Around Aix-en-Provence, cycling routes are organised into regular loops between plains, hills and Provençal villages. The roads to Le Tholonet, Vauvenargues or Puyloubier offer routes that are very popular with local cyclists, with a mix of short climbs and flat sections. Further south, the roads open up towards garrigue landscapes and the foothills of the Étoile massif, while the west leads to agricultural plains and the vast open expanses of the Bouches-du-Rhône.
Mont Sainte-Victoire alone structures much of the cycling around Aix-en-Provence. The roads surrounding it allow you to cycle around it or approach its most striking slopes, with regular passages through Vauvenargues or Puyloubier. The ascent is not a single road but a set of routes that allow for varied approaches, between the gentler southern slope and the wilder northern slope. It is an emblematic training ground, as much for sporting outings as for long rides.
Road cycling around Aix-en-Provence is characterised by regular and varied routes through Provençal landscapes. Secondary roads pass through vineyards, pine forests and typical villages, with a constant succession of small hills. This gradual terrain allows for long rides constructed without extreme difficulty, in an atmosphere that is very representative of inland Provence.
The routes to Le Tholonet, Puyloubier or Vauvenargues offer accessible and very scenic excursions around Aix-en-Provence. These routes alternate quiet roads, views of Sainte-Victoire and crossings of Provençal villages, with a strong tourist and contemplative dimension.
