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Aix-en-Provence Self Guided Tour of the City of Fountains
Explore Aix-en-Provence on a self-guided audio walk through Cézanne and Zola, royal intrigue, Resistance secrets, hidden fountains, and sweet traditions.
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Highlights
Meet Cézanne and Zola as schoolboys at Collège Mignet.
Hear about Resistance rescue efforts, secret refuges and the Noat family’s wartime role.
Follow Aix’s water stories from the Rotonde to the moss-covered thermal fountain.
Connect King René, a vanished royal burial site and the cathedral’s Burning Bush painting.
Encounter calissons and madeleines, with optional independent purchases along the route.
Preview Stop
00:00 / 01:04
About this activity
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Valid 365 days
Tour is valid for 1 year and can be used multiple times
Language Options
English | French | German | Spanish | Italian | Dutch | Polish | Russian | Portuguese
Duration
1 hour and 30 minutes
Routebeschrijving
Fontaine de la Rotonde
Look up at three marble women above a fountain built before Aix secured its reliable water supply.
United Protestant Church of Aix
Pause at a former synagogue to hear about a pastor facing an impossible wartime choice.
Hôtel de Caumont
Look beyond the mansion façade for a concierge’s wartime secret and a bride’s abruptly altered future.
Collège Mignet
Meet two schoolboys whose friendship began here, with bullies, ambition and a much-debated basket of apples.
Fontaine des Quatre Dauphins
Study four stone dolphins for clues to the powerful family behind Aix’s carefully planned mansion district.
Folco de Baroncelli Birthplace Plaque
Find the birthplace of a marquis whose unusual calling led him toward bulls and white horses.
Église Saint-Jean-de-Malte
Look up at the Hospitallers’ church, where missing bells connect a revolutionary war with a modern search.
Musée Granet
Trace Cézanne’s early drawing lessons and a painted mother’s extraordinary request to the ruler of the gods.
Fontaine du Roi René
Examine the grapes in King René’s hand and hear the wedding legend behind an Aix sweet.
Passage Agard
Enter a narrow shopping passage where a stubborn neighbour and a royal burial complicate the ground beneath.
Hôtel Maurel de Pontevès
Study two straining stone giants for clues to a cloth merchant’s pursuit of noble status.
Fontaine Moussue
Search the moss-covered thermal fountain for traces of the sculpted figures hidden beneath its green coat.
Pascalis Plaque
Read a Provençal plaque marking the day revolutionary violence reached a lawyer’s front door.
Maison Béchard
Examine Aix’s three-layered calisson at a family pastry shop with a workshop behind the window.
Place d’Albertas
Survey a judge’s carefully staged square and ask what stood in the way of his view.
Fontaine des Bagniers
Study Cézanne’s bronze profile above a fountain whose displaced waters connect two old-town streets.
Halle aux Grains
Look for a river’s protruding foot above the grain hall, then consider the hunger behind its grandeur.
Tour de l’Horloge
Find the wooden season beneath the clock and hear why changing it requires someone with keys.
Madeleines de Christophe
Look at shell-shaped madeleines and hear the kitchen-disaster legend behind the little cake’s name.
Hôtel de Châteaurenard
Look beyond a diamond-studded doorway for the painted staircase that caught Louis XIV’s attention.
Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur
Read the cathedral’s changing stonework, then follow King René’s connection to a painting of a burning bush.
Musée des Tapisseries
Search an archbishop’s carved doorway for clues linking a French marshal with a Scandinavian throne.
Noat Family Home
Read five names beside a family doorway where Resistance messages and a secret radio once converged.
Palais de Justice
Face the courthouse columns and piece together the vanished palace and neighbourhood beneath this civic monument.
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Beste beoordelingen
Graciela
Plekken Ontdekken in een Aangenaam Tempo.
8 juni 2026
Ik vond het fijn om de rondleiding in mijn eigen tempo te kunnen doen en elke toelichting opnieuw te beluisteren.
Geen behoefte om haast te hebben achter een gids die je bij de neus rondleidt. Je kunt rustig stoppen en foto's maken.
Daniel
Goede prijs-kwaliteitverhouding. Handig om te kunnen doen wanneer je maar wilt.
15 mei 2026
De tour is een goed begin en introductie tot Aix en Provence, denk ik. Ik vond het een beetje kort, zowel in haltes als in uitleg.
Bobs
Goed gedaan met een paar kanttekeningen.
28 april 2026
Een informatieve en redelijk uitgebreide introductie tot de oude stad in Aix. We probeerden de tour in omgekeerde volgorde te volgen, aangezien de laatste stop dicht bij onze accommodatie was. We hebben dit gedaan met de zelfgeleide tour in Dijon en dat werkte vlekkeloos, maar hier werkte het niet zo goed. Er zijn verschillende stops die zich in een kerk bevinden en daarom niet op de kaart verschijnen. De enige manier om dit te weten is door de aanbevolen volgorde te volgen. Wat betreft de eetstops, één was gesloten op de maandag dat we de tour deden en de andere had van eigenaar gewisseld, waardoor deze een andere naam had en moeilijk te vinden was. Desalniettemin is de tour goed gedaan en de moeite waard.
Full Description
Follow Aix-en-Provence’s fountains, mansion doors and wartime plaques on a self-guided audio walk through the old town. Hear stories of Cézanne and Zola, royal ambition, Resistance courage and the city’s sweet-making traditions.
Cover roughly 3 km across 24 stops in about three hours, with offline listening after download and freedom to pause along the way. Optional attraction tickets and food purchases cost extra.
Important Information
Instructions with link to app and how to access the tour will be sent to your email post checkout
You can gain instant access to the tour by downloading the app and buying the tour on the app.
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