By Car in Provence

A6-A7 (a toll road) from Paris, known as the Autoroute du Soleil—the Highway of the Sun—takes you straight to Provence, where it divides at Orange, 659 km (412 mi) from Paris; the trip can be done in a fast five or so hours.

After route A7 divides at Orange, A9 heads west to Nîmes (723 km [448 mi] from Paris) and continues into the Pyrénées and across the Spanish border. Route A7 continues southeast from Orange to Marseille, on the coast (1,100 km from Paris), while A8 goes to Aix-en-Provence (with a spur to Toulon) and then to the Côte d'Azur and Italy.

Car Rental

Avis (11 bd. Gambetta, Aix. 04-42-21-64-16.)

Budget (Bd. St-Roch, Avignon. 04-90-27-94-95.)

Hertz (43 av. Victor Hugo, Aix. 04-42-27-91-32.)