Pushing on towards the East, the Maures and the Esterel mountains on the jagged shoreline, with their blood-red rocks diving into the sea herald the Côte d’Azur.
Opposite Hyères, the Iles d’Or: Porquerolles, Port-Cros and the Levant are marine parks and a traffic-free paradise.
Further on, the beaches of Saint-Tropez, Saint-Raphaël and Nice with its famous Promenade des Anglais are less than 2 hours away from Aix on the motorway.