Sports & Leisure
Val de l?Arc sport complex adjoining the residence.
Horse-riding: Aix-Marseille Riding Centre 3.5 km away and the Pinchinats Riding Centre 6 km away.
Golf: Aix Golf (6 holes and driving range) 6.5 km away and the Aix-Marseille Golf Course (18 holes, driving range, 2 putting greens and 1 pitching green) 9 km away.
Tennis: Eight courts at the adjoining sports complex, the Tennis Club de la Tour d?Aygosi (2 km), the Set Club (16 courts including 6 hard courts and 4 indoor courts) (4 km), and the Country Club Aixois (18 courts: 6 hard courts, 7 clay courts and 5 indoor courts) 5 km away.
Squash: the Aix Squash Club 3.5 km away and the Aixois Country Club (2 courts) 5 km away.
Public swimming pools at the adjoining sports complex (open in July and August only) 50 m away.
The town
Its 17th and 18th century mansions give great charm to the town, as does the majestic Cours Mirabeau with its archway of plane trees, the Hôtel de Forbin and the Italian style façade of the Hôtel Maurel-de-Pontévès.
The Mazarin quarter with the Hôtel de Caumont, Arbaud Museum (collection of old glazed earthenware), Granet Museum (fine arts and archaeology), located in the old Palais de Malte.
Other sites are the Law Courts, the Natural History Museum and the Town Hall. Boulegon Street (Paul Cézanne), the Old Aix Museum (history, folk art and traditions of Aix and the surrounding area), the old Archbishop's Palace and the Tapestry Museum.
The fountains in Aix and the Sextius thermal baths contribute to the local décor.
Also worth seeing are the Tour Luque, rue Célony and the famous Pavillon Vendôme, the Cours Sextius, the Saint-Sauveur Cathedral, the Chapelle des Pénitents
The surrounding area
Guided tour with a Tourist Office guide or on your own: following in Cézanne?s footsteps: Château Noir, Mount Sainte-Victoire, the Cengle Plateau, the magnificent panorama of the Bimont Dam and Vauvenargues, picturesque villages perched in the Lubéron, Arles (76 km), the Alpilles Range, the Pays d?Apt and the Cistercian Abbeys of Sénanque and Thoronet.
La Bastide du Roy René is a former 15th century bastide which has been exquisitely renovated, offering you a stay of utmost comfort.
The residence is next to the Val de l?Arc sports complex and just 2.5 km away from the centre of Aix.