Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Police Station
( 04 42 93 97 00; 10 av de l'Europe)
SOS Médecins
( 04 42 26 24 00)
Medical advice.
Tourist Office
( 04 42 16 11 61;
www.aixenprovencetourism.com
; 37 av Giuseppi
Verdi; 8.30am-7pm Mon-Sat, 10am-1pm & 2-6pm Sun, longer in summer)
Has tours,
sells event tickets.
Getting There & Away
See
www.lepilote.com
for transport information, and
www.info-ler.fr
for some regional
buses.
Air
Aéroport Marseille-Provence (
Click here
)
is 25km southwest and served by regular
shuttles.
Bus
Aix'
bus station
( 04 42 91 26 80, 08 91 02 40 25; av de l'Europe)
is a 10-minute
walk southwest from La Rotonde. Sunday service is limited. Services include Marseille
(€5, 35 minutes via autoroute, one hour via D8), Arles (€9.20, 1½ hours), Avignon
(€17.40, 1¼ hours) and Toulon (€12, one hour).
Train
Tiny
city centre train station
, at the southern end of av Victor Hugo, serves Mar-
seille (€8, 45 minutes).
Aix'
TGV station
, 15km from the centre and accessible by shuttle, serves most of
France. To Marseille it's 12 minutes (€8, 20 daily).
Getting Around
Circumnavigating the old town is a nightmare and metered street parking spaces hard to
find. Parking lots (about €15 per 24 hours) are plentiful, but if you're staying a few days
and want to ditch your car, drop bags at the hotel and park at on the edge of town at
Parc
Relais Route des Alpes
( 6.30am-9pm Mon-Sat;
1, 23, Mini 3)
or
Parc Relais
Hauts de Brunet
(24hr €2;
1)
and take the free shuttle to the centre.
TO/FROM THE AIRPORT & TGV STATION
Half-hourly
shuttles
( 04 42 93 59
13)
link Aix' bus station and the TGV station (€3.70) or the airport (€8) from 4.40am to
10.30pm.
