Marseille to Aix-en-Provence - Provence and the Cote d'Azur - page 351

23 Pizza Capri C3

24 Produce Market B2

25 Restaurant Pierre Reboul C3

Drinking

26 Le Med Boy A2

27 Les Deux Garçons C3

Entertainment

28 Ciné Mazarin B4

29 Cinéma Renoir C4

30 Le Mistral C4

31 Le Cézanne B4

Shopping

32 Book in Bar C4

33 Cave du Félibrige B2

34 Flea Market C3

35 Place aux Huiles D4

36 Roy René B2

Cours Mirabeau
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No avenue better epitomises Provence's most graceful city than fountain-studded cours
Mirabeau, sprinkled with elegant Renaissance hôtels particuliers and crowned with a
summertime roof of leafy plane trees. Named after the revolutionary hero Comte de Mira-
beau, it was laid out in the 1640s. Cézanne and Zola famously hung out at Les Deux
Garçons Offline map Google map (53 cours Mirabeau; 7am-2am) , one of a clutch of
pavement cafes. It buzzes with people-watchers despite its elevated prices and mediocre
food.
Among the most impressive hôtels particuliers is Hôtel d'Espargnet (1647) at No 38,
now home to the university's economics department. Photography and contemporary art
gets an airing inside Hôtel de Castillon, now the Galerie d'Art du Conseil Général des
Bouches du Rhône Offline map Google map ( 04 13 31 50 70; 21bis cours Mirabeau;
admission free;

HISTORIC QUARTER

9.30am-1pm & 2-6pm Mon-Sat) .