Gift ideas Aubagne

Maryse di Landro perpetuates the traditional know-how of the since 1976 santon. The workshop then leads all hand, with their clothes. Each santon requires between 2 and 4 hours. You will have understood, here, the small figures are 100% made in Aubagne! It is this precision work of which you can discover in the workshop. Demonstrations of creation, moulding, cooking, decoration and sewing are offered in the course of this guided tour. And on the first floor, you will not find a museum with not less than 400 figures stage according to different themes (Nativity, the village of Aubagne, the combination of Provence...) as well as a fine collection of objects and clothes of the 19th century. Finally, a passage in the shop is mandatory: there are more than 500 models of different figurines, simple rooms and accessories of nurseries updated each year. Among the new 2014: the borie, electric mill, the bridge, Mireille and Vincent on horseback and Menton. You can also find many amenities provençal providing has pretty (soap, pottery, cicadas ceramic).

Master santon maker since 1977, Jacques Walser welcomes you to his shop in old Aubagne to admire his magnificent creations and understand the art of santon making, so dear to Marcel Pagnol's native region. From conception to manufacture, nothing will escape you, all the secrets will be told to you. It is also an opportunity to appreciate the latest pieces produced, displayed in the window. Even if the season is not suitable if you go there in summer, you can complete your Christmas crib by incorporating Flore's know-how.