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Fears on Aix

By Aixcursion Provence
Free cancellation available
The previous price was £11 and current price is £8 per adult
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Overview

Crimes, executions, epidemics, wars… Aix has had its share of misfortunes… ! With Yann, Graduate Guide-Speaker, Storyteller and History Teacher, discover the dark side of the city…

Aix, former capital, has experienced many misfortunes in its long history! Its foundation by the Romans also meant the destruction of Entremont… We will discuss the great legal cases of Aix: witchcraft, crimes of passion or scoundrels! Aix also affected by conflicts, the plague of 1720 or the revolution…
Come and discover the dark side of the city with Yann, real Aixois who grew up here, eager to share with you the secrets of this dark and beautiful city…

Activity location

  • Cours Mirabeau
    • Aix-en-Provence, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Tourist Information Center
    • 300 Avenue Giuseppe Verdi
    • 13100, Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

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Fears on Aix
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • French
Language options: French
Starting time: 10:00
Price details
£10.42
£8.34 x 1 Adult£8.34
Total
The previous price was £10.42 and current price is £8.34
20% off

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Outdoor City Tour with a Guide. (walking tour!)
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Drink and Food
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    No transport included: the tour is 100% on foot

Know before you book

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Not recommended for children and sensitive people
  • In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Cours Mirabeau

  • 10m
The hanging of Pascalis and the murder of the Marquise d'Entrecasteaux

Rue Sallier

  • 10m
Discovery of the institution of refuge: hospital or prison for women?

Place Forbin

  • 10m
Aix during the Wars of Religion

Cour d'appel - Palais Verdun

  • 10m
Major judicial cases tried and sometimes committed in Aix

Place des Prêcheurs

  • 10m
The Gaufridy affair and the great Aixoise executions

Place des Trois Ormeaux

  • 5m
Aix caught in the Italian wars!

Place des Martyrs de la Resistance

  • 10m
Aix during the Second World War and the yoke of the Nazis

Rue Gaston de Saporta

  • 5m
In 1611, Aix was hit by a rain of blood...

Paroisse Cathédrale Saint Sauveur Aix-en-Provence

  • 5m
The legend of Saint-Mitre

Rue Venel

  • 10m
Provence lost between a third and a half of its population in 1720 due to the plague of...

Cours Sextius

  • 10m
Not far from Aix took place the deadliest battle ever fought in France

Location

Activity location

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    Cours Mirabeau
    • Aix-en-Provence, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Tourist Information Center
    • 300 Avenue Giuseppe Verdi
    • 13100, Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

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