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Provence Côte d'Azur
Die Provence ist eine Region im sonnigen Südosten von Frankreich. Die "wahre Provence" erstreckt sich von Grasse im Osten, das Zentrum der französischen Herstellung von Parfum bis zum Rhonetal im Westen; und von den alpinen Alpen im Norden bis zum Mittelmeer im Süden. Die Departements Bouches-du-Rhône, Vaucluse, Var und Alpes-de-Haute-Provence gehören zur historischen Region Provence. Zusammen mit den Departements Hautes-Alpes und Alpes Maritimes bilden sie die heutige Region Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur. Darüberhinaus haben wir gewählt, die Departements Drôme und Ardèche mit in unserer Beschreibung der Provence zu nehmen, da viele unserer Ferienhäuser nahe an der natürlichen Grenze von Provence-Côte d’Azur liegen. Zeige weniger -
Languedoc-Roussillon
Ferienhäuser und Ferienwohnungen Languedoc-Roussillon Im Süden Frankreichs, westlich der Rhone bis zur spanischen Grenze und den Pyrenäen erstreckt sich die Region Languedoc-Roussillon. Der Languedoc-Roussillon umfasst die fünf Departements Aude, Gard, Hérault, Lozère und Pyrénées-Orientales. Im Süden grenzt die Region an Spanien und Andorra und im Norden an die Auvergne. Die nordöstliche Nachbarregion ist Rhône-Alpes. Das Spektrum landschaftlicher Schönheiten ist weit gefächert. Breite feinsandige Strände, vom Weinanbau geprägte Hügellandschaften, tief eingeschnittene Schluchten zwischen den fast menschenleeren verkarsteten Hochebenen der Cevennen bis hin zur Hochgebirgslandschaft der Pyrenäen ist alles vertreten. Provacances bietet Ferienhäuser und Ferienwohnungen in den Departements Aude, Gard, Hérault und Pyrénées-Orientales. Zeige weniger -
Toskana - Umbrien
Ferienhäuser und Ferienwohnungen in der Toskana - Umbrien Das zentrale Italien mit der Toskana und Umbrien wird oft als das „wahre Italien“ aufgefasst. Die Schönheit der Landschaft und die vielen interessanten Städten, die so reich an Kultur und Geschichte sind, werden wohl kaum die Faszination der Bewohner von dem nördlichen Europa verlieren. Zeige weniger -
Ligurien
Ferieboliger Ligurien Ligurien eller Liguria er en region i det nordvestlige Italien, grænsende til Frankrig i vest, Piemonte i nord samt Emilia-Romagna og Toscana i øst. Ligurien er Italiens tredje mindste region og omfatter provinserne: Imperia, Savona, Genova og La Specia. Lugurien har et areal på ca. 5.418 km2 og knap 1,6 millioner indbyggere. 80% af Liguriens befolkning er koncentreret i byerne langs den vestlige kyststrækning, Riviera di Ponente, bedre kendt som den italienske riviera. Hovedstaden er Genova, som ligger lige midt i regionen. Zeige weniger
Aix-en-Provence
The old elegant university city and former capital of the Bouches du Rhône department, Aix-en- Provence, is beautifully situated in the heart of Provence, 33 km north of the port, France’s second largest city, Marseille. Provacances offers holiday houses in the nearby villages Villelaure, Roquevaire and Lançon-Provence. The area offers fantastic nature experiences in the very lush and mountainous surroundings. There are good possibilities for exploring the Provencal hinterland and for various forms of outdoor activities including hiking, climbing, canoeing, horseback riding, angling, mountain biking and golfing.
Veranstaltungen in Aix-en-Provence
- Lots of restaurants and cafés (one of the restaurants has 3 Michelin stars).
- Night clubs
- Theatre.
- Shopping
- Public swimming pool.
- Tennis
- Squash
- Hiking tours.
- Mountain biking
- Golf - There are lots of courses in the area of Bouches-du-Rhône and several in the neighbouring departments Gard and Vaucluse. Most of the courses can be found on the French golf union’s website. Unfortunately the website is in French. Seek under Guide de golfs and then under the region Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur: www.ffgolf.org
Sehenswürdigkeiten in Aix-en-Provence
- Hôtel de Ville: The town hall from the 17th century. It was built by Pierre Pavillon between 1655 and 1670 around a courtyard, and the square around it is now used as a flower market.
- The Mazarin quarter and the pedestrian streets.
- Le Pavillon Vendrôme: One of the most dignified houses in Aix, built in 1667 for the Cardinal de Vendôme and extended in the 18th century. The rooms are full of original, Provencal furniture and art works. Has also beautiful French gardens.
- Thermes Sextius: The antique Roman baths – nearby, there are baths from the 18th century.
- Musée du Vieil Aix: City museum.
- Cathédrale St Sauveur: The cathedral is situated at the top of the old quarter. It has a baptism chapel from the 3rd or 4th century with a renaissance cupola on Corinthian columns from the 2nd century. They originate from a basilica, which was at this place, next to the Roman forum. South of the cathedral is the tiled Roman cloister garth.
- Tour de l’Horloge
- Circuit Cézanne: At the tourist office you can have a map of the Cézanne-route, which starts outside the tourist office and goes to his birth place, to the school he attended with Émile Zola, and to 8, Rue Belegon, where he died. The Cézanne-route is a 40 km car drive around Aix, passing by montagne Ste-Victoire.
- Atelier Cézanne: Paul Cézanne’s old atelier, which appears as he left it at his death in 1906.
- Musée Granet: The city’s biggest museum, situated in an imposing former Knights of Malta monastery from the 17th century. Home of the local artist François Granet’s (1775-1849) big collection of French, Italian and Flemish paintings that he willed to the city of Aix. There are also works of Granet himself and of other Provencal artists, including eight works of Paul Cézanne.
- Musée des Tapisseries: Displays the beautiful Beauvais-goblins from the 17th and 18th century.
It was the Roman consul, Sixtius Calvinus, who founded the city in 122 B.
C. and gave it the name Aquae Sextiae due to its hot springs. For centuries the city was over-shadowed by the nearby cities, Marseille and Arles, until the good King René in the 12th century chose Aix as his residential city. When Provence came under the French throne in 1487, Aix became the seat of le Parlement de Provence. In the 17th and 18th century Aix was the main city of Bouches-du-Rhône.
An important part of the city’s elegant architecture dates back to this flourishing period.
Aix has an innumerable amount of impressive 18th and 19th century buildings with small balconies with wrought iron lattice. Cours Mirabeau in the centre is Aix’s finest street. It is a long broad boulevard lined with plane trees. At one side there are hotels, cafés, restaurants and shops, at the opposite exquisite mansions, all listed.
The old quarter, Vielle Ville, is most interesting with its countless boutiques, markets, museums, religious and architectonical monuments and historical sites.
Aix is also known as the city of fountains; they are all over the city. At the west end of the buzzing boulevard, Cours Mirabeau, is the city’s most famous fountain, Fontaine de la Rotonde, a huge fountain, decorated with lions, swans, dolphins and at the top the three Graces. At the end of Rue Cardinal, and in the middle of the idyllic square, Place des Dauphins, is the dolphin fountain, Fontaine des Quatres Dauphins, the biggest detached fountain in Aix.
