Aix-en-Provence: History and Monuments
Aix-en-Provence · France
- Audio guide
- 4 languages
- Offline
Walk through Aix-en-Provence with an eye for the fountains, churches, civic buildings and monuments that give the town its historical character. Along the way, you will meet grand façades, places of worship, a courthouse, a townhall, a castle and traces of the Gallo-Roman past. Each stop adds a different detail, from the distinctive names of the fountains to the changing roles of the town’s public and religious buildings. It is a welcoming way to explore the town’s history one monument at a time.
The walk
Stops 1–6 of 14. The rest are in the app.
Fontaine des Prêcheurs
A working Aix fountain with a documented beginning in seventeen fifty-eight, but no recorded maker.
Église de la Madeleine
A Dominican church rebuilt after fire and collapse, now marked by Cézanne, Campra, and a remarkable art collection.
Couvent des Prêcheurs
A Dominican convent that became a court, schools, and an unresolved Picasso project.
Hôtel d'Oraison
An eighteenth-century residence assembled house by house, then seized as a national building in 1792.
Hôtel de Ville, Aix-en-Provence
A town hall rebuilt after war and fire, with a clock tower, revolutionary scars, and a royal façade.
Palace of Justice of Aix-en-Provence
A courthouse that took forty-four years, two hundred demolished houses, and a revolution to finish.
Stop 7
Stop 8
Stop 9
- 8 more stops in the app
Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places
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How a walk works
8 more stops in the app
This page shows the first 6 of 14 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.
Pick a walk
Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.
Pocket your phone
Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.
Listen as you arrive
On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.
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A guide who talks
Narration at every stop, starting on its own as you arrive — phone in your pocket.
The route, followed
A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.
In four languages
English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.
Or build your own
Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.
The unglamorous things
Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.
No signal needed
Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.
Picks up where you left off
Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.