A small cobbled square just off Rue Espariat, with a single fountain in the middle and four identical eighteenth-century facades around it. Place d'Albertas is one of the prettiest stops in the old town, and on warm evenings it fills with the sound of buskers — the acoustics are surprisingly good and the chamber-music programme of the summer Aix festival sometimes uses it as a stage.
Come at sunset, sit on the rim of the fountain, and look up at the balconies. The wrought-iron details are absurdly elaborate and include a row of phallic carvings that the original owner thought funny. The whole square is two minutes' walk from the Cours Mirabeau but feels like a different city.