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This itinerary visits five villages to the southeast of Aix-en-Provence. The route is a loop, with a total distance of 65 km (about 1h35 driving time).
Route Map
Route. [20 km, 26 min]
Depart Aix to the east, on Bvd Poilus and then Route Cézanne; this is the D17 via Le Tholonet and St Antonin-sur-Bayon to Puyloubier.
Puyloubier
Churches: 14th-c Sainte-Marie, 1870 Saint-Pons. Chapels: Saint-Pancrace, 14-c Saint-Roch.
Location: 18 km east of Aix-en-Provence, at the eastern end of the Sainte Victoire mountain.
Route. [9 km, 13 min]
Head south on the D12 and follow it directly to Trets. Trets
A market town in a wine and farming area. Medieval origins, with prehistoric ancestry. Chateau with ramparts; Romanesque Notre-Dame de Nazareth church; theSaint-Jean-du-Puy Chapel on a nearby peak was once an hermatige.
Location: 20 km southeast of Aix-en-Provence.
Route. [14 km, 16 min]
The simplest way is to return north 4 km and turn left (west) on the N7 to Chateauneuf-le-Rouge. Chateauneuf-le-Rouge
The village has a 16th/17th century park of about 8 hectares, including a labyrinth of box bushes.
Location: 10 km east of Aix-en-Provence, beside the N7, on the southern flanc of the Sainte Victoire mountain chain
Route. [5 km, 10 min]
Go south on the small D46, passing below the autoroute and the N7, then over the top of a second autoroute and on to Fuveau. Fuveau
A picturesque 11th-century village with a backdrop of Sainte Victoire. Fuveau village has a number of chapels from the 16th to 19th centuries, an 18th century Medieval portail, an oil mill and a 19th-c lavoir. A museum of butterflies (papillons) and Provencal transportation.
Location: 11 km southeast of Aix-en-Provence.
Route. [9 km, 15 min]
Go west, then NW on the D96 (direction "Aix" via La Barque). At the junction with the N7 turn left (west) onto the route de Valbrillant to Meyreuil. Meyreuil
The 11th-century chapel Saint-Marc de l'Arc was enlarged in 1444.
Location: Small village 5 km southeast of Aix-en-Provence.
Route. [7 km, 12 min]
Go west, then immediately right (north) on the route de Font Gamette (D58H) via the Pont des Trois Sautets to Aix-en-Provence.
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