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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Aix En Provence

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Aix-en-Provence, France

Updated March 17, 2016

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Unusual Attractions in Aix-en-Provence

Bibliotheque Mejanes

Aix-en-Provence, France

Bibliotheque Mejanes

A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.
Camp des Milles

Aix-en-Provence, France

Camp des Milles

Now a memorial, this factory was once used as a concentration camp for artists by the Vichy government.

Aix-en-Provence, France

Phallic Balconies of Place d'Albertas

Balconies that have a most unusual accent.
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Saint-Cannat, France

Le Village des Automates

An often-shuddersome journey into a low-tech, robotic themepark.
7 miles from Aix-en-Provence
The southern portal of the Rove Tunnel.

Marseille, France

Rove Tunnel

Longest canal tunnel in the world, abandoned in the 1960s.
14 miles from Aix-en-Provence
Bubble room at Attrap’Reves

Allauch, France

Attrap’Rêves Bubble Hotel

Sleep in a climate-controlled plastic bubble for the night.
14 miles from Aix-en-Provence
The French Resistance Memorials of Cadenet

Cadenet, France

The French Resistance Memorials of Cadenet

This stone memorial commemorates a group of French patriots slain by French fascists.
14 miles from Aix-en-Provence
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