Aix en Provence France | The City of 1000 Fountains | 90 + Countries with 3 Kids
Welcome to our tour of Aix-en-Provence!
Aix-en-Provence in Southern France is a charming little city that is just a short drive away from the beaches of the Côte d’Azur. It received its name from a thermal spring and it was founded as Aquae Sextiae by Sextius Calvinus in 122BC. This means that Aix-en-Provence is packed with history. With more than 300 sunny days each year it’s the perfect place for romantic and holiday vacations where visitors can enjoy its facades, cobblestone streets and thermal springs.
Often called Aix by locals, this city is one of the most appealing destinations in the South of France. Known as is the city of a thousand fountains, it has a backdrop of breathtaking mountains and countryside, and is home to some fantastic gastronomy.
Thanks to its compact centre, this is a city that’s easily explored on foot. We recommend you first visit the main thoroughfare, Cours Mirabeau, a street lined with cafés, restaurants and elegant houses, all shaded by rows of centuries-old trees.
Here, on Cours Mirabeau, you will get to see three of the city’s more notable fountains. The first one is a 19th-century work depicting King René holding the Muscat grapes he introduced to Provence in the 15th century. The second is a natural hot spring covered in moss, dating back to Roman times and the last one is a 1860 La Rotonde, beneath three giant statues representing art, justice and agriculture. However, the most spectacular fountain of all is the 17th-century Fontaine des Quatre Dauphins (Fountain of the Four Dolphins) in the Quartier Mazarin.
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Shore Excursion - Nice & Little Train | Cannes, France
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Discover Nice, the queen and capital of the French Riviera at a leisurely pace. This tour introduces you to the delights of Nice by combining a relaxing ride aboard a sightseeing train along with a stroll in the old town. Take a drive along the Promenade des Anglais, a three mile long seafront boulevard with palms and flowers following the curve of the Bay of Angels. Popular with both the young and the young-at-heart, the Little Train is a pleasant and unique way to discover Nice. You'll board the small, open-air train for a narrated panoramic ride through Nice. See the narrow streets of the old town, featuring interesting buildings and an abundance of small shops, bars and restaurants.
Pass by the Cours Saleya, where the local flower market takes place (only in the mornings) and climb up to Castle Hill Park for an excellent panoramic view of old Nice, the glittering Baie des Anges and surrounding areas. You'll have some free time to enjoy the sights and atmosphere of this popular Riviera resort. Stroll along the beachfront promenade, wander through the old town and purchase some local specialties or a souvenir of your visit. This tour provides an effortless way to discover this delightful city.
Note: Even though this tour has very limited capacity, a minimum number of participants is required in order to operate. Amount of walking is at the guest's discretion. There are steps in Nice to reach the restrooms that will need to be negotiated.
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The little train on France's Blue Coast connects Miramas with the southern port city of Marseille, 60 kilometres to the southeast. With its incredible architecture and exceptional landscapes, it’s a legendary railway for good reason. Eighteen stone viaducts along the route help to explain the ten years it took to construct the line back in the 19th century. It covers an area where coves and sea urchins form part of the rich local heritage. Join FRANCE 24 for a train ride like no other!
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Aix en Provence France
You're going to find that the city of Aix-en-Provence in the south of France is one of the most delightful places you could ever visit as you’re about to discover out in this detailed movie.
We bring you on a detgailed walking tour of the large pedestrian zone with its charming historic buildings, many shops, cafés, restaurants and the very famous outdoor markets selling fresh produce, clothing, antiques and all kinds of stuff with lots of local characters to observe and interact with. This small city is the perfect size, big enough to keep you busy for several days and yet not too large that you're going to feel lost or frustrated that you can't see everything.
Aix is located in the heart of Provence, a region that has so many wonderful destinations from Avignon to Nice. And you will see that AIX is one place that you must not miss.
You could easily spend a few days here and travel out to visit other nearby destinations, or if you only have one day, it is certainly possible to see most of AIX as we’re going to show you in the movie.
France: Awesome Things To Do in Aix-en-Provence with Kids
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France: Awesome Things To Do in Aix-en-Provence with Kids. We spent two weeks in Aix en Provence, France which is in the south, not too far from Marseille. We got so busy spending time with family and working that we didn't do a whole lot of filming. It's a lovely little city with a bustling tourism industry and a few nice museums and Impressionist art history. Later in the year, there are glorious lavendar fields and of course plenty of French wine. This video is an attempt to make something out of the limited amount of footage I took of the tourist and university town. It's really quite lovely (we had great weather) with beautiful parks and boulevard cafes under plane trees. Nicki and Ed met up with us after taking a river cruise / tour in the region. Definitely worth a visit if you are in the area. As always, See more details on the blog:
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TravelingMel (talent) and TravelingFilmmaker (filmmaker) have dedicated themselves to living a life of full time family travel and worldschooling. They left their home in Montana to explore the world with their two boys so that they could raise better world citizens and have a few adventures along the way. We love nature, the outdoors, learning new things in interesting places, and Kiki Riki.
5 PLACES IN AIX EN PROVENCE | With Mathilde
Welcome back!
A few weeks ago I visited my friend Mathilde in Aix en Provence and asked her to share with me her new home.
As heart breaking as it is to have one of my best friends living so far away I loved seing Mathilde's little corners of happiness and how well it shows her interests in all things vintage, flowery, mysterious and flirty.
The Places:
-Rue des bouquinistes obscurs - 16 Rue Matheron, Aix en Provence.
-Book in Bar - 4 Rue Joseph Cabassol, Aix en Provence.
-Occadeco - 2 Avenue des Belges, Aix en Provence.
-Le Saint- Honoré - Place Saint Honoré, Aix en Provence.
-Jolibambi Vintage - 31 Rue Marechal Joffre, Aix en Provence.
The Music:
-Krisbeats ft Vincent Ross - Island ting
-Emma Jensen - Closer
-NoMBe - Freak like me
-Tom Mish - Crazy dream (ft Loyle Carner)
-Oh Wonder - Lose it (Jerry Folk remix)
-Oh Wonder - Technicolour Beat
-Nick Talos vs CRW - Electric feel
-FKJ & Masego - Tadow
-Lauv - I like me better
-Me and Ms Jones
Thank you to everyone that was kind to let us film in their shop/cafe/library
xxx
Uzès, France
Uzès, in Languedoc, France, is just to the west of Provence, typical of the region and a very charming town. The main street has got some little craft booths set up almost every day, the Old Town is a pedestrian zone, as usual you'll find in these beautiful villages in the south of France.
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There are some up-slopes and down-slopes, but it's a fairly level, small Old Town. The road around it follows the route of the original medieval fortified wall, so this is one of those limestone towns that is really well-preserved and the arcades around the main square create a wonderful ambience, a place to shop a place to eat and drink and just hang out.
This main square, Place aux Herbes, has been the center of Uzès ever since before the Roman days, back when it was a Gallic village. It's right in the heart of the Old Town, a fairly large space with these plane trees all around that were planted to provide shade. Sometimes in the summertime it’ll get hot but we're here in the fall and the weather is perfect. You can see it's shirtsleeve weather for some, the families are out but it's not a very crowded day. We’re here in the middle of the week. If you come on a Saturday there is a large outdoor market that takes place in the town, but on a weekday it's really pretty quiet, especially where you’re here in November.
And this main square is surrounded by the arcades, these kind of loggia with the cafés, with the shops. Originally in the seventeenth century it was wooden structures around the main square.
Limestone is a great building material in the area so it makes it convenient to construct these classic and immortal buildings. Nice fountain in the middle of the square. Just a place to relax. You want to just drop anchor here for a while and hang out, get a drink. There are nice restaurants around the square as well. And then of course there are the little streets that come into the square that are ideal for shopping and meandering.
Checking Every Detail in Aix-en-Provence
Bonjour from Aix-en-Provence, France — a town that becomes even more delightful if, as you explore its charming old center, you are armed with a little extra information. I’m here at Place d’Albertas with my Provence & the French Riviera guidebook, making sure our self-guided town walk is accurate and easy to follow. Standing in this simple square, I’m inspired by how its namesake, Monsieur d’Albertas, met a Doctor Zhivago-style fate. (The spirit of Revolutionary France is alive here today: taxes are high, and formerly aristocratic families must now share, like good citizens.)
Teaming up with my guidebook co-author, Steve Smith, every day it’s a different city: Lyon, Aix, Marseille, Avignon, Arles. It’s all day in the streets and each evening in the restaurants. Our reward: a nice dinner at 10 p.m. And then, we do it again tomorrow! I love this work.
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Little train ride round Marseille 2
Arles, Provence in the south of France
We are taking you to the beautiful city of Arles, in Provence in the south of France. Arles is most famous for its Roman amphitheater, still intact, and its connections with Van Gogh, who spent one of his final years here painting 200 canvases. Its real appeal, however, is found in the lovely pedestrian promenades, the historic landmarks, museums and tranquil plazas, all of which make Arles one of the most charming places in Europe.
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There's a lot of these narrow streets in Arles, there is a small pedestrian zone, there's the various squares and the cafés around it, of course, and historic sites. And we will be showing you those highlights coming up right now as we take a walk through Arles.
The old town of Arles is comfortably small. It's about a square mile. So it's very easy to see the whole thing on foot. You might consider spending a couple of days here.
Or you could visit as a daytrip for example from Avignon which is just 20 miles away and only takes 20 minutes by train to get here. In this program we will show you how you can do everything in one day but certainly if you want to spend more time you decide for yourself. To help you plan your visit we will also present more detailed suggestions about how you could spend a night or two here and still find lots to do.
This is part of a series we’re presenting showing how Avignon makes a very good home base for visiting out to other destinations like Pont du Gard, and St Remy and Nimes along with Aix and Marseille, and especially Arles, the wonderful city of van Gogh and the ancient Romans, with narrow pedestrian lanes weaving throughout the center
The main attractions are the arena, the pedestrian zone and a historic museum. We will show you a good walking route on the map. Of course you can walk anywhere you want, it’s small enough, but this route will take you right through the center and then back to the train station, a route just over 2 miles, or about 3 kilometers, you can do in several hours. But you should also see the history museum while you're here, with its fine collection from the ancient Roman days, an easy detour. So let's assume you're coming in from Avignon on a day trip and you want to see everything.
Nimes, France
The city of Nimes makes a very attractive place to visit with its quiet pedestrian lanes running through the center, and especially because of the three major Roman historic sites. There is an ancient temple, there is a large amphitheater, nearby is the famous aqueduct, Pont du Gard. Nimes is located in the south of France. Quite nearby are the cities of Arles and Avignon and just further east, you've got Aix and Marseille.
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We are arriving in Nîmes this morning by train from Avignon and will be taking you on a walking tour of the city.
Upon arrival in Nimes train station and walk a few blocks along the main busy street, Avenue Feucheres, to a shady park, and just beyond to the star attraction of town and the world’s best-preserved ancient Roman amphitheater, the most important structure in town. It forms an ellipse, 145 yards long and 115 yards wide, and it’s 70 feet high. Although it's smaller than the amphitheater in Rome, the great Coliseum or even the amphitheater in Arles, it's actually in better preservation than any of them. The arena is built of limestone blocks that are as large as 10 feet wide, perfectly adjusted without any mortar to hold it together, in that ancient Roman style. The exterior presents two stories each of sixty arches.
This two thousand-year-old city has developed in a typically European-style with narrow lanes for pedestrians meandering in a casual grid that makes a delightful place to walk. It's an extensive zone of shops and cafés extending north of the arena, with the main lane of Rue de l’Aspic running ten blocks through its center.
While the historic sites are attractive you'll also find the shopping zone very enjoyable, just meandering and people-watching.
Barcelona, to Provence, Côte d'Azur, Cinque Terre, Portofino, Rome
Barcelona to Rome, through Provence, France, along the Mediterranean shores of Europe
Click timecode for Barcelona 00:19 - Carcassonne 6:10 - Avignon 9:37 - Arles 13:56 - Aix-en-Provence 17:18 - Marseille 22:37 - Saint-Rémy-de-Provence 25:29 - Les Baux-de-Provence 26:58 - Pont du Gard 28:37 - Nice 30:31 - Antibes 37:08 - Cannes 40:37 - Vence 43:35 - Saint-Paul de Vence 45:37 - Monaco 49:00 - Santa Margherita Ligure 54:21 - Portofino 55:48 - Cinque Terre 56:54 - Rome 1:00:09
Barcelona, Spain, is capital of the Catalan region. We walk through its Gothic Quarter historic center and later visit the most famous building, Sagrada Familia, by Gaudi, also Parc Guell. We walk through narrow lanes in the heart of the Old City, a giant pedestrian zone dating to ancient times.
The fortified town of Carcassonne, France, with its medieval castle up on the hill is completely preserved, a walled fortress with castle in the center. We go inside the castle and on walks through the streets. Two main lanes and several side lanes make up the entire plan, so you can easily wander, looking at the shops and going to the museum.
Avignon has many ancient buildings and lots of modern shops in a comfortable pedestrian zone. Palace of the Popes grew into an imposing fortification during the 60-year papal residency and is now a museum and UNESCO World Heritage list. The pedestrian shopping district extends 10 square blocks south, providing a lot of fun streets for us to explore. Avignon’s Old Town is a charming neighborhood of pedestrian shopping lanes, narrow residential streets and little back alleys. At a half-mile wide and long, this historic center can easily be seen on foot in one day.
Arles was founded by the ancient Romans and still has a 2,000 year-old amphitheater that can hold 20,000 people, still in use today. There are a lot of narrow streets in Arles’ small pedestrian zone, with various squares with cafes around them, and many historic sites. Our walk along narrow pedestrian lanes brings us to the Place du Forum and Place de la République with the former cathedral, Église St-Trophime, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Aix-en-Provence is one of the prettiest towns in all of France, so lovely that various French surveys have named it the most desirable city in which to live and retire. The pedestrian zone of Aix is an idyllic urban landscape of pretty, low-rise buildings three and four centuries old, with a number of outdoor squares such as Place des Cardoures or the Place de l’Hotel de Ville, the City Hall square, very classy outdoor spot, with the market and the cafes around it, and street markets.
Marseille: we walk through the downtown to the waterfront marina and into the Old Town for a good overview of this second-largest city in France, a place with much historic character.
St-Remy and Les Baux, and the ancient Roman aqueduct of Pont du Gard make a good day-trip from Avignon. St-Remy is noted for impressive remains of the ancient Romans at Glanum. Les Baux is a stone village carved into the rocky limestone hilltop. Pont Du Gard is an impressive Roman aqueduct, the tallest ancient bridge and the second-highest structure the Romans ever built.
Nice, main city of the French Riviera, the Côte d'Azur, has a wide beach, lovely Old Town, and impressive downtown. Day-trips from our home base in Nice will visit Antibes, Cannes, Vence, St-Paul and Monaco, easily reached by short bus or train rides.
Cannes is one of the most famous towns along the Riviera. We will stroll through its pedestrian zone and past the beaches and marina to the Old Town and main shopping street of Rue d’Antibes.
Antibes has a peaceful pedestrian neighborhood with the typical array of shops, cafes and plazas.
Monaco is the world’s richest country and second-smallest nation. We see the Monte Carlo Casino, the Palace, Old Town and we visit the small waterfront village of Villefranche.
Saint-Paul de Vence is a medieval village of stone structures that date back mostly to the 15th and 16th centuries and retains the original character of a 500-year-old stone village.
VENCE is a small village, roughly circular in shape, just 300 meters across, so we can easily see it in a few hours on foot. It is just 5 minutes by bus from St Paul, very convenient to include in our day-trip from Nice. The Old Town is a pedestrian zone with several main lanes and connecting corss-lanes, so it is delightful to walk through, away from automobile traffic. Nice and peaceful, with numerous shops and cafes to keep thinkgs interesting, and the smallest cathedral in France, built in the Romanesque and Gothic styles.
From the French Riviera we continue to the Italian Riviera, where we visit Portofino and the little villages of the Cinque Terre, and Santa Margherita Ligure.
Rome ends the trip, such amazing history, preserved sites, casual life-style and wonderful foods.
Little train ride round Marseille
Les Baux-de-Provence, France part 1 the village
The town of Les Baux-des-Provence in the south of France is a remarkable sight, a unique stone village whose important history dates to the Middle Ages, with an ancestry stretching further back for millennia. On a rocky plateau surrounded by steep cliffs, Les Baux has survived through various important historical periods, sometimes playing a major role. As a medieval fortress it was easy to defend. Then in Renaissance days it continued as a thriving village. In later times it was falling apart and rather depopulated, but it was then rebuilt in the middle 20th century and renovated and restored. André Malraux, the France culture minister had a lot to do with preserving this town and now it's a great attraction for the visitor. We wander along the pedestrian lanes, do a little shopping and enjoy spectacular views. Our tour was conducted by Provence Reservations.
Paris to Provence
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Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence is a fine example of a charming rural French village with a special character of its own. Definitely worth visiting, the village is located about 12 miles or 20 kilometers south of Avignon in the heart of Provence.
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It’s a good destination any time, but extra special on a Wednesday morning with the outdoor food and flea market going strong, as we’ll show you coming up soon in the program.
Provence in the south of France is famous for its outdoor markets and you'll find the market at Saint-Rémy is one of the best.
But just simply walking the pedestrian lanes of this small town any day of the week is probably the most interesting thing you could do here and we are going to show you all the places to see.
The village center is small enough that you can just walk any place you like, it doesn't take long, and you won't get lost, but this map route gives you some idea of a sequence of lanes you can easily walk through the little town. That would only take you about one hour altogether to cover the entire village, but of course you’ll want to linger, do some shopping, take some pictures and look around.
Our tour was conducted by Provence Reservations.
Les derniers Auto-trains de la SNCF
L'activité Auto-train de la SNCF s'arrêtera définitivement le 14 décembre 2019 !
Depuis quelques années déjà, le seul train de cette catégorie qui circulait encore en France partait de Paris-Bercy-Conflans le soir pour arriver à Nice-Ville en fin de matinée après arrêts intermédiaires en Avignon, Toulon, Fréjus-Auto-train, puis reprenait le trajet inverse le soir même. En basse saison, un seul service hebdomadaire était proposé : départ de Paris-Bercy le vendredi soir - arrivée à Nice-Ville le samedi en fin de matinée, départ de Nice-Ville le samedi soir - arrivée à Paris-Bercy le dimanche matin, complété en saison intermédiaire par un autre aller-retour du mercredi soir au vendredi matin. En très haute saison, le service avait même lieu 6 jours sur sept.
Voici un montage des dernières circulations surprises sur la Côte d'Azur entre juin et novembre 2019.
South of France Cities Quick Tour: Nice, Aix-en-Provence, Montpellier, Marseille
Bonjour friends! A quick little tour of South of France Cities - Diana Elizabeth. Cities visited include: Nice, Aix-en-Provence, Montpellier and Marseille. (more...)
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Les Baux-de-Provence, France
Les Baux-de-Provence in the south of France is a remarkable sight, a unique stone village dramatically perched 750 feet high on a rocky plateau with a history dating to the Middle Ages, and a prehistory going back probably about 8,000 years. Les Baux was once a powerful medieval castle that controlled vast territories, including 79 other villages throughout Provence, but now it's a tiny quaint ruin.
Charming as could be, this cozy hill-top hamlet is a major tourist attraction with 1.5 million annual visitors, making it the second most-popular site in the region after the Pope's Palace in Avignon. This tells you that it is very worthwhile, but it can get uncomfortably crowded unless you take preventive action, like visiting in the off-season, or arriving early or late in the day.
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It's only about 3000 feet long and about 700 feet wide and that's it.”
The medieval village was built up from the 10th century and by the peak of occupation during the late 14th century nearly 3,000 people lived in this small space, although the permanent population nowadays living inside the old town is only 20 people.
The plateau was naturally easy to defend due to vertical cliffs all around, and was further reinforced with stone walls and castle as protection from invasion by Franks, Catalans, Saracens and marauding bandits of the chaotic Middle Ages. However the castle was finally attacked and destroyed in the 1600s by Cardinal Richelieu and his large well-armed French army, leaving us with dramatic ruins of the castle, which they call the Château. And it retains a wild setting among rugged rocky hills.
You will not get lost because there is only one main pedestrian lane about 300 meters long with a few short side alleys leading to viewpoints. You really don’t need much of a guidebook to help get through this smallest of Provencal destinations – just follow your nose and wander about. But we do have some suggestions.
There are two parts to visit in Les Baux -- the free village, with its pedestrian lanes, shops, restaurants and old buildings, and the paid attraction, the ruins of that castle on the plateau where you can see some of the old buildings and fortifications.