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Introducing Aix-en-Provence
A pocket of Left Bank Parisian chic deep in Provence, it’s hard to believe Aix-en-Provence is just 25km from chaotic, exotic Marseille. Aix (pronounced like the letter X) is all class: its plane tree–shaded boulevards and public squares are lined with 17th- and 18th-century mansions, and punctuated by gurgling, moss-covered fountains. The city’s grandest avenue, cours Mirabeau, is guarded by haughty stone lions – and by fashionable Aixois sipping espresso on wicker chairs on elegant café terraces.
Like Paris’ Left Bank, Aix is a prestigious student hub (and like Paris’ Left Bank, it’s expensive, too). First established in 1409, the Université de Provence Aix-Marseille has a 30, 000-strong campus, including many intensive French-language foreign students.
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