Since 2013, the impetus given by the choice of Marseille as European Capital of Culture has been confirmed. The neighbouring city of Aix-en-Provence, rival and complementary, birthplace of Paul Cezanne, has also enriched its cultural offer with the renovation of the hotel de Caumont, which hosts high quality exhibitions.
All of this coupled with the tourist attractions of an incomparable destination, Provence: cultural excellence in a region of sunshine, where the sea, gastronomy and lifestyle are the promise of an exceptional stay.
In 2022 the hotel de Caumont is offering a superb exhibition of Raoul Dufy, while Marseille has created a replica of the Cosquer cave, the original of which, immersed in the Calanques, contains 500 works of cave art. Finally, the “Carrieres des Lumières” at Les Baux-de-Provence presents “Venice, La Serenissima” and “Yves Klein: infinite blue”.
THE HIGLIGHTS OF THE TOUR
Villa Mediterranee, Marseille: Replica of the Cosquer cave (from June 2022)
Hôtel de Caumont, Aix-en-Provence: Raoul Dufy Exhibition, May 5-Sept 18, 2022
The Carrieres des Lumières, Les Baux de Provence :
Yves Klein : infinite blue and Venice, La Serenissima
THE TOUR in detail
step by step
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DAY 1 : Arrival, visit of Marseille
Arrival by TGV at one of the three stations in Provence : Marseille center, Aix or Avignon.
Welcome and discovery of Marseille, founded in 600 BC by the Phoenicians. The capital of Provence, a large port, has always been a crossroads of ideas, races and civilizations. From Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde, view the magnificent panorama over the city and the Mediterranean.
Check-in at the hotel. Welcome dinner in the Old Port, the city’s major gathering center. Perhaps you will choose the famous “bouillabaisse”, a fish soup from Marseille.
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DAY 2 : The MUCEM, the replica of the COSQUER Cave
At the entrance to the Old Port, floating between sky and sea, we admire the exterior architecture of the MUCEM, exclusively dedicated to Mediterranean cultures.
Nearby, the Villa Mediterranee, in an exceptional cantilever, exhibits the replica of the Cosquer cave, an archaeological treasure submerged in the creeks of Marseille and whose representations of sea animals, horses and humans have been restored.
After a journey along the boat of Henri Cosquer, the explorer, it is installed in modules equipped with headphones that you will get as close as possible to the works and understand
the exceptional underwater adventure that was their discovery. Last stop in the archaeological interpretation center.
In the afternoon, boat trip to Château d’If, where the famous Count of Monte Cristo, hero of Alexandre Dumas was said to have been prisoner.
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DAY 3 : Aix-en-Provence, the city, the Atelier of Cezanne and Raoul Dufy at the hotel de Caumont
A walking tour of Aix-en-Provence which offers the charm of a baroque capital, with its cathedral and its beautiful old houses, its squares and its fountains where it is sweet to bask…
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