Why go
- City in southern France.
- Served by Marseille Provence Airport (MRS).
History
Marseille is a city in southern France, the prefecture of the Bouches-du-Rhône department and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in Provence, it marks the eastern end of the Côte Bleue on the Mediterranean coast. Marseille is the second-most populous city proper in France, after Paris, with 886,040 inhabitants in 2023 over a municipal territory of 241 km2 (93 sq mi). Together with its suburbs and exurbs, the Marseille metropolitan area, which extends over 3,972 km2 (1,534 sq mi), had a population of 1,917,728 as of 2023. The cities of Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, and 90 suburban municipalities have formed since 2016 the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, an indirectly elected metropolitan authority now in charge of wider metropolitan issues, with a population of 1,939,077 as of 2023. The southeast of Marseille is in Calanques National Park, making Marseille the only large city in France to have a national park within city limits.
Airports
✈ Airlines & flight paths — 38 airlines, 86 direct destinations
- Ryanair FR (737-800) · 34 routes: Agadir, Bordeaux, Brest, Cagliari, Catania, Chania, Charleroi, Edinburgh, Eindhoven, El Aroui, Essadouira, Fes, Gothenborg, Ibiza, Lille, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Malaga, Malta, Marrakech, Nantes, Oujda, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Porto, Rabat, Rome, Sevilla, Tanger, Tours, Valencia, Warsaw, Zadar
- Air France AF (A319, A320, ATR 72, A321, 318, A320) · 25 routes: Ajaccio*, Algier, Amsterdam, Athens, Bastia*, Berlin, Biarritz-bayonne, Bordeaux, Brest, Calvi*, Figari*, Istanbul, Lille, Marrakech, Milano*, Moscow, Nantes, Paris, Paris, Prague, Rennes, Rome, Tel-aviv, Tunis, Venice
- Air Algerie AH (737-800, 736) · 9 routes: Algier, Annaba, Batna, Bejaja, Constantine, Ech-cheliff, Oran, Setif, Tlemcen
- Alitalia AZ (ATR 72, A319, A320) · 8 routes: Ajaccio, Bastia, Calvi, Figari*, Milano, Paris*, Rome*, Venice*
- Aigle Azur ZI (A319, A320) · 7 routes: Algier, Annaba, Bejaja, Constantine, Oran, Setif, Tlemcen
- Corse-Mediterranee XK (ATR 72, A320) · 5 routes: Ajaccio, Bastia, Calvi, Figari, Milano
- Twin Jet T7 (BEH) · 5 routes: Geneva, Metz, Milano, MLH, Pau
- Airlinair A5 (ATR 42, CRJ, CRJ-700, ERJ-145, Embraer 170) · 3 routes: Lyon, Strasbourg, Toulouse
- Iberia Airlines IB (A320, CRK) · 3 routes: Barcelona*, Madrid*, Palma de Mallorca
- Tunisair TU (736, A320, A319, A320) · 3 routes: Djerba, Monastir, Tunis
- XL Airways France SE (A330-200, A330-300) · 3 routes: Dzaoudzi, Paris, St.-denis
- Aegean Airlines A3 (A320) · 2 routes: Athens, Heraklion
- Lufthansa Cargo LH (A319, A320, Embraer 190, A320, Embraer 195, CRJ-900) · 2 routes: Frankfurt, Munich*
- Royal Air Maroc AT (737-800) · 2 routes: Casablanca, Marrakech
- Vueling Airlines VY (A320) · 2 routes: Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca
- Aer Lingus EI (A320) · 1 route: Dublin
- Aeroflot Russian Airlines SU (A319, A321) · 1 route: Paris*
- AeroMéxico AM (A319) · 1 route: Paris*
- Air Madagascar MD (A340-300) · 1 route: Antananarivo
- Air Malta KM (A320) · 1 route: Malta
- Air Transat TS (310, 330) · 1 route: Montreal
- American Airlines AA (A319) · 1 route: London*
- British Airways BA (A319, A320) · 1 route: London
- Brussels Airlines SN (AR1) · 1 route: Brussels
- Delta Air Lines DL (A319) · 1 route: Paris*
- easyJet U2 (A319, A320) · 1 route: London
- El Al Israel Airlines LY (737-800, 767-300) · 1 route: Tel-aviv
- Ethiopian Airlines ET (A319, A320, A320) · 1 route: Frankfurt*
- Etihad Airways EY (A319) · 1 route: Paris*
- Finnair AY (A319) · 1 route: Paris*
- Flybe BE (32S) · 1 route: Paris
- Germania ST (FRJ) · 1 route: Augsburg
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines KL (32S) · 1 route: Amsterdam*
- Nouvel Air Tunisie BJ (A320) · 1 route: Djerba
- Olympic Airlines OA (A320) · 1 route: Athens*
- Pegasus Airlines PC (737-800) · 1 route: Istanbul
- TAP Portugal TP (Fokker 100, ERJ-145) · 1 route: Lisbon*
- Turkish Airlines TK (A319, A321, 737-800) · 1 route: Istanbul
Routes and aircraft from OpenFlights (open data; a point-in-time snapshot). * = codeshare. Linked destinations open their own guidebook. Flight numbers are not in the open data — they come from the airline or a paid schedule feed.
Getting there by ferry
Where things are
Photographs
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When to go
The warmer, longer-day half of the year is the safest bet for a first visit.
Cooler and quieter, with fewer visitors and better value.
Short days and the coldest weather — check local conditions before travelling.
Getting there & around
Getting there. The nearest airport on record is Marseille Provence Airport (MRS). Check rail and road links from the tourism sources below. By air: MRS has direct flights to 86 destinations on 38 airlines (incl. Paris, Milano, Ajaccio, Algier, Athens…). By water: 6 ferry terminals within 20 km (nearest: Château d'If - Parc National des Calanques, 1.4 km); routes include Ferry Boat, Ferry-Boat : Hôtel de Ville -> Place aux Hulies, Ferry-Boat : Place aux Huiles -> Hôtel de Ville.
Getting around. Use the map above to orient yourself; nearby hotels, attractions and places to eat are listed from the live Ultimate data for Marseille, France. Local transit details will be added as the guide is expanded.
Local transit
Trains & rail
Coaches & shuttles
Private aviation
On-demand charter, jet cards and the semi-private scheduled carriers that serve this city.