Marseille travel guide
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Visit Marseille: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Marseille is situated in the Bouches-du-Rhone department (Provence region) in the south-east of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Bouches-du-Rhone department. (General information: Marseille is 661 km from Paris and 892 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Marseille (page also includes a photo gallery for Marseille)
Popular places to visit near Marseille: these include Marseille at 1 km and Calanques at Marseille at 12 km.
Chateau d'If is a listed 'national monument' at 1km and Marseille is a listed 'town of art and history' at 1km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Marseille: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Marseille, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Marseille
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.
Note that all distances from Marseille shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Marseille holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Marseille (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 and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du 26e Centenaire (2km) : Parc Borély (4km) : Parc Longchamp (4km) : Jardin de la Magalone (4km) : Jardin d'Albertas (18km) : Parc municipal du Mugel (24km) : Jardin d'Eguilles (31km) : Jardin du château de Val Joanis (46km) : Jardin d’Elie Alexis (49km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau d'If (1km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Silvacane (La Roque-d'Antheron) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Martigues (29km) : Istres (39km) : Sanary-sur-Mer (40km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Marseille (1km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer (30km) : Ollioules (43km) :
- Grand Site of France: Montagne Sainte-Victoire (35km) :
Map of places to visit near Marseille & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Marseille
Canton: Marseille
Arrondissement: Marseille
Department: Bouches-du-Rhone
Region: Provence
Postcode: 13000
Distance to Marseille
from Marseille: 0 km
from Paris: 661 km
from Calais: 892 km
from Nice: 160 km
from Bordeaux: 505 km
from Strasbourg: 616 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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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 from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Marseille