Aix-en-Provence Pictures
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Aix-en-Provence's spacious and charming Cours Mirabeau main street sports three fountains, this one is Fontaine d' Eau Chaude. Laid down in 1649 Cours Mirabeau is the beating heart of Aix, one of Provence's most attractive cities, in the South of France.

A mere 25 kms [16 miles] from Marseilles, Aix is a world apart from that large and architecturally bereft port town, stuffed with the underprivileged, immigrants and not short of criminal endeavour. Aix-en-Provence is a small, comfortable and graceful town, full of affluent and well-dressed aesthetes, fine buildings and an intriguing artistic heritage, most notably Cezanne.

One of Aix's many interesting and ancient artifacts.

Aix does not offer the grand attractions of its neighbours Avignon [such as the Pope's palace] or Arles [Roman sights], it's more about experiencing a really delightful French ambience scattered with little jewels of style, art and history.

A typical Aix old town plaza, shaded by plane trees, home to elegant cafés and ringed by well-preserved old structures.

A classic French market in the Place de l'Hotel de Ville.

Tourists who imagine they can find rooms in any Hotel de Ville in France may be interested to know that a Hotel de Ville is always the Town Hall, not a hotel! The French, oh la la...they have unique logic pathways that are incomprehensible to the rest of the world.

Aix's Cathedrale St. Sauveur - with some strange artifacts inside - and adjacent artist's market.

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