Aix-en-Provence (France)

Aix-en-Provence is a Rhone River cruise port and city in southern France, located approx 30 km (19 ml) north of Marseille. The city is also in the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region, and has population around 143,000.

Major tourst sights include:

• Cours Mirabeau (avenue planted with double-rowed trees and decorated by fountains). Cours Mirabeau divides the town into 2 sections and has its most famous brasserie (Deux Garçons) opened since 1792.
• Holy Saviour Cathedral  (aka Aix Cathedral) is to the city's medieval part, and built on a former Roman forum,
• Palais de Justice is France's 2nd most important Appeal Court (after Paris) located close to the former Palace of the Counts.

Aix is often called city of a thousand fountains, the most notable of which are the Four Dolphins (17th-century, in Quartier Mazarin) and 3 fountains located down-central Cours Mirabeau.