LES VILLES ET LES VISITES

Aix en Provence :

Aix-en-Provence is the former capital of Provence. The city has mostly conserved the characteristics that had been given to her during the seventeenth and eighteenth century. With the lovely fountains spread all over the city and the magnificence of the avenues, Aix-en-Provence is a city that really makes impression. This historic center had been inscribed on the World Heritage List by UNESCO in 1995.

Arles : Arles is a former roman capital and had been a religious pole in the Middle-Ages. In the city lay two of the most beautiful Gallo-Roman antiques : the Arena and the Theatre. The "Portail de Sainte Trophine" and the"Cloître de Sainte Trophine" are also among the best relics of the Romanesque art. These architectural and cultural jewels have also been inscribed on the World Heritage List of UNESCO.

Avignon : City of culture and arts, Avignon is surrounded by ramparts. The Romanesque Cathedral of "Notre-Dame des Doms" and the "Palais des Papes" had been erected on the "Rocher des Doms". The cultural infrastructure of the city is pretty well developed and particularly efficient.

Marseille :

With twenty-six centuries of history, Marseille had been the first real big city of France. Along the history and the modernization, the city has succeeded in never losing its authenticity neither its personality.

LES PAYSAGES

he plains of Provence: The plain of "La grande craux" is separated from the Camargue by the Rhône. It is a wide desert of pebbles and stones in which hardly no vegetation grows.

The Camargue : the Camargue is a delta of alluvia deposits recently formed by the Rhône. The vast and flat salty area give it an aspect of wild hugeness.

The relief of Provence: Mount Ventoux is an impressive calcareous massif that dominates the plain of Comtadine and reaches its highest point at 1909m.

The Luberon range is over 60km wide. "Le Grand Luberon", the highest point, reaches 1125m. The Alpilles range is characterized by calcareous steep and bare slopes and jagged crest.

Mount Sainte Victoire is situated in the east of Aix-en-Provence. This calcareous massif conceals many caves and advents. Sea creeks (Calanques) Characterized by high cliffs, the sea creeks are made of reddish and brown shades rocks that dive into a sea where quantities of islands rise up.

The calanques are world-wide famous for hiking, rock-climbing and underwater diving or fishing.

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CASSIS :

The Mediteranean The deep-blue color of the sea is due to its extreme clearness. The waters of the Mediterranean are more salty than those of the ocean. Tide is neap, and only few powerless but lively little waves disturb the flat sea.