Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France

Marseille et les Calanques

Metropolis areaCityCoastNature

4.5 / 5· Hidengo

The notebook of Marseille et les Calanques

Moving from great perspectives to secret details.

Large Mediterranean city, ports, districts, calanques and coastal paths.

At your own pace

Stroll Taste Photograph

Identity summary

Ideal duration

3 to 6 days

Best time

Spring · Summer · Autumn · Winter

Car

Possible without car depending on area

Type of stay

Metropolis area · City · Coast · Nature

Accessibility

Variable accessibility

Rhythm

Modular rhythm

General presentation

Marseille et les Calanques

Large Mediterranean city, ports, districts, calanques and coastal paths.

To understand what Marseilles and the Calanques are, you must look to the Old Port, Calanques and Mediterranean Culture. These places give you a view of a territory marked by the big city, urban life, the coastline and natural spaces and allow you to move from emblematic sites to more intimate stages.

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For a stay of 3 to 6 days, it is better to balance visits and travel times. Also to be anticipated: access to the calanques regulates and heat in summer. The trip can be organised without a car if the drop point and local connections are selected in advance. Accessibility varies from site to site and deserves to be checked step by step.

Calanques de Sormiou, Morgiou et Sugiton

Strengths and constraints

Strengths

Old Port
Calanques
Mediterranean culture

Before you choose

Access to calanques regulations
Heat in summer

Places worth visiting

A selection to start dreaming and organizing the stay — not an exhaustive list of everything there is to see.

Port

Vieux-Port

4.5 / 5· Hidengo2 to 4 hrs walking · estimate

The Vieux-Port focus Marseille In a very lively space, between boats, auctions, facades, ferries and hills in the background. We come there to feel the movement of the city as much as for the view, especially in the morning or on the return of a walk to the Basket or Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde.

Basilica

Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde

4.7 / 5· Hidengo30 min to 1 hr 30 on site · estimate

Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde dominates Marseille With a religious, popular and maritime presence. From the esplanade, the city spreads out into districts, ports, islands and hills; inside, the ex-votos recall the ancient link between the basilica and the sailors.

Neighbourhood

Le Panier

4.3 / 5· Hidengo2 to 4 hrs walking · estimate

Le Panier walk through a lattice of alleyways, stairways, colourful facades and small squares. The neighborhood shows a Marseille old and inhabited, where workshops, cafes, window linen and street art make up a more sensitive than monumental walk.

Calanques

Calanques de Sormiou, Morgiou et Sugiton

4.8 / 5· Hidengo1 to 2 hrs on site · estimate

Sormiou, Morgiou and Sugiton offer three approaches to the calanques, between limestone cliffs, turquoise coves, cabanons and exposed trails. The beauty of the place requires to deal with access, heat and regulation, but the reward is a very physical contact with the coast of Marseille.