 Map

Distance: 0.0 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: 4 class stars

Expert Rated & Recommended

Sofitel Marseille Vieux Port

36, boulevard Charles Livon
Marseilles 13007 Map

Distance: 17.1 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: 4 class stars

Expert Rated & Recommended

Abbaye de Sainte Croix

Route du Val-de-Cuech
Salon-de-Provence 13300 Map

Distance: 18.3 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: 4 class stars

Expert Rated & Recommended

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Attractions

Atelier de Cézanne

Outside town
9 av. Paul-Cézanne
Aix-en-Provence, France

Distance: 0.6 mi. (from destination center)

Description:

Cézanne was the major forerunner of cubism. This house, surrounded by a wall and restored... Read More

Chapelle Penitents-gris (Chapelle des Bourras)

15 rue Lieutaud
Aix-en-Provence, France

Distance: 0.7 mi. (from destination center)

Description:

This 16th-century chapel honoring St. Joseph was built on the ancient Roman Aurelian road... Read More

Musée des Tapisseries

28 place des Martyrs de la Résistance
Aix-en-Provence, France

Distance: 0.7 mi. (from destination center)

Description:

Three series of tapestries from the 17th and 18th centuries line the gilded walls of this former... Read More


Airports

Major Airports near Aix-en-Provence

Distance (mi.)
Marseille Provence Airport 12.9 map
Nice Cote D'Azur Airport 89.8 map
Turin Citta Di Torino Airport 152.4 map

Other Smaller Airports near Aix-en-Provence

Distance (mi.)
Avignon-Caum Airport 36.8 map
Toulon Hyeres Airport 38.2 map
Montpellier Meditarranee Airport 73.6 map

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