Gemenos travel guide
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Visit Gemenos: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gemenos is situated in the Bouches-du-Rhone department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 21 km from Marseille, the department capital. (General information: Gemenos is 668 km from Paris and 897 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Aubagne at 5 km from Gemenos
Popular places to visit near Gemenos: these include Aubagne at 5 km and Cassis at 11 km.
Cap Canaille is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 11km and Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer is a listed 'recommended detour' at 14km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Gemenos: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Gemenos, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gemenos
See France This Way travel guides for Bouches-du-Rhone and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Gemenos.
Note that all distances from Gemenos shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gemenos holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gemenos (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Provence and Bouches-du-Rhone gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Gemenos and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc municipal du Mugel (15km) : Parc du 26e Centenaire (19km) : Parc Borély (20km) : Jardin de la Magalone (20km) : Parc Longchamp (20km) : Jardin d'Albertas (25km) : Jardin d’Elie Alexis (29km) : Domaine d'Orvès (34km) : Jardin de Baudouvin (34km) : Jardin d'Eguilles (38km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau d'If (20km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Sanary-sur-Mer (24km) : Hyeres (45km) : Martigues (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Marseille (20km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer (14km) : Ollioules (25km) :
- Grand Site of France: Montagne Sainte-Victoire (27km) :
Map of places to visit near Gemenos & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gémenos
Canton: Aubagne
Arrondissement: Marseille
Department: Bouches-du-Rhone
Region: Provence
Postcode: 13420
Distance to Gemenos
from Marseille: 21 km
from Paris: 668 km
from Calais: 897 km
from Nice: 140 km
from Bordeaux: 524 km
from Strasbourg: 610 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Gemenos): Aubagne, Carnoux-en-Provence, Cuges-les-Pins, Roquefort-la-Bedoule and Roquevaire.
Getting here
Bouches-du-Rhone is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into the airport at Marseille or drive from the UK with a journey time of around 10-11 hours. For driving distances to Gemenos from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gemenos