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Aix-en-Provence — Boutique Hotels & Travel Guide
Aix-en-Provence is the most civilised city in Provence — a university town of elegant 17th and 18th century architecture, excellent food markets, and a pace of life that manages to be simultaneously sophisticated and relaxed. It is Cézanne's city: he was born here, painted the Montagne Sainte-Victoire obsessively from its outskirts, and is commemorated in an atelier that remains exactly as he left it.
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The Cours Mirabeau is one of the great tree-lined avenues of France — lined with cafés, fountains, and plane trees that filter the light into something extraordinary in summer. The old town behind it is a grid of narrow streets, markets, and churches that rewards hours of aimless walking. The Atelier Cézanne on the edge of town is a pilgrimage for anyone who cares about painting. The market on the Place Richelme, every morning, is the best in the city.
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Aix works well in every season — it is a functioning city with a large student population and a cultural life that runs year-round. The Festival International d'Art Lyrique in July is one of Europe's finest opera festivals. Spring and autumn are the most pleasant for walking.
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Drive the Route Cézanne east from Aix towards the Montagne Sainte-Victoire — the same road the painter walked daily to find his motifs. Stop at the Bibémus quarries, where he worked in an isolated studio for five years painting the ochre rock faces that appear in dozens of his canvases. The guided tour of the quarries is one of the most unusual art experiences available in Provence.
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