We stayed for about two weeks mid-November to visit our daughter who was studying in Aix and the apartment was perfect!
PROS:
- Excellent location to everything in the Centre Ville: daily street markets, a Monop', cafes, restaurants, patisseries, boulangeries...
- Safe location and secure building
- Quiet, warm and perfectly appointed apartment
- Parking available at a nearby garage (for a nominal fee) AND super easy exit from the garage to the Aix périphérique for trips to nearby towns and Marseille
- AMAZING hosts! Kristine and Thierry are pros - they were available when we had questions and checked in with us several times during our stay to make sure things were ok and offered great recommendations.
CON: You'll have go home at some point....
Some places we liked near the apartment: Tonkin Food (200 ft away, great Vietnamese take-out), Le Countrepoint for burgers, Licandro Le Bistro, Maison Weibel for "correct" pastries, FarinomanFou for bread, Fromagerie Savelli for cheese and
Brûlerie Richelme for coffee.
Nearby towns to visit: Cassis and its calanques, Marseille and nearby calanques, Rousillion, Gordes, L'ile sur la Sourge (Sunday market), Avignon, Ménerbes, Lourmarin (Friday market), Moustiers-Saint-Marie and nearby lake, Sisteron, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Eygalières...so many more...
Merci beaucoup Kristine et Thierry, j'espère que nos chemins se croisent encore. xo