Aix-en-Provence Travel: France
Aix (prounounced “eks”), or, to distinguish it from other cities built over hot springs, Aix-en-Provence is a city in southern France, some 30 km north of Marseille. It is located in the Provence region, in the Bouches-du-Rhne dpartement, of which it is a sous-prfecture. Population is approximately 130,000.
The Cours Mirabeau, a wide thoroughfare, planted with double rows of plane-trees, bordered by fine houses and decorated by fountains, divides the town into two portions. The new town extends to the south and west, the old town with its wide but irregular streets and its old mansions dating from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries lies to the north.
Aix is an important educational centre, being the seat of the faculties of law and letters of the university of Aix-Marseille, and there is a lot of students lodging and parties in the old town and around university buildings in the new part of downtown.
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Toulon Travel: France
Toulon (Tolon in Provençal) is a city in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur région, Toulon is the préfecture (capital) of the Var département, in the former province of Provence. Population of the city (commune) at the 1999 census was 160,639 inhabitants (168,200 inhabitants as of February 2004 estimates). Population of the whole metropolitan area (in French: aire urbaine) at the 1999 census was 564,823 inhabitants.
The current mayor of Toulon is Hubert Falco.
Marseille Travel: France
Marseille (English alternate spelling Marseilles) (pronounced /ma?s?j/ in standard French, /m?x?s?j?/ in local Marseilles accent) (Provençal: Marsiho or Marsilha, both pronounced /ma??sij?/) is the second largest city in France. Located in the former province of Provence and on the Mediterranean Sea, it is France's largest commercial port and the largest in the Mediterranean.
Marseille is the capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur région, as well as the préfecture (capital) of the Bouches-du-Rhône département.
Attractions
The old harbor
Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde
Château d'If, an ancient prison island, where The Count of Monte Cristo was jailed, in Alexandre Dumas' novel
Unité d'Habitation de Marseille, by the Swiss architect Le
Before VAUVENARGUES 14km east of aix having reached the 945 metre ridge marked by a monumental 19th century cross that does not figure in any of cezann`s pictures. Visitors can go throrgh the path east along the ridge to the summit of the massif and than descend south to PUYLOUBIER. At vauven argues a perfect weather beaten red shuttered fourteenth century chateau stands just outside the village with nothing between it and the slopes of ste-victorie. Picasso bought the chateau in 1958 lived there untill his death and now lies buried in the gardens his sculpture woman with a vase.
Tourcoing Travel: France
ourcoing is a city and commune of northern France, in the Nord département, located near the cities of Lille and Roubaix and the Belgian border. Population (1999): 94,204.
Roubaix Travel: France
Roubaix is a city of northern France, in the Nord département, located near the cities of Lille and Tourcoing and the Belgian border. Population (1999): 96,984.
