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GARDANNE EN PAYS D’AIX

TOURIST GUIDE
TOURISM & HANDICAP

EDITO
RIAL
A symbol that ensures all welcome, accessibility and
comfort.
Founded in 2001, the label "Tourisme et Handicap" aims
to provide a reliable, descriptive and objective of the
accessibility of sites and tourist equipments by considering
the 4 types of disabilities (auditory, mental, physical and
visual) and to develop a suitable tourist offer.
In the context of the acquiring of the label Tourisme et
Handicap, and our quality approach, the Tourist Office is
committed to offer better services to all visitors.
This guide aims to meet the needs of persons with
disabilities.
The aim is to provide information on tourist sites, in order to
facilitate the preparation of your stay.

SUMMARY
The Tourist Office of Gardanne

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Tourist circuit

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Discover Gardanne

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Museums

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Nature

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Crafts and terroir

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Culture and Leisure

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Restaurants

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Accommodation

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Practical information

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Services to people

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Come to Gardanne

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Useful contacts

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Park

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THE TOURIST OFFICE
OF GARDANNE EN PAYS D’AIX
At your service!
31 boulevard Carnot 13120 Gardanne
Phone: +33442510273
Fax: +33982580273
contact@tourisme-gardanne.fr
www.tourisme-gardanne.fr
Our commitments: An accessible place...
An automatic ramp
An automatic door
A lowered reception desk
Adapted signs
A comfortable space
A shop with Southern flavors
A magnetic loop and amplifier
An adapted documentation (Gardanne, Pays d'Aix
and Bouches-du-Rhône)
Understanding assistance tools (blackboard, magnifying
glass…)

…and a professional staff
The staff is trained and sensitized at your service

Ms. NADEAU
Director

Ms. POLLION
“Tourism and
Handicap”
Adviser

Ms. VISSEAUX
“Quality
Tourism”
Adviser

Miss SANTILLI
Apprentice
in degree of
Tourism

TOURIST CIRCUIT PLAN
Length: 30 minutes

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DISCOVER GARDANNE

Boulevard Carnot

We are here in an area built
from the 19th century.
The traffic began to settle here in 1840. Prior to 1830, there were
only fields and gardens. Cours Carnot is actually an extension of
the old town and it was designed to connect the train station
(opened in 1877) and the city centre.
Prior to this, there was the St Pierre creek, which ran along the
foothills of the Cativel district.
It had been deflected in the years 1864-1869, through the “Lou
Perça” which has been dug under the Cativel hill
(old town), to leave room for Cours Carnot. It is the first sewer
(1868) and the first works of sanitation.

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Place de Gueydan

The fountain had been built in 1901 and it is the
Marquis Alphonse de Gueidan’s bust. This fountain
had been moved several times. Originally in the
middle of the road, it was removed in the 1950s
(car based urban planning), and was reinstated
in the 1990s, where you can see it now.
For history, Pierre de Gueydan was Counsellor at
the Court of Audit of Provence and bought in
1683 the castle and the domain of Valabre. It is his greatgrandsonLouis Joseph Alphonse de Gueydan, who will then have
the management of these domains. After his death, this is his wife:
The Marquise, who inherits from these domains. En 1882, when she
died, she bequeathed to the town of Gardanne all the property she
had inherited, with the obligation to base in Valabre an “agronomic
institute”. The agricultural school had been replaced nowadays by
the agricultural
secondary school, built on lands which are part of the legacy. You
can find at the castle the Civil Defence.

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Faubourg de Gueydan

At the entrance of the Faubourg de Gueydan, on the left,
you can see a building that
housed a public weigh house. It was used to weigh the good from
the freight wagons and
the first trucks. This public weight disappeared round 1950. The
Town Hall had placed nowadays benches.
In this district, houses here date from the 18th century. We can also
see on one of the houses a date engraved
"1739" (House No. 31).
Place Gambetta

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The plane tree that is there, could be the oldest of
Gardanne. The fountain, was built on the place
around 1886. Provençal name of this
fountain: la font dou lèbre = the fountain of the hare.
It was also the name of the place before it had been
attributed the name of Gambetta (Léon), french
politician. In 1870, he proclaimed the
third Republic. There was on this site a public washing place, but
the fountain has taken its place. Another public washhouse, with
shelter, was built a little before, on the street Jean Jaurès. It was
disused when arrived washing machines.
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Boulevard Bontemps

The current church was built on the
Cours in 1906 to replace the old SaintPierre church, because the population
had settled in the plain. Espace Bontemps
(exhibition hall on your right) was originally
a girls school run by nuns.
The Bontemps family hails from Gardanne. This family has given
five generations of head valet of French kings. Alexandre
Bontemps (1626-1701) was the first valet of Louis XIV.

Cours Forbin

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The houses on the side of the odd numbers had
Been built later than 1840. The city had bought on 17
December 1840, what was only at this era fields and
gardens to make a public promenade (main avenue
you can see nowadays). The avenue is named
Forbin, which was a great family from Provence.
Palamède de Forbin, who administers the
Provence in 1482, will choose to assign to his brother Jacques,
the lands of Gardanne.
Paul Cézanne’s house (on the sidewalk at right)
The famous painter Paul Cézanne, moved in August 1885 to 27
Cours Forbin with his family. His son will attend
the public school with the children of the
village.
Cézanne painted canvas in many places in
Gardanne as in Payannet, Ribas or the
Colline des frères (a hill).
In April 1886, he received in Gardanne the novel of Emile
Zola “L’œuvre” in which he recognizes himself in the failure of
a painter. It will subsequently end their friendship.

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Place Ferrer (behind the
town hall)

It is here that King René had his
hotel. Instead of the Town Hall
and
the current housings,
there were fields. King René
enjoyed come to Gardanne to
indulge in his favourite hobbies
such as hunting or fishing.

End of the walk

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MUSEUMS

THE MUSEUM GARDANNE AUTREFOIS
This museum will make you enter in the past by making you
relive one moment the everyday life of Gardanne’s inhabitants
between 1850 and 1950: tools of ancient professions, exhibitions,
traditional dresses of Provence and real-life situation of
everyday life artefacts.
Address: 21 rue Courbet, 13120 Gardanne
Information: Tourist Office +33442510273

Opening on Wednesday from 14:00 to 17:00 and the 2nd
Saturday of each month from 14:00 to 17:00.

OPEN-AIR MUSEUM PAUL CEZANNE
From the top of the Colline des Frères, an open-air museum had
been specially designed to allow you to admire the different
sights and the paintings of Cézanne, thus you can put yourself in
the shoes of the artist and to better understand how the
inspiration came to him.

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NATURE

ECOMUSEUM OF THE FOREST
The Ecomuseum of the forest is an ideal
place to discover the resources of the
mediterranean
forest.
Its
museographical area, will reveal the
mysteries of the forest floor,
adaptation of plants to drought,

the

the diversity of the ecosystem, the life of animals...
Outside, the park of the ecomuseum immerses you in an original
walk on a footpath about 1,5 km. (not accessible to wheelchairs)
Address: CD 7 Chemin de Roman 13120 GARDANNE
Phone: +33442654210
Open 6 days / 7 (closed on Saturday) from
September to June 9:00 -12:30 and 13:00 17:45

WALKS AROUND GARDANNE

Footpath of the Sainte
Victoire

Bimont dam and Bibemus
quarries

Footpath at the Berre’s

pond

Châteauneuf-les-Martigues,
Patafloux, Barlatier and Les
Paluns

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TERROIR AND CRAFTS

GARDANNE STREET MARKET
Along cours Carnot and boulevard Bontemps every
Wednesday, Friday and Sunday from 8:00 to 12:00.

MARUREL PRODUCTS
Since 1852 the confectionery manufactures its famous white
and black nougats and the calissons. On sale at the Tourist
Office

THE CATIVEL SAFFRON
Laurence and Laurent Olivier, saffron producers in Gardanne,
propose you to discover their production of a very high quality,
from the pistil of the crocus flower. On sale at the Tourist Office

THE CELLAR OF LA FÉRAUDE
Offer you white, red or rosé wine but also
fruit juices produced on the wine estate of Valabre. On sale at the
Tourist Office

ROULTATERRE WORKSHOP
Offers you to discover or rediscover the thousand facets of
working with clay. 251, roadside CD58. +33664965708

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CULTURE AND LEISURE

ESPACE BONTEMPS - Exhibition hall

Boulevard Bontemps
13120 Gardanne

+33442657700

NELSON MANDELA MEDIA LIBRARY

Boulevard Paul Cézanne
13120 Gardanne

+33442511516

GARDANNE MUNICIPAL POOL

Avenue Léo Lagrange
13120 Gardanne

+33442658189

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RESTAURANTS

RESTAURANTS

Mall
Carrefour Market
Route d'Aix
Brasserie
13120 Gardanne
La

Le Trois
Cafet

La

11 cours Forbin
13120 Gardanne

L'étape

+33442513391

36 cours de la

Fontaine République 13120
Gardanne

chêne
vert

+33442510555

ZA Bompertuis

+33442279312

+33626061511

13120 Gardanne

Route de Marseille
CD6
13320 Bouc Bel Air

+33442226190

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ACCOMMODATION

ACCOMMODATION

Bed and
Breakfast
La Bartavelle

348 chemin des
Amandiers
+33442588590
13105 Mimet

Route de
Marseille CD6
Hôtel l'Etape*** 13320 Bouc Bel
Air

Hôtel B&B**

Avenue Paul
Julien
13100 Le
Tholonet

+33442226190

+33892702505

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PRACTICAL INFORMATION

1. EMERGENCY NUMBERS
European emergency numbers: 112 or 114 (hearing-impaired
persons)
Fire brigade: 18
Ambulance: 15
Poison Control Centre: 18 or +33491752525
Police station: 17 or +33442588202
Municipal police: +33442583414
Doctor on-call: +33442506015
On call pharmacies: 3237

Medical permanence of emergency: +33442506015
Missing children hotline number: 119 000
SOS vétérinaire: +33442599062
2. ADMINISTRATIVE
Town hall - Handicap commision Cours de la 
République 13120 Gardanne /+33442517900

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Postal ServiceCité Administrative
Rue Jules Ferry 13120 Gardanne / 36 31
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Communal Centre for Social Action
Rue des Rosiers Biver 13120 Gardanne / +33442123075
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3. ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC WASHROOMS
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Boulevard Bontemps

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Avenue de la Libération

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Avenue Léo Lagrange

4. BANKS AND AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINES
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Banque populaire Provençale et Corse - 12 Boulevard
Bontemps 13120 Gardanne / +3342517330
BNP Paribas - 6 rue Jules Ferry 13120 Gardanne / +33820820001
Caisse d'Epargne - 18 Avenue de Nice 13120 Gardanne /
+33820864809

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Crédit Agricole - Cité Administrative Rue Jules Ferry 13120

Gardanne / +33484608412
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Crédit Mutuel - 6 Faubourg de Gueydan 13120 Gardanne /

+33820311447
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La Poste - Cité Administrative Rue Jules Ferry 13120 Gardanne /

36 31
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LCL - 34 cours de la République 13120 Gardanne /

+33442654118
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Société Marseillaise de Crédit - 15 Boulevard Forbin 13120

Gardanne / 04 42 65 42 90

5. PHARMACIES
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Pharmacie du Lycée - 129 Avenue Pierre Brossolette 13120

Gardanne / +33442515816
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Pharmacie du Marché - 5 Cours de la République

13120 Gardanne / +33442583014
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Pharmacie du Collège - 1 rue Jules Ferry 13120 Gardanne /

+33442580007

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Pharmacie Marion - 2 Boulevard Carnot 13120 Gardanne /

+33442583409

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Pharmacie Central - Mall Carrefour Market Route d’Aix

13120 Gardanne / +33442583139

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Pharmacy Sud - Quartier Font de Garach bd Peton 1312

Gardanne / +33442513015

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Pharmacie de Biver - Place de l'Eglise 13120 Gardanne

/ +33442124503
6. HALLS TO RENT / RECEPTION HALLS

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Espace Bontemps - Boulevard Bontemps 13120 Gardanne
La Maison du Peuple - Avenue Léo Lagrange 13120 Gardanne

Le Foyer Nostre Oustaou - Avenue Léo Lagrange 13120

Gardanne

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Biver festival hall - Place de Biver 13120 Gardanne
Cultural department of Gardanne: +33442657700

7. HEALTH / MEDICAL EQUIPMENTS
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Hearing Board (auditory equipment) - boulevard Carnot
13120 Gardanne / +33442512832
Audika (auditory equipment) - 16 Cours Forbin 13120
Gardanne / +33442658783
Health centre François Billoux - 5 rue des ecoles 13120

Gardanne / +33442659191
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Dental Health Center - 384 avenue de Toulon 13120

Gardanne / +33442654610
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Medical centre of Route Blanche - Route Blanche 13120
Gardanne / +33442511291
Gardanne medical (medical equipment) - Avenue des
Écoles 13120 Gardanne Avenue / +33442533978
La Maison - Palliative care centre - Route blanche

Quartier le Pesquier Sud 13120 Gardanne / +33442657360
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Medical emergency - 57 Avenue de Nice 13120 Gardanne /

+33442506015
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Hospital Avenue des Tamaris, 13616 Aix-en-Provence

+33442335000
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Medical test laboratory—18 cours de la

République, 13120 Gardanne / +33442654265
8. SPORT

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Pesquier gymnasium - Rue charles Pauriol 13120

Gardanne / +3342511393

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Gymnasium Leo Lagrange - Avenue Leo Lagrange

13120 Gardanne / +33442510671
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Le Studio - Gym - Zone industrielle Avon 13120

Gardanne / +33442240598
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Gardanne municipal pool - Avenue Leo Lagrange

13120 Gardanne / +33442658189
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Biver Stadium Albert-Curet - Chemin des angles 13120
Biver / +33442513404
Tennis club Gardannais - ZI la Palun 1 rue Emmanuelle Vitria
13120 Gardanne / +33442509299

9. SUPERMARKETS / FOOD

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Carrefour market - Rue du Petit Chemin d'Aix

13120 Gardanne / +33442126700
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Intermarché - CD 6, Quartier de l'oratoire 13120 Gardanne /

+33442510026
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DIA - Rue borély 13120 Gardanne / +33442581650
La Fontaine Bio - 9 bd bontemps 13120 Gardanne /

+33442392463
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Lidl - 62 avenue de Nice 13120 Gardanne / +33800005435
Leader Price - Boulevard Pont de Peton, 13120 Gardanne /
+33442522394
Netto - 8 Avenue Jean Macé, 13120 Gardanne +33442515779

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SERVICES FOR PEOPLE

ETINCELLE 2000
Association for assistance to persons with disabilities.
Transport 7 days a week with drivers’ accompanying
services. By reservation.
Route Blanche 13120 Gardanne
+33442582688 / www.etincelle2000.com
ULYSSE
Transport company specialised in transport and accompanying
of people with reduced mobility.
+33820825800 / www.ulysse-transport.fr
LH MOBILITE
Taxi company. Carriage of persons with reduced mobility.
+33442540388
LOCATIONS DE VEHICULES / APAR LOCATION
Car rental company (with or without driver) specialised in the
automobility which proposes adapted vehicles to the
carriage of persons with reduced mobility. +33160159379 /
www.escapadelibertemobilite.org

HANDYNAMIC
Car rental arranged for the transport of passengers in
wheelchairs. +3328555111

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COME TO GARDANNE

GARDANNE

By car: On the expressway D6 that reach the highway A51
(Marseille-Aix) and the highway A8 (Nice-Aix).
By train: Line 12 Marseille/Aix/Pertuis, railway station
of Gardanne.
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SNCF - ACCÈS PLUS

08 90 640 650 then type 1 or another phone number: 3635 and say
“access more” www.accessibilite.sncf.com
By plane: Marseille Provence airport (Marignane) at 30 km.
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MARSEILLE PROVENCE AIRPORT

Assistance to persons with reduced mobility: you must contact your
airline at least 48 hours

before your flight to benefit of the assistance service.
+33442141414 / www.mp.aeroport.fr
By bus:
Cartreize line 64 Trets/Marseille
Pays d'Aix line 181 Meyreuil/Aix-en-Provence
Pays d'Aix line 194 Bouc-Bel-Air/Gardanne
Pays d'Aix line 161 Trets/Pole d’activité d’Aix
Varlib line 4002 Brignoles/Gardanne
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LE PILOTE

To help you prepare your movements in the department of
Bouches-du-Rhône: +33810001326 / www.lepilote.com

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USEFUL CONTACTS

Association Tourisme et Handicaps
43 rue Marx Dormoy 75018 Paris Phone:
+33144111041 www.tourismehandicaps.org

Bouches-du-Rhône Tourisme
Tourism and Handicap label
13, rue Roux de Brignoles 13006 MARSEILLE Phone:
+33491138413
www.visitprovence.com

Regional Tourism Committee
Official site of the Regional Tourism Committee of the Provence-Alpes Côte d’Azur
Region, which lists all certified Tourism and Handicap
address: www.handitourismepaca.fr

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CAR PARK

PARKING SPACES FOR DISABLED PEOPLE GARDANNE

NUMBER

Avenue des écoles

1

Cité Administrative

4

Parking Mistral

3

Parking Molx

1

Cours de la République

1

Cours Forbin

1

Boulevard Carnot (50 meters from the Tourist Office)

1

Boulevard Pont de Péton

1

Leader Price car park, Pont de Péton

2

Carrefour Market

7

Avenue Brossolette, Pharmacy

1

Avenue Léo Lagrange Square Allende

2

Avenue Léo Lagrange, Rond point du Lycée

1

Avenue Léo Lagrange, Parking de la Piscine

2

Ecole Fontvenelle

2

Avenue de Toulon, in front of the school

1

Avenue de Toulon

2

Avenue Maurel Agricol, Ecole Veline

2

Avenue Maurel Agricol, police station

1

Avenue des Airs, in front of Brassens school

1

19 rue Borély

1

Boulevard Paul Cézanne, media library

2

Avenue de Nice, LIDL car park

2

Avenue de Nice, Zone La Palun

5

Avenue Victor Hugo

1

Parking near the train station

2

Avenue Charles de Gaulle

1

Avenue Jean Jaurès

1

Rue du Repos, cemetery

1

930 La Plaine mall

2

Intermarché La Plaine

5

Avenue Charles Pauriol, Collège Pesquier

2

Town hall of Biver car park

1

Avenue des Rhododendrons, Biver car park

1

Biver car park, in front the church

1

Behind the Gardanne Town Hall

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THE TOURIST OFFICE
OF GARDANNE EN PAYS D’AIX
31 boulevard Carnot 13120 Gardanne
Phone: +33442510273
Fax: +33982580273

contact@tourisme-gardanne.fr
www.tourisme-gardanne.fr
Open from Monday to Saturday from
9:00 to 13:00 and 14:00 to 18:00 and
Sunday morning in July and August