Visit the Bouches-du-Rhône departement
Bouches-du-Rhône (13) is a department bordering the Mediterranean
Sea, Marseille is the Prefecture. Marseille is the oldest city in France,
founded by the Greeks around 600 BC, it also dispute with Lyon the place
of France's second largest city. It is above all a great port facing the
Mediterranean Sea and beyond. Yet the traditional capital of Provence
Aix-en-Provence, the capital of the former county of Provence. Arles was
also an imperial capital at the time of the Late Roman Empire. In addition
to beautiful cities full of history, the territory Bouches-du-Rhone has
exceptional natural sites that are symbols of Provence: the Calanques
between Marseille and Cassis, the Camargue plain and the peaks of the
Alpilles and the jewel Baux
de Provence, where we keep the traditions of Provence.
