Protected by the Montagne Ste Victoire which rises to 1,011m.
Aix en Provence is surrounded by a countryside full of authentic Provencal houses and traditional French style gardens. The name Aix comes from the source discovered when the city was founded in 123b.c. by the Romans.
Aix en Provence was the capitol of Provence in the 15th century. Wealthy merchants and local dignitaries helped turn this city into the Florence of Provence as we know it today. One can find all the beauty of the noble Provence of the17th and 18th centuries: handsome houses of the upper class, private mansions, city squares bursting with flowers, ancient fountains and shaded narrow streets.
Aix en Provence was the inspiration to many of the greatest writers and painters: Guigou, Stendhal, Mistral, Zola, and Cuzanne. There is even a special Cezanne tour which one can follow through the streets..
Each summer the International Festival of Lyric Arts and Music unites acclaimed prima donnas and maestros in a fabulous selection of singing and music.
The Dance Festival is also world reputed. In Cuzanne’s footsteps: the great 2006 exhibition
“When I was in Aix, I thought I would be better off elsewhere.
Now that I’m here, I regret Aix… when one is born there, that’s it, nothing else appeals”
Letter to his friend P. Solari in 1896, 10 years before his death !!!
- Visit of the Exhibition in the Musue Granet
- Cours Mirabeau (XVIIth Barocco) with all the brasseries and his native home.
- The old Aix: Town Hall, Old market, Saint Sauveur Cathedral.
- The Cezanne's workshop, Chemin des Lauves (where he worked for four years before he died and left as it was at this date) 
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