Aix-en-Provence
Travel Guide Europe France Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Aix-en-Provence
Introduction
Aix-en-Provence is a city in the southern French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, located about 30 kilometres north of Marseille. It has almost 150,000 inhabitants.
Neighbourhoods
Sights and Activities
Events and Festivals
Weather
Aix-enProvence has a Mediterranean climate with temperatures during the dry and warm summer (June-August) around 27-30 °C and averages lows around or just below 20 °C. Winters from December to February are mostly around 10-12 °C and nights around 2-3 °C. Most of the precipitation falls from October to March and the average annual amount is just under 600 mm.
Getting There
By Plane
Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) is located 27 kilometres northwest of Marseille, but Aix-en Provence is also just about 30 kilometres away. It is one of the busiest airports in France with over 7 million passengers in 2009. The airport has direct service to almost every major city in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Currently the only flight to North America is to Montreal.
By Train
At Gare d'Aix-en-Provence TGV the line from Paris branches to Marseille and Nice; it takes about 3 hours to get from Paris to Aix by TGV. Aix also has a railway station near the centre, Gare d'Aix-en-Provence, with connections to Marseille, Pertuis and Briançon in the French Alps.
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By Bus
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Eat
Drink
Sleep
| Property | Address | Type | Popularity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arc Hotel Aix | 40 Ave Henri Malacrida | Hotel | 61 |
| Hôtel de France Aix en Provence | 63 rue espariat | Hotel | 79 |
| Hotel Des Arts Aix | Centre Historique 69 Bd Carnot | Hotel | 100 |
| Hotel kyriad Aix tgv.plan de campagne | zac de la malle bouc bel air | Hotel | 74 |
| Hôtel Mas des Oliviers Kyriad | 3 Bd de la Grande Thumine Jas de Bouffan | Hotel | 74 |
| Hotel Regain | Route De Marseille | hotel | - |
| Mas des Micocouliers | 3800 Chemin de la Plaine du Montaiguet | Guesthouse | 79 |
| Odalys Campus Le Tholonet | 531, avenue Paul Julien | guesthouse | 93 |
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Internet
Phone
See also International Telephone Calls
Post
La Poste in France is also referred to as the PTT (short for postes, télégraphes et téléphones). The mailboxes are painted bright yellow and often there is a slot for local city mail and another slot for "outside mail". Normally there is a queue in the post office, but most of the post offices have the self service machine installed which is quite easy to operate. Nowadays many of the tabac and even some of the souvenir shops also sell postage stamps. Normally an overseas postcard costs almost as much as sending a letter.
Post offices are generally open from 8:00am to 7:00pm Monday through Friday, and 8:00am to noon on Saturdays. Apart from the basic job of mailing letters, most of the post offices do some banking activities also and some even have photocopy machines and cyber cafes for internet access.
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