Tél : +33 (0) 6 07 32 10 31
Unexpected Aix : 2 Half-days

"Our curious ancestors"

A walk with anecdotes, humorous and sometimes wicked…

"Unexpected Aix" is a walk through the city with street storyteller Jean-Pierre Cassely. Using the names of streets and monuments and the commemorative plaques on buildings, he will describe great and small moments in the life of Aix past and present: anecdotes that are sometimes unheard of, sometimes surprising, at times comical, but always fascinating.

Let him take you back in time like an unseen observer, listening to the people and stories that stirred "the loveliest city in France". Behind the thick walls of the Cours Mirabeau mansions flows a history that is sometimes as warm as the water of its fountains…

Aix, city of water, city of Zola

"Aix, City of water, City of Zola" is your chance to discover the world of the young Zola before his decisive departure for Paris which was to mark the start of his writing career.

The tour of Aix and its fountains will offer you a glimpse of the artist's passionate relationship with the city, and particularly with its water, the recurring theme of his youth, a symbol of both pleasure and suffering. Water reminded him of jaunts in the Aix countryside after school with his friend Cézanne along the banks of the Arc: "We fled far from the world … children's unreasoned adoration of the trees, the water, the hills…"

1037 avenue Victor Hugo
13122 Ventabren
Tél : +33 (0)4 42 92 08 17
Port : +33 (0)6 13 63 69 24
E-mail : mnlenoel@free.fr

The Association of Aix and Pays d'Aix Tour Guides offers a wide range of cultural tours around Aix and the surrounding area:

ACH offers tailor-made tours by reservation for fun, enlightening guided tours that can be altered to suit you, for everyone, individuals, groups and schools.