Directions
from Marseille airport to Aix-en-Provence :
From Marignane to Aix,
take the green signed road, D 9 (chemin départemental
9 > shuhmahn dehparhtuhmaahntal nuhf <)
in preference to the blue signed highway (autoroute > ohtohrhoot <).
In either case, take a fork right as you clear the airport area. After approximately
three kilometers, a sign pointing right (blue for autoroute) invites you to
Marseille and Aix. Resist it. Stay on the green (D. 9) which veers left, cross
country,
passing over the Réaltor, (American camp during World War II), the Lac
Bleu, passing close to les Milles industrial zone, and take the autoroute Aix-Marseille
A 51, direction Aix-en-Provence, one kilometer past the large Carrefour / OBI
/ Saint Maclou shopping complex on your left. Stay on the autoroute for one
kilometer
and
take "Aix Centre" or the "Jas de Bouffan" exit 11/2 kms
beyond it. Follow signs. Note: The A 51 autoroute is often congested with traffic
shuttling back
and forth between Aix and Marseille. It is one of Frances rare autoroutes
not to charge toll. Even so, it is often worth avoiding.
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