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Aix-en-Provence

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

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Aix-en-Provence, France

Bibliotheque Mejanes

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

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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.

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Phallic Balconies of Place d'Albertas

Balconies that have a most unusual accent.

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Le Village des Automates

An often-shuddersome journey into a low-tech, robotic themepark.

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Marseille, France

Rove Tunnel

Longest canal tunnel in the world, abandoned in the 1960s.

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Allauch, France

Attrap’Rêves Bubble Hotel

Sleep in a climate-controlled plastic bubble for the night.

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Cadenet, France

The French Resistance Memorials of Cadenet

This stone memorial commemorates a group of French patriots slain by French fascists.

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