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Cassis, 20 minutes away

  • Small tourist train :

Visit of Cassis and the Port-Miou peninsula

5€ adult, 2.50€ child – ticket office at the tourist office

 

  • Museum of Mediterranean Art and Popular Traditions : 

Rue Xavier d’Authier, 04.42.18.36.78

Open Wednesday to Saturday, 10am to 12.30pm and 2.30pm to 5.30pm

Free or guided tour 3€.

 

  • La Savonnerie de Cassis : 

13 avenue du Revestel, 09.82.28.79.56

Open every day from 10am to 8pm

Free

 

  • Le Four Banal : 

Rue Thérèse Rastit, 04.42.01.39.94

Open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 5pm

Wednesday from 9am to 12.30pm

Free

 

AUBAGNE, 10 minutes away

  • Marcel Pagnol’s Little World :

Exhibition of santons and clay crafts

Atelier Thérèse Neveu, 4 cours de Clastre, 04.42.71.17.81

Open Monday to Saturday from 9am to 12.30pm and 2pm to 5.30pm

Free of charge

 

  • Marcel Pagnol’s birthplace :

16 cours Barthélémy, 04.42.03.49.98

Open Monday to Sunday from 9:30am to 12:30pm and 2pm to 5:30pm

3€ adult, 2€ student and 1,50€ child, guided tour possible

 

  • The village of santons in Provence: 

Staging a Provencal village

16 avenue Antide Boyer, 04.42.18.17.18

Open Tuesday to Saturday from 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 6pm, Thursday from 2pm to 6pm

Free

 

MARSEILLE, 20 minutes away

  • MUCEM Museum of Civilisation and the Mediterranean:

7 promenade Robert Laffont, 04.84.35.13.13

Open every day except Tuesday from 10 am to 7 pm (10 am to 8 pm from July to September)

Full price €11, reduced price €7.5

 

  • Little tourist train :

Three routes to discover Marseille

174 Quai du Port

8€ adult, 4€ child

 

  • La Bonne Mère : 

Basilica with a breathtaking view of the city

Rue Fort du Sanctuaire, 04.91.13.50.80

Open every day from 7am to 6.15pm

Free

 

  • Covered market Saint-Victor :

33 rue d’Endoume

Open Tuesday to Sunday from 7.30am to 2pm, Tuesday and Wednesday from 5.30pm to 8.30pm

and Thursday to Friday from 5.30pm to 10.30pm

 

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, 40 minutes away

  • Museum Granet :

Place Jean Boyer, 04.42.52.88.32

Open Tuesday to Sunday from 12 to 6 pm and from 10 am to 7 pm in summer

Full price 6€, reduced price 5€, free for under 18s, students…

 

  • Hôtel de Caumont :

Art Centre, 3 rue Joseph Cabassol, 04.42.20.70.01

Open every day from 10 am to 7 pm

Full price 14,5€, Reduced price 11,5€.

 

  • Museum of Calisson :

5380 Route d’Avignon, 04.42.39.29.82

Open Monday to Saturday from 10am to 12pm and 1pm to 5.30pm

Free, guided tour with tasting possible 6€.