Aix en Provence, France 4K update
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France has many beautiful cities. One of the finest, that we will be showing you in this episode is Aix-en-Provence, a town with that special ambience of the outdoor restaurants, the cafes, the pedestrian lanes, the little fountains, the historic buildings, street markets, and all kinds of wonderful sights to explore. We will be taking you there on a daytrip showing you how many wonderful things you can see in only six hours. Of course, if you have more time, this would be a delightful place to spend a couple of nights, or maybe a couple of weeks.
Colorful street markets are one of the fine attractions here, and they happen every day. But the main markets are on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. We will be showing you a lot, later in the program.
And we will spend a lot of time walking through those pedestrian lanes, looking at the little plazas, the historic sites like City Hall, fountains surrounded by café tables, and much more.
Aix is famous for its fountains, with several big ones along this main street of the Cours Mirabeau, and the sidewalk restaurants. It's one of the most glorious boulevards in the country.
During our visit the main market square was under renovation, and so everything had moved to this main boulevard of the Cours Mirabeau, which was wonderful. It became a pedestrian promenade with all of the stalls set up and all the sidewalk restaurants along it. Most famously, Les Deux Garcons.
We'll come back to this main street of Cours Mirabeau later in the program, but for now it's time to dive into the pedestrian zone - show you quickly on the map an outline of where we're going, straight up through the main square of City Hall to the Cathedral, then back around and down in a big loop circuit that brings us along some of the main pedestrian lanes, then back to Cours Mirabeau and see more of that fascinating street market.
Turning away from the sidewalk cafes of the Cours for now, we take a stroll into the old town along Rue Clemenceau, a typical street, mostly for pedestrians and lined with shops.
And there's another market one more block further on Rue Vauvenargues called Place Richelme. It's a beautiful little plaza with trees and sunshine streaming in. The natural lighting is filtered by the leaves to give it a golden glow, and another lovely mix of items for sale.
Then you will soon arrive at the prettiest of all squares in town, the Place de l’Hôtel de Ville, the City Hall Square.
The clock tower was built in 1510 and became the symbol of local power in the city, towering over the City Hall.
The main pedestrian lane continues north, changing names now to Rue Gaston de Saporta Rue and leads to Aix's main church, the Cathedral of St-Sauveur.
The transit system here has these minibuses, a very efficient way to get around. They can carry seven people, and they have a low floor that makes it easy to get in and out. You just buy your ticket from the bus driver.
Rue Espariat is one of the main streets of the old town, with many more attractive side lanes along the way.
At this point we have just about come full circle in our little walk around the old town of Aix.
Place d'Albertas is named after one of the city's leading 18th-century families in 1724 Henri d'Albertas built his private mansion on the Parisian model of royal palaces. The fountain in the center was created in 1862.
Around the corner is yet another charming spot the Place St. Honore, the usual outdoor café tables with elegant shops around it and some old streets leading off from it.
People love these outdoor clothing markets because you have a tremendous variety of goods for sale, and the prices are generally lower than you'll ever find in a store.
These same vendors usually come back each week catering to mostly local clientele, so they've got to keep the quality fairly decent and the prices very good.
In the other section of the market are the wonderful foods of Provence. You've got a big variety of fresh foods here - your vegetables, most of them grown in the south of France. If it's out of season, wintertime if it's they would be brought in from perhaps the Middle East, or Israel, from Africa, or Italy, but the south of France has got a wonderful climate for growing agricultural products all year round. And one of the specialties is the olive. There must be hundreds of kinds of olives that are produced in France.
As a visitor you're probably not doing any cooking, so you don't need to purchase vegetables, but you might just get some fresh fruits, or some snacks for the road. And there's always some kind of selection of prepared foods that are ready-to-eat, whether it's a simple sandwich, or an elaborate paella. And just to enjoy the people watching here in the scenery the colors the smells the sounds the beautiful buildings all around, it makes for an adventure just in itself.
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My favorite spot in all the world! Thank you for the best ever CZcams tour, reminding me why I loved it so much during visits in 1954 and 2005.
A great place to stay for two weeks and use as a home base. Superb transportation and really walkable. Everywhere you go fantastic sites and those fountains. Oh the tasty foods, cheeses, pastries, meats, and food. Did I miss to say food???? One of my favorite places to stay besides Nice!!!😍😍😍
I'm staying there for university (fac de lettres). Wonderful place though
@@claracloro I'm so jealous!!!
Ça c'était la vie d' avant !!!
Exactement :')
My town ! I'm so proud
Me too
This video was filmed during the " good old times ". Thanks for sharing my beautiful city ! It remember me the time when we could meet up with friend, sitting on a lovely terrace and enjoying the fine food or a refreshing drink.
How is life in aix lately? I'm planning a trip there with my friends in early September so an update would be much appreciated 😊 thanks?
@@mistralcaydamli5268 Way better now ! You gonna enjoy your weekend ! Restaurants, bars, streets, shops, parks, markets, etc. You can now enjoy the City !
@@sofian_ezn Thank you so much for your reply 😊 I really appreciate it. Have a good day 🌸🙏🏻
@@mistralcaydamli5268 See you there :) You too ;)
Dennis's travel videos are the best, always fun to watch.
Everyone is enjoying afternoon tea. ☺️ The sun is shining brightly. 🌤🌤 The church is full of mystery. The age of the statue adds to its beauty
Well said!
The map is hillarious!
yes, it does gt a bit complicated! Too many beautiful lanes.
Nice video. Thank you for sharing.
Wow ! Such an amazing Walk in Aix en Provence !!! 🧡💛
Thank you, it's an amazing place
🍎👍 We spent a week here in 2017 and it was so
relaxing and beautiful. Loved walking around the Cezanne walk. Thanks for this return trip. -H
I love your videos and especially from AIX! 😄 Thank you for bringing me there whenever I want to! Your videos and your calm voice is fantastic! Thank you for this new video!! 🥰🌟
A lovely town. Thanks for showing us.
It's a lovely town that makes me happy just by watching the video!😃 Thanks for sharing!😉
I have never been to Aix-en-Provence, but by your video, you made me love it. Thanks for sharing
Thank you Dennis, great video as usual
Great & Thank you for this video.
Excellent video.
Cheers from Brazil.
Mister
denniscallan great, great video like always, total relax, also music is amazing
its from me to france🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
In july 2018 I visited Aix for 2 week and everyday using that bus to Marignane... This town its really nice... 👍
it's a nice video for Aix en Provence, I really liked your CZcams channel, I traveled with you, good luck
Good video my friend👍👍👍
Very nice video. ❤️Hello, greetings from new friend👍👌
I'm not a fan of buses, and luckily there is a train station in the centre of the city, too, but from Avignon that would have been a detour via and change in Marseille and over 2 hours, so yeah. Still, depending on where you stay, the local train or TER is often more convenient and a lot cheaper.
A very nice video, I liked it a lot. I am Mexican and may go visit that beautiful area in this year.
I wanted to know about that specific place and I'm glad I clicked on this video.
Good time for the team who made it, and all the viewers. (3
france is my big dream🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
agréable à regarder-- visages...
Welcome to the most beautiful city in the world :p
Yes MY lovely and beautiful Aixie, so proud of you❤️. on est fières de notre petite ville , merci pour la vidéo , et je suis vraiment désolée car le restaurant "Les Deux Garçons" a été incendié 😭😭, il n'existe plus.
L'époque ou tout était cool
Please can you indicate the exact date(s) of the shooting day(s) in center Aix ? Thank you
Dennis, which camera are you using for video? Looks great.
Thank you. Amazingly, this is 4K shot with the iPhone 10
@@denniscallan Funny, I thought you might have said that. iPhone video quality is quite amazing these days. Thanks.
And, I mount the iPhone on a gimbal, which is attached to a monopod, so I can hand-hold for smooth shots while walking, then put monopod to the ground when needing a stable shot. The entire rig weighs practically nothing. Now that I revealed my secrets, everyone is free to compete.
@@denniscallan I for one prefer to watch your videos rather than compete. :)
I'm living in Aix en Provence. Many thanks for this video which shows some interesting places in the city!
Excuse me, r u living close to the outer mer archive center ???
Hi Dennis please share more latest tours of yours in 2021
Je veux y visiter!!
I accepted in the Axe-Provence université... What do you advice me
Although this was published just over a year ago it was obviously filmed before 2020 as there is not a mask in sight, unlike now. It would be very helpful to subscribers if you mentioned what year and month you were there. Thanks.
people in Europe are not wearing masks much now
@@denniscallanSeen very recent videos on other channels where there are still some. Not the majority for sure but still there in parts of Eastern France.
hello everyone i would like to ask about the safety in aix-en-provence in terms of pickpockets and scammers especially for tourists.
from what I've seen that is minimal, but you always need to be careful.
For drugs, cocaine, heroin, you have to go to Encagnane, Jas de Bouffan, Corsy, Beisson, etc ...
If you have a dog, where do they go to the bathroom in this city?
Did Israel move? At 10:18 I got confused as to whether Israel got moved out of the Middle East lol
Oh you are very perceptive, but yes, they have not moved, still in Middle East. It happens with my casual way of creating narration, lots of research and plenty of improvisation, often flying without a script.
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So no masks??? like here in Canada...
before covid. I live here, there are far less people and they all wear mask. some areas looks abandonned, it's giod
No it was shot before covid
You
df???? 2????13 ?? 🚦 ???? 📻
please tell me why tf I’m watching a video on my own city?
Parce qu'on est tous égocentriques. Je suis même déçu qu'il n'ait pas parlé de mon quartier... les allées provençales :P
Because your hometown is one of the most beautiful places in the world!! :)