The best times to visit Aix-en-Provence are from March to May and September through November, when the weather is as moderate as the crowds. The summer months see an influx of Parisians and ...

Restaurants around Aix-en-Provence serve up flavorful Mediterranean cuisine with chefs utilizing the fresh, local ingredients found at the markets in their menus. Popular plates you'll have to try ...

Paul Cezanne, Les Joueurs de cartes, 1890 et 1895; Huile sur toile, 47 x 56,5 cm. Paris, musée d’Orsay; Legs comte Isaac de Camondo, 1911. Hervé Lewandowski / RMN ...

For 2,500 years Aix has been famous for its location and climate. Throughout history occupiers from all directions were drawn like moths to the beautiful light that holds the town, streets, buildings ...

Aix-en-Provence is a city close to my heart. I lived here for three years shortly after arriving in France in 2003. This is where I learned the French language. For the first couple of years I spoke ...

Paul Cézanne, the 19th-century French impressionist painter, once said, “I walk in nature every day, because the views are magnificent.” One of the views the impressionists loved most was of ...

Ted Huffman, the New Yorker handed the reins of France's prestigious Aix-en-Provence Festival, wants to attract a younger ...

Anyone lucky enough to summer in Aix-en-Provence will have observed how its panoramic views of orange rooftops and windswept pine trees, crowned by distant mountains, immediately calls to mind the ...

Our group is taking a watercolour class on the terrace of Les Lodges, a delightful hotel in Aix-en-Provence noted for its wonderful view of Mont Sainte-Victoire. We are embarking on a futile attempt ...

Anne Elder “fell in love with France somewhere between Madeline and Moulin Rouge.” After studying abroad in Paris, the life-long Francophile migrated south and found a home in Aix–en–Provence, France.