Explore · Guest Post · Stay Fit Venelles: Big New Swimming Pool May 23, 2016Yet again I wonder how all this is affordable …compared to our base in England where we have been using the same small, chilly pool for decades. But this new swimming complex looks as though it will be lovely, so lucky for Venelles and for Aix too. …Continue Reading
Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Explore · Villages Towns and Cities Take a Walking Tour the Fountains of Aix-en-Provence March 10, 2020Fountains and Roman Baths Aix-en-Provence is known as the City of Water. Settled in 122 BC by the Romans who found natural springs, they called the city Aquae Sextiae after one of their important consuls Sextius Calvinus. The “Waters of Sextius” provided the population with water (both hot and cold) for daily life, animal husbandry …Continue Reading
Explore In Love with Aix February 12, 2015Jill Cowdry shares her love for Aix in photos just before Valentine’s Day. Enjoy these colourful, festive images and more in her original My Dreamy Provence “In Love with Aix” blog post.…Continue Reading
Barefoot Blogger · Explore · Locals Travel Tips The Simple Ways Tourists Make the Best of Hot Weather July 14, 2015For days the temperature has hovered around the ninety degree mark in Uzes. Next week, they say, it’ll hit ninety-nine. For those who live in hot-weather areas around the world, ninety degrees is not so bad for summer. In France, when it’s this hot, it breaks records. Century-old buildings with thick walls …Continue reading here…Continue Reading