Aubagne: the Quintessential Town of Southern Provence.

Twenty minutes from Marseille, 30 minutes from Aix and 40 minutes from Toulon, Aubagne sums up the essence of Provence. With a historic hillside old town, it's the centre of ceramicists and santonniers (santon-makers), is the birthplace of Marcel Pagnol, and is set in a stunning, typically southern provençal landscape. It even has a pastis distillery. And did we mention the Foreign Legion? Click here to read more.