Eurostar Destination Guide – Aix-En-Provence – Important Information and Sightseeing

May 27, 2012 by Perezg93

Aix-en-Provence is a beautiful city approx 25km from exotic Marseille in France and it is known for its old culture. To compare Left Bank to Paris is equivalent to comparing Ex-en-Provence to Provence. Since Dark ages, the city has been a center of cultural activities and two main personalities painter Paul Cezanne and Novelist Emile Zola fit in with this city.

The tourists office may be reached at Tel – +33 0442161161 and is called Aix-En-Provence Tourism situated at 2, Place du Standard de Gaulle. The main post office can be found at Place de l’Hotel de Ville fulfilling your the vast majority of requirements during your visit to Aix.

The painter Cezanne is known all around the France. As you walk with the streets of Aix-en-Provence to find where Paul used to eat, play, paint and drink, you simply need that you follow the Circuit de Cezanne, which is marked by footpath embedded bronze plaques with ‘C’ letter written on everyone.

Reaching Aix-en-Provence – To reach Aix-en-Provence from London, the most effective travel mode is vacationing by Eurostar from Manchester to Paris. There are direct Eurostar trains to Marseille too but you can differ from Paris to Aix-en-Provence by connecting trains TGV (Ax-enProvence TGV). The TGV connects Aix en Provence with the London (Eurostar 2h15m with London to Paris together with 3h from Paris to help Aix-en-Provence by TGV), Amsterdam, Perfume and Milan. If your preferred mode of travel is actually by air, the nearest airport is Marseille Provence airport, which is 25kms with Aix-en-Provence. The telephone amount of the airport is +33 (0) 442141414. Just by Car, the Motorway A7 – A46 & A8 should be taken, which is 780kms from Paris, 300kms from Lyon and 175kms from Nice. Second option by Car is Motorway A54 & A9, that’s 150 km from Montpellier, 120 km from N?? mes together with 80kms from Arles. Your nearest bus station is actually Avenue de l’Europe.

Sightseeing in Aix-en-Provence – The major tourists attractions in Aix-en-Provence are definitely the Cezanne Tour (which is for the main painter Paul Cezanne), The Paths of History Tour (that’s for tours to reduced Aix region), shrines, chapels, castles together with history, Itineraries of the That Heritage Roads (which is 5 tours and 4 walks to discover Land and Art de vivre), hilltops communities, nature tamed, land of energy and many Natural sites around Aix en Provence.

For staying in Aix-en-Provence, you have lodges, residences, campsites, guest houses and other rentals / accommodation available. Some of the places are Auberge de Jeunesse du Jas de Bouffan using a bar, tennis courts, bike shed and much summer BBQs, Camping Arc-en-Ciel, Lodge La Caravelle and Lodge des Quartre Dauphins. You have lot of options for eating therefore you have self catering cottages, group catering and youth hotels additionally. Some of the best eating-places are le Zinc d’Hugo and Le Petit Verdot where menus begin as?? 17 (dinner Mon – Sat). You are served with wine immediately you reach there and the staff will let you choose from over 100 wine brands with cheapest dish to eat. The the vast majority of food will be the language style.

The best possible method to travel by Eurostar is to attend Marseille first, which will take about 50 minutes. For routes besides Eurostar, you need to go to TGV Station, which is approx 8kms from the city. There are frequent busses running between city along with the TGV Train Station (half hourly) using a low fare (#(?? 3. 70) and to Airport Marseille Provence (#(?? 7. 90) between 4. 40am to help 10. 30pm.

There are amount of museums in Aix en Provence including, Granet Art gallery, Cezanne Studio, Arbaud Art gallery, Natural History Museum, Estienne de St-Jean Museum, Tapestry Museum, Cit?? du Livre, Vendome Pavilion, Sites & monuments and you should enjoy visiting them.

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