Aix has an ideal position in Provence.What is not to be missed can be seen over daily excursions without driving too far. If you cannot stay for six days, it is still possible to arrange a shorter circuit.

Aix-en-Provence, Cézanne and the Ste Victoire Mountain.

Morning.A two hours’city tour by foot:Guided visit of Aix with a guide-lecturer to follow in “Cézanne’s footsteps” then free time. Note that strolling in Aix on market days -Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning-, offers more liveliness to the visit. You will wander through stalls with vegetables, flowers, clothes and antiques.
Free time for lunch or organised lunch for the group in one of Aix’s many restaurants.
Afternoon dedicated to Paul Cézanne (Circuit of approximately 40km): Visit of Cézanne's workshop followed by the landscapes that inspired him around the Sainte-Victoire Mountain called “ les sites cézanniens”.
Free time for dinner,organised dinner in one of Aix’s restaurants, or half board in the hotel.

Avignon, les Baux-de-Provence, Saint Rémy

Morning:departure for Avignon,visit the Palais des Papes and the Saint-Benezet bridge.
Free time for lunch in Avignon or organised lunch for the group.
Afternoon: departure for Saint-Remy-de-Provence and the famous village of Les-Baux-de-Provence topped by the ruins of its castle which unveil a panoramic view over the Alpilles region.
Free time for dinner in Aix-en-Provence, organised dinner for the group in one of Aix’s restaurants,or half board at the hotel.

Visit of Marseilles, Cassis and its Calanques

Visit of Marseilles by bus with stops at the “Vieux Port” and Notre-Dame de la Garde to admire the wonderful panoramas surrounding the city of Marseilles.Enjoy fantastic and unique views of the city from an open top deck bus: the Vieux-Port (Old Port), the historic Panier district, the basilica of Notre-Dame de la Garde with its fabulous panorama, the Corniche overlooking the sea ..., then on to Cassis by the President Kennedy sea front Corniche.
Free time for lunch in Cassis or organised lunch for the group.
Visit of the Calanques of Cassis by boat, 3 or 5 calanques and then free time in Cassis. For groups: 3 calanques, lenght 45 minutes.5 calanques, lenght 1 hour 10 minutes.
In case of bad weather, it is possible to climb the highest cliff of Europe, Cap Canaille, and travel on to La Ciotat via the mountain ridges.
Free time for dinner in Aix, organised dinner for the group in one of Aix’s restaurants or half board in the hotel.

The Luberon and its superb villages

Morning: Departure for the hilltop villages of Lourmarin, Bonnieux and Gordes. Possibility to visit the 12th-century Cistercian abbey of Silvacane.
Free time for lunch, or organised lunch for the group in Luberon.
Afternoon in Roussillon,renowned for its ochre cliffs.Optional walk on the “Sentier des Ocres”(ochre path),45 min,then wine tasting in a vineyard.
Free time for dinner, organised dinner in one of Aix’s restaurants, or half board in the hotel.

“In the steps of Marcel Pagnol”

Marcel Pagnol was born in February, 28th 1895 in Aubagne, his beloved provençal land, the village that became the background of his films and novels.Today, the day tour “In the steps of Pagnol” invites you to catch a glimpse of the strong relationship between the writer and his native land.
Morning: Leave Aix to Aubagne. Then short tour by coach accompanied with a guide:stop at Eoures where he was born, the grocery store of his work “Le Schpountz”where one could find “Les Anchois des Tropiques”, stop at the crossroad “La Croix”, where Pagnol and his friend Lili would meet, then “La Treille” village; stop at “La Pascaline” village to visit the Bellons’Path, Manon’s fountain,“Le Cigalon” restaurant and the graveyard where Marcel Pagnol and his family are buried. Then on to the “Château de la Buzine”– the setting of his film “ Le Château de ma Mère”.
Lunch organised in one of the town restaurants.
The afternoon will be dedicated to admire the santonniers and ceramists know-how.Visit of the 130 sq.m.house where Pagnol was born in 1895: you will probably feel captivated by the atmosphere of the time through an exhibition and a film recreating life in the early 20th century. Finally, enjoy the “Tiny World of Marcel Pagnol”, diorama built by local santonniers and crib makers – 200 unique figurines inspired from Marcel Pagnol’s films and novels gathered in a recreated provençal “garrigue”(dry and rocky hills).
Free time for dinner in Aix, organised dinner for the group in one of Aix’s restaurants or half board in the hotel, there is also a possibility to organise a farewell dinner in a gastronomic restaurant in town.

Jour Arles et la Camargue

Morning: Leave Aix for a visit of the town of Arles: the Roman Arenas the antique theatre and the Cathedral with its Saint-Trophime cloister.
Free time for lunch in Arles or organised lunch for the group.
Afternoon: Pass through the Camargue's national park to the village of Aigues Mortes.Discover the Saintes-Maries de la Mer before returning to Aix.
Free time for dinner in Aix, organised dinner for the group in one of Aix’s restaurants, or half board in the hotel.