A well-contected territory
Business or holidays, the Pays d’Aix and the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis are easily accessible and well served by a dense network of motorways, roads and raleways.
Marseille Provence International Airport and Aix-en-Provence TGV train station guarantee the ease and responsiveness of travel typical of major European cities. Only 15 minutes from the main sites, they allow you to reach, in a few hours, the economic capitals of France as well as International. For maritime transport, the Pays d’Aix benefits from proximity of the Grand Port Maritime of Marseille. This is France’s 1st port and the 3rd port in the Mediterranean (in terms of goods tonnage), located less than 30 minutes away.
A perfect climate
Vibrate all year round
The Pays d’Aix offer a lot of things to do and experienced all year round ! Musical, digital or sporting, international events punctuate the year and are all good reasons to come and discover the region.
Discover all the events here.
A lot of thing do and see !
Explore the Aix region !
Set off along the pathways of History and discover monuments, castles, chapels, shrines and the treasures of our heritage buildings. Along the way, you’ll come across gourmet restaurants, festivities for local produce, our five AOC vineyards, our Provencal specialities and oil mills.
You’ll love the adorable hilltop villages where studios of artists and craftsmen lie tucked away, not to mention the Cézanne trail and its magnificent views, and the impressive scenery of the great Sainte-Victoire Mountain. Here, nature puts you in the spotlight, during mountain hikes and walks through the Mediterranean forest.
From the mountain ranges of the Côtes to the Touloubre, from the Upper Valley of the Arc to the Durance Valley, a huge area of countryside is wide open to you to be experienced all year round.
