Marseille airport travel guide
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Visit Marseille airport: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Marseille airport is situated in the Bouches-du-Rhone department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 20 km from Marseille, the department capital. (General information: Marseille airport is 642 km from Paris and 873 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Carry-le-Rouet at 13 km from Marseille airport
Popular places to visit near Marseille airport: these include Carry-le-Rouet at 13 km and Martigues at 14 km.
Martigues is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 13km and Jardin d'Albertas is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 16km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Marseille airport, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Marseille airport
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 Marseille airport.
Note that all distances from Marseille airport shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Marseille airport holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Marseille airport (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 Marseille airport and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin d'Albertas (16km) : Jardin d'Eguilles (19km) : Parc du 26e Centenaire (23km) : Parc Longchamp (24km) : Jardin de la Magalone (24km) : Parc Borély (24km) : Jardin du château de Val Joanis (37km) : Jardin à la française du Pavillon de Galon (42km) : Jardin de l'Alchimiste (42km) : Parc municipal du Mugel (44km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau d'If (20km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lourmarin (38km) : Ansouis (39km) : Menerbes (44km) : Baux-de-Provence (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Silvacane (La Roque-d'Antheron) (32km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Montmajour (Arles) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Martigues (13km) : Istres (20km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Marseille (20km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer (49km) :
- Grand Site of France: Montagne Sainte-Victoire (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Marseille airport & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Marseille airport
Canton: na
Arrondissement: na
Department: Bouches-du-Rhone
Region: Provence
Postcode: na
Distance to Marseille airport
from Marseille: 20 km
from Paris: 642 km
from Calais: 873 km
from Nice: 168 km
from Bordeaux: 488 km
from Strasbourg: 605 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Marseille airport): Berre-l'Etang, Gignac-la-Nerthe, Marignane, Rognac, Saint-Victoret and Vitrolles.
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 Marseille airport from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Marseille airport