Aix-en-Provence

[Leadfoot]

Any tips on where to stay in Aix-en-Provence?

We're going there for a long weekend in the middle of March to check out places/property between Aix & Nice (normally go to Nice but fancy a change), never been to Aix before so don't have a clue where to stay or what the nightlife is like.

We prefer to stay right in the centre of town so that everything is in walking distance

[chard]

Try this place not quite in the centre but you can walk to everything. I stayed here a couple of years ago quite quirky not disappointed,

http://cezanne.hotelaix.com/mentions-legales/legal...

Aix is a great place to stay not quite as much to do or as lively as Nice but v pleasent all the same,

[JONSCZ]

Hi Leadfoot. If you go by the indirect route between Aix and Nice, then this area is lovely
http://www.provenceweb.fr/e/groupes/verdon/pays.ht...
If you don't mind a smallish town, then http://www.provenceweb.fr/e/alaupro/castelan/caste... is a great little place to stay and see here for reviews of hotels http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotels-g677532-Castel...
Am very jealous that you are considering a place in that area - it is lovely. (some great roads up to the gorges, too).
HTH. Cheers, Jon

[Leadfoot]

Quite familiar with the Castelane & Gorges du Verdon areas. Very nice but it's on the wrong side of the hills for us - the weather on the coastal side is noticeably different in the winter (Sunny +16 DegC one side vs +8 & snow on the high ground on the other back in Jan).

We've checked out most places between Nice & Draguignan before, this time we're going to look between Aix & Cotignac - probably at places within 30mins of the A8 as I'll be commuting if we move down there.

[Leadfoot]

chard said:

Try this place

Looks good, but dunno if we want to spend that much on a Hotel as we don't tend to spend much time in it. 100 euros a night max would be better - can spend more on local produce then!

[JONSCZ]

This is a nice little town only a couple of miles from Cotignac - went there last year - http://www.beyond.fr/villages/aups.html
Jon