Things to do in Aix-en-Provence
Around Aix-en-Provence, Notrebellefrance lists 13 tourist sites within 25 km, including 3 castles, 2 museums and 2 theme parks. Not to be missed: Gorges de l'Infernet, Speed Water Park and Montagne Sainte-Victoire.
Gorges de l'Infernet
These gorges, carved by the Infernet stream in the Sainte-Victoire massif, separate the Bimont and Zola dams, both built on this small river north of Aix-en-Provence.
Speed Water Park
Speed Water Park is a water amusement park between Marseille and Aix-en-Provence.
Montagne Sainte-Victoire
A long limestone ridge with dazzling white cliffs, Mont Sainte-Victoire owes its international renown to the dozens of paintings Paul Cézanne devoted to it.
Musée Granet
Inaugurated in 1838, the Musée Granet is one of the most important museums in the region, labelled "musée de France".
Village des Automates
Château de la Barben
The château de La Barben, between Salon-de-Provence and Aix-en-Provence, is one of the most beautiful castles in the PACA region.
Parc zoologique de la Barben
A tourist site not to be missed.
Abbaye de Silvacane
Silvacane abbey is a Cistercian abbey in the commune of La Roque-d'Anthéron, in the Bouches-du-Rhône.
Musée de la Moto
The Motorbike Museum brings together a collection over 4 floors tracing a century of motorcycle history with more than 120 machines.
Ansouis
In the Middle Ages, Ansouis occupied an ideal position to control the road between Aix-en-Provence and Apt.
Château d'Ansouis
First a fortress, residence since the twelfth century of the Dukes of Sabran de Pontevès, the château d'Ansouis has over the centuries become one of the most splendid inhabited homes in Provence: a magnificent collection of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century furniture, fine tapestries, vast gardens…
Magicland
Aix-en-Provence
Former capital of Provence shaded by plane trees, Aix-en-Provence strings out its fountains and mansions along the Cours Mirabeau, birthplace of Cézanne.