The Best Hidden Courtyard Hotels in Aix-en-provence

In Aix-en-provence, the street-level view often presents a uniform facade of sun-bleached buildings. Just beyond the public squares of the Mazarin Quarter are the enclosed spaces that define a more private mode of life. Heavy wooden doors push open to reveal interior courtyards where the sound of the city recedes, replaced by the rustle of leaves. Here, afternoon light filters through plane trees onto worn terracotta tiles. These are places set back from the thoroughfare, spaces organized around small gardens and high walls which offer a different register of the city.