20 Unmissable Attractions in Aix-en-Provence

Visit the museum that houses a lot of Cézanne’s work (Aix was his hometown and where he lived for much of his life). It also has temporary exhibitions as well as art from the 15th to the 19th centuries.

The foundation of Victor Vasarely is a great avant-garde art museum on the outskirts of Aix. It runs several exhibitions, workshops, and tours.

The most impressive and biggest cathedral in town, this is where Cézanne’s funeral took place.

Visit Cézanne’s final resting place in the calm and grand cemetery in the outskirts of Old Town.

Cézanne’s painting studio, where he painted his beloved Montagne Sainte-Victoire over and over again, has been left just as it was on the day he died.

Aix’s Town Hall isn’t just where the Mayor works and where to find answers to administrative issues: it’s where the flower market takes place, where to people watch in one of the four bars, and where the Americans’ tanks rode through under the bell tower to liberate Aix at the end of World War 2.

This old, aristocratic-family home is now open to the public. Public cinema screenings take place every summer, and it’s where workers go to eat their lunch. Just don’t walk on the grass; it’s forbidden.

Saint Jean de Malte is tucked behind Rue d’Italie next to the Musée Granet. It’s part of Cézanne’s heritage as well as daily Aixois life.

Hôtel Caumont used to be the town’s Conservatoire before it moved to new facilities. Now, the fully refurbished building houses temporary art exhibitions ranging from Marilyn Monroe photographs to the Italian Renaissance Masters.

Walk 10 minutes out of town and find families, joggers, and dog walkers in the Parc de la Torse. It runs along the Torse River, and it is a great place to picnic or take the kids to the playground.