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Marseille to Aix-en-Provence
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Why Go?
Radiating out from the Vieux Port, Marseille's irresistible magnetism draws you in to its vi-
brant, polyglot heart. The city has undergone an extensive facelift for its reign as European
Capital of Culture 2013, and now boasts world-class museums, galleries and performing
arts. Allow yourself at least 48 hours to take in Marseille's compelling sights, and the dra-
matic Les Calanques - rocky inlets gashed by the seas of the ice age resulting in the spec-
tacular coastline that snakes southeast to Cassis. Heading north from Marseille, the land-
scape softens to the green and purple hues of Pays d'Aix (Aix Country) that Cézanne loved
so much, with charming, bourgeois Aix-en-Provence at its centre.
