FROM VILLAGE to VILLAGE the Aix Region, Land of Inspiration…
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AIX/AIX REGION 2016 GB FROM VILLAGE TO VILLAGE The Aix Region, land of inspiration… Outings you’ll never forget! Keep exploring, around Aix! Follow the paths of history and discover monuments, castles, chapels, shrines and other treasures from our built heritage. Feast your taste buds with savory food, get familiar with local products while wan- dering in the numerous open-air markets or gastronomy’s festivities. Visit our vineyards with five AOCs, and don’t miss out our Provencal specialities and oil mills! You will love the beautiful hilltop villages with their artists’ studios and craft workshops, the Cézanne road and its magnificent panoramas, and the spectacular landscapes of the Grand Site Sainte-Victoire. Nature will lift your spirits as you walk up the mountains and the Mediterranean forest. From the Côtes hills to the Touloubre range, from the upper valley of the Arc to the Durance valley, this vast area is yours to enjoy all year round. Welcome to the Aix Region! Watch the film: Aix and its Region in 24 emotions a second! PARC NATU AIX REGION REL RÉGIONAL DU LUBERON ANSOUIS CADENET MALLEMORT Towards LATOURD’AIGUES GAP 12 LA ROQUE D’ANTHEROND’ANTHÉRON VILLELAURE ALLEINS 20 MIRABEAU TES ES CO PERTUIS NE D CHAÎ 28 D66D SAINTESTÈ!VEJANSONSAINTESTÈVEJANSON 30 SAINTPAULLEZDURANCE D561 V D66 14 ALLÉ E DE L A DURAN 24 ROGNES D15 LE PUYSAINTEREPARADEPUYSAINTERÉPARADE CE 13 D15 LAMBESC 22 D543 PEYROLLESENPROVENCE 17 D96 D961 11 D18 D11 MEYRARGUES JOUQUES A54 PÉLISSANNE 27 SAINTCANNAT D13 RIANS D14C 34 VENELLES Towards LE GRAND SAINT-JEAN LANÇON AVIGNON A7 D18 DEPROVENCE CHAÎNE D3 LYON DE LA N7 D11 TOULOU BRE PUYRICARD D63 D17 D14A CÉLONY 6 EGUILLES 7 A51 VAUVENARGUES COUDOUX D543 D10 LA FARELESOLIVIERS 33 D10 29 LAC DE BIMONT D10 D64 D10 SAINTMARC 35 VENTABREN D17 D96 1 JAUMEGARDE M D20 A8 ON TA E GN OIR 15 26 E SAI -VICT AIXENPROVENCE NTE PUYLOUBIER LE THOLONET D17 D64 D65 SAINTANTONINSURBAYON 23 A8 2 AIX BEAURECUEIL AERODROME LES MILLES D58 D18 POURRIÈRES ROGNAC 5 18 CHATEAUNEUFLEROUGE MEYREUIL 25 LUYNES Towards BERREL’ETANG NICE BOIS ROUSSET L’AR D6 A52 D9 D7 D6 36 BASSIN DU RÉALTOR N96 HA 9 UTE VALLÉ 3 E DE L'ARC TGV STATION FUVEAU VITROLLES 4 GARDANNE BOUC BEL AIR 8 21 SAINTMAXIMIN PEYNIER LASAINTEBAUME 32 TRETS D9 CALASCABRIÈSCALASCABRIES ÉTANG DE BERRE MARSEILLEPROVENCE AIRPORT D60A 31 10 A51 SIMIANECOLLONGUE GREASQUEGRÉASQUE D58 16 D46 D908 MARIGNANE D7 LES PENNESMIRABEAU 19 MIMET OILE L’ÉT E DE CHAÎIN Towards AUBAGNE D113 TOULON N SEPTÈMESLES VALLONS D908 Towards MARSEILLE D7 5 km Grand site Sainte-Victoire Info www.campingcar-infos.com Info www.grandsitesaintevictoire.com 5 CHÂTEAUNEUF-LE-ROUGE 7 ÉGUILLES 1 AIX-EN-PROVENCE 3 BOUC BEL AIR Town Hall +33 (0)4 42 58 62 01 Tourist Office +33 (0)4 42 92 49 15 Tourist Office +33 (0)4 42 16 11 61 Town Hall +33 (0)4 42 94 93 93 www.chateauneuflerouge.fr www.mairie-eguilles.fr/fr/tourisme aixenprovencetourism.com www.boucbelair.com The very pretty Provencal village of Châteauneuf- Standing 300 metres above sea level, the village Blessed with a privileged sunny weather, the Bouc Bel Air is a typical Provencal village which le-Rouge, just east of Aix-en-Provence, has always of Eguilles has retained its character and offers elegant city of Aix-en-Provence is best discove- has grown up around the ancient castle built on attracted visitors, from Marcus Aurelius to Cé- an incomparable panoramic view. In the centre red strolling around its lively streets and squares. a rocky peak in the 7th-century. Stunning views zanne, because of its architectural heritage, the is the castle, built by the Boyer d’Eguilles family in Shopping while witnessing the great noble heritage from the Belvedere: to the east, the Regagnas, grounds of its castle with ancient trees, the mur- the 17th-century and now housing the Town Hall. of the city, its architectural beauties, or enjoying Olympe, and Auréliens mountains, the Cengle muring fountains on its restored square, and its In the shade of its majestic entrance, the clock a café terrace before a murmuring fountain is plateau and the Sainte-Victoire range; to the award-winning food festival which is held every has been working for 150 years. Stroll through just a small part of what awaits you in Aix. A city south, the Garlaban, the Etoile range and Baou de year on the first Sunday in July. the village and see its pretty, narrow streets linked beautified by its baroque mansions, adorned with Bretagne. Adolphe Thiers, Joseph Autran, André • Arteum (Museum of contemporary art) by steep flights of steps, so typical of Provence. parks and gardens Roussin, Frantz Liszt and Alexandre Dumas were (in the castle) • Eguilles’s castle (town hall) recalling past centuries. born or lived in this village. +33 (0)4 42 58 61 53 www.mac-arteum.net • Eguilles’s garden - Max Sauze • Saint Sauveur Cathedral (5th to 17th centu- • Albertas gardens (By appointment only) ries) Pavillon de Vendôme | Granet Museum | 04 42 22 94 71 www.jardinsalbertas.com +33 (0)6 16 57 08 64 Granet XXe | Caumont Centre d’Art www.max-sauze.com 6 COUDOUX Town Hall +33 (0)4 42 52 07 07 www.coudoux.fr The origin of the name Coudoux is "collis dulcis", 8 FUVEAU 4 CALAS-CABRIÈS referring to its lovely hills. This pretty village has 2 BEAURECUEIL Tourist Office +33 (0)4 42 50 49 77 Tourist Office +33 (0)4 86 67 73 20 an 18th-century church adorned with a niche Town Hall +33 (0)4 42 66 92 90 www.fuveau-tourisme.com www.cabries.fr containing the virgin and child, and a sundial North of Beaurecueuil, an unpaved path climbing This picturesque village of the Upper Valley of Standing on a rocky outcrop, this 9th-century on its façade, and many wayside crosses and towards the foothills of Sainte-Victoire takes you the Arc, its houses crowded round the church, mediaeval village is a typical Provencal village as shrines. The tradition of olive and vine growing to the Parc de Roques-Hautes, a geological site has stood proudly facing Sainte-Victoire since seen in nativity scenes. The visionary expressio- is still very much alive, with an oil mill famous listed in 1964. Huge numbers of dinosaur eggs the 11th-century. The people of Fuveau lived from nist painter Edgar Mélik lived there in his "eagle’s for the oil produced in the traditional way, the were discovered in the layers of red marl. farming until they turned to mining the end of nest" from 1934 until his tragic death in 1975. vineyards of Domaine Saint-Hilaire, and the AOC the 19th-century. With its rich history and many • Grand Site Sainte-Victoire The Edgar Mélik Castle Museum, now an artist’s Côteaux d’Aix wine. cultural associations, Fuveau offers a wide variety www.grandsitesaintevictoire.com studio, contains a remarkable collection of his • Carnival in April | Les Estivales (summer festival), of activities for visitors. works and holds temporary exhibitions. Château 1st weekend in July th • Chapel of Saint-Michel (no visit) de Trébillane (12 -century). • Church of Saint-Michel • Provencal Transport Museum • Château-musée Edgar Mélik • Coudoux oil mill +33 (0)4 42 52 12 23 +33 (0)6 63 19 76 43 +33 (0)4 42 22 42 81 www.huiledecoudoux.com cppva.free.fr 11 JOUQUES 13 LAMBESC 9 GARDANNE 10 GRÉASQUE Tourist Office +33 (0)4 42 63 75 04 Tourist Office and Culture Center Tourist Office +33 (0)4 42 51 02 73 Information Centre www.jouques.fr/office-de-tourisme +33 (0)4 42 17 00 62 www.tourisme-gardanne.fr +33 (0)4 42 69 72 16 The history of Jouques began 60,000 years www.lambesc.fr Gardanne, with its turbulent past and rich www.ville-greasque.fr ago in the Adaouste caves. This picturesque Lambesc was built as a principality in the 17th- heritage, has a history that goes back two Located between the famous Sainte-Victoire village in the heart of the Aix Region, between century and the Assemblies of Provence were thousand years. Built in the red and ochre Mountain to the north and the Etoile range to the Luberon and Sainte-Victoire, nestles held here during the 17th and 18th centuries. colours of its land, and surrounded by woods, the south, the Provencal village of Gréasque around Notre-Dame de la Roque, protected The town boasts fine architecture, and in it stands in the centre of the former mining lies hidden among wooded hills. Discover by the ramparts which are still visible today. particular a wonderful collection of private basin. Despite a population of more than its mining past in the Hély d’Oissel Mining As you walk through its narrow streets you mansions from the 17th-century. The huge 20,000, it is a friendly place with a genuine Museum. will see some age old houses, covered alleys church of Notre-Dame-de-L’Assomption, built sense of community, and its bustling market As for sports and leisures, the offer is diverse and beautiful fountains. in the classical style in the 18th-century, has is known throughout the region. Visitors and aplenty. • Grain silo museum | Notre Dame de la a splendid dome that gives light to the nave. come from all over the world to see this • Puits de Mine Hély d’Oissel (mine shaft) Fidélité Abbey (reservation at the Tourist • Le Jacquemard | Oratories’ road, unique, magical place immortalised by Cé- • Mining Museum Office| Chapels | Rural museum of local Bertoire wind mill | Old Lambesc Museum zanne.