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Aix-en-Provence
An elegant city of fountains, plane trees and golden mansions, the hometown of Paul Cézanne.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- A day
- Address
- Cours Mirabeau, 13100 Aix-en-ProvenceDirections
- Getting There
- About 25 minutes by high-speed train from Avignon to Aix TGV station, outside the city, or 1 hour by car.
Why Go
The Cours Mirabeau, shaded by plane trees and lined with cafés and mansions, runs through the heart of the old town, which has dozens of fountains. Cézanne's studio is kept as he left it, and the mountain he painted again and again, Sainte-Victoire, rises east of the city.
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