Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Aix-en-Provence, France

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Number of sights 19 sights
Distance 3.4 km
Ascend 51 m
Descend 60 m

Explore Aix-en-Provence in France with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in Aix-en-ProvenceIndividual Sights in Aix-en-Provence

Sight 1: Monument Joseph Sec

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Joseph Sec was a bourgeois, a Jacobin and a grey penitent from Aix-en-Provence. He was a master carpenter and wood merchant.

Wikipedia: Joseph Sec (EN)

251 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Chapelle Notre-Dame de Consolation, dite chapelle Saint-Jacques ou de l'Hôpital

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The Chapel of Our Lady of Consolation is listed as a historical monument by prefectural decree of 3 November 1987. It is located along Avenue Philippe Solari in Aix-en-Provence, totally enclosed in the buildings of the Saint-Jacques hospital, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department and in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. The city of Aix-en-Provence owns it.

Wikipedia: Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Consolation d'Aix-en-Provence (FR)

977 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 3: Musée du Palais de l’Archevêché

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The Palais Archiépiscopal d'Aix, more commonly known as the Palais de l'Archevêché, or former bishopric by the Aixois, is one of the 19 archiepiscopal palaces in France.

Wikipedia: Palais archiépiscopal d'Aix-en-Provence (FR)

241 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Hôtel Adanson

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The Hotel Adanson is a private mansion located at No. 1 rue Adanson, in Aix-en-Provence (France).

Wikipedia: Hôtel Adanson (FR)

67 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Hôtel Boyer de Fonscolombe

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The Hôtel Boyer de Fonscolombe is a listed hôtel particulier in Aix-en-Provence. It houses the Institut de Management Public et Gouvernance Territoriale of Aix-Marseille University.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Boyer de Fonscolombe (EN)

66 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur

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Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur Georges Seguin (Okki) / CC BY-SA 3.0

Aix Cathedral in Aix-en-Provence in southern France is a Roman Catholic church and the seat of the Archbishop of Aix-en-Provence and Arles. The cathedral is built on the site of the 1st-century Roman forum of Aix. Built and re-built from the 12th until the 19th century, it includes Romanesque, Gothic and Neo-Gothic elements, as well as Roman columns and parts of the baptistery from a 6th-century Christian church. It is a national monument of France.

Wikipedia: Aix Cathedral (EN)

70 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Institut d'études politiques

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Institut d'études politiques Sciences Po Aix / PD

Sciences Po Aix, also referred to as Institut d'Études Politiques (IEP) d'Aix-en-Provence, is a Grande École of political studies located in Aix-en-Provence, in the South of France. It is associated with Aix-Marseille University and is part of a network of ten Institut d'études politiques, known as IEP.

Wikipedia: Sciences Po Aix (EN), Website

99 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Hôtel Borrilli

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The Hotel Borrilli is a private mansion located at 2 Rue des Brémondi, in Aix-en-Provence.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Borrilli (FR)

41 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 9: Hôtel d'Estienne de Saint-Jean

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Hôtel d'Estienne de Saint-Jean Georges Seguin (Okki) / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Hôtel d'Estienne-de-Saint-Jean is a private mansion located at 17 rue Gaston-de-Saporta in Aix-en-Provence, France. Since 1933, it has housed the Musée du Vieil-Aix.

Wikipedia: Hôtel d'Estienne-de-Saint-Jean (FR), Website

4 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 10: Hôtel de Châteaurenard

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The Hôtel de Châteaurenard is a private mansion in Aix-en-Provence, located in the heart of the town of Saint-Sauveur, at the corner of rue des Brémondis and rue Gaston-de-Saporta, at number 19 of the latter.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Châteaurenard (FR)

185 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Bibliothèque de la Halle aux Grains

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The Halle aux Grains is a building located in Aix-en-Provence, France.

Wikipedia: Halle aux grains d'Aix-en-Provence (FR)

178 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Hôtel Félix du Muy

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The Hôtel de Félix du Muy is a private mansion located at 31 rue des Cordeliers, in Aix-en-Provence in the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Félix du Muy (FR)

257 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 13: Hôtel Peyronetti

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The Hôtel Peyronetti is a private mansion located at 13 rue Aude in Aix-en-Provence, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Peyronetti (FR)

120 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 14: Hôtel Boyer d'Eguilles

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The Hôtel Boyer d'Éguilles is a private mansion located at 6 rue Espariat, in Aix-en-Provence (France).

Wikipedia: Hôtel Boyer d'Éguilles (FR)

269 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 15: Hôtel d'Agut

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The Hôtel d'Agut is a private mansion located at No. 2 Place des Prêcheurs, in Aix-en-Provence (France).

Wikipedia: Hôtel d'Agut (FR)

153 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 16: Hôtel de Gras

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Hôtel de Gras

The Hôtel de Gras is a private mansion located at n° 3 Place des Prêcheurs, in Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Gras (FR)

63 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 17: Hôtel d'Ailhaut

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The Hôtel d'Ailhaud is a private mansion located at 6 rue Mignet, in Aix-en-Provence (France). It was built not far from the Hôtel de Valbelle, at number 24 of the same street.

Wikipedia: Hôtel d'Ailhaut (FR)

44 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 18: Hôtel Guiran de la Brillanne

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The Hotel de Guiran de la Brillanne, also known as Hôtel de Gassier, is a private mansion located at No. 10 Rue Mignet, at the corner of Rue Suffren, in Aix-en-Provence (France).

Wikipedia: Hôtel Guiran de la Brillanne (FR)

288 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 19: Hôtel de Valbelle

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The Hôtel de Valbelle is a listed hôtel particulier in Aix-en-Provence.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Valbelle (EN)

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