{"id":1303745,"date":"2026-09-30T13:34:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T13:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1303745"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:32:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:32:49","slug":"marseille","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/france\/marseille\/","title":{"rendered":"Marseille"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":1302293,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-city","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_country_stats":"","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"","hw_hub_country_facts":"","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"","hw_hub_country_cities_live":"","hw_hub_country_cities":"","hw_hub_country_trips_title":"","hw_hub_country_trips_intro":"","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"","hw_hub_country_do_title":"","hw_hub_country_do_body":"","hw_hub_country_do_points":"","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"","hw_hub_country_do_more":"","hw_hub_country_food_title":"","hw_hub_country_food_body":"","hw_hub_country_food_points":"","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"","hw_hub_country_food_more":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"","hw_hub_country_money_title":"","hw_hub_country_money_body":"","hw_hub_country_money_points":"","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"","hw_hub_country_money_more":"","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"","hw_hub_country_season_title":"","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"","hw_hub_country_season_note":"","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"","hw_hub_country_events_title":"","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"","hw_hub_country_events_source":"","hw_hub_country_events_country":"","hw_hub_country_events_count":"","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_country_events":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_faq_tit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city guide","hw_hub_city_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Marseille","hw_hub_city_hero_intro":"Rough, sunlit and Mediterranean rather than French: France's oldest city, its most mixed, and the best value on the south coast.","hw_hub_city_hero_image":"1304159","hw_hub_city_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_city_hero_cta":"Where to stay | #areas\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_city_live_stats":"1","hw_hub_city_stats":"600 BC | Founded by Greek sailors from Phocaea\r\n20 km | Of limestone calanques along the coast\r\n300 | Days of sunshine a year","hw_hub_city_intro_title":"France's oldest city, and its least French one","hw_hub_city_intro_body":"Greek sailors founded Marseille around 600 BC, which makes it the oldest city in France by a wide margin, and twenty-six centuries of Mediterranean traffic have left it looking outward rather than towards Paris.\r\n\r\nIt is a port city with a port city's character: loud, mixed, North African and Corsican and Comorian as much as French, with a reputation for crime that is largely about neighbourhoods visitors never go near.\r\n\r\nThe Vieux-Port is the centre of everything, with the hill and basilica of Notre-Dame de la Garde above it and the Panier \u2014 the oldest quarter, now full of murals and small shops \u2014 climbing north.\r\n\r\nThe calanques are the reason many people come: white limestone inlets with turquoise water, stretching twenty kilometres east towards Cassis, reachable on foot or by boat.\r\n\r\nTwo or three days, plus a day for the calanques.","hw_hub_city_facts":"Getting in | TGV from Paris 3h15, \u20ac40\u2013110. Airport bus 25 minutes, about \u20ac10\r\nGetting around | Metro and tram about \u20ac1.80. The centre is walkable but hilly\r\nCurrency | Euro\r\nThe calanques | National park. Access is restricted in summer on fire-risk days \u2014 check before setting out\r\nSwimming | Beaches south of the port, and the calanques. Both busy in July and August\r\nTipping | Service is included. Rounding up is plenty","hw_hub_city_areas_title":"Where to stay","hw_hub_city_areas_intro":"A port at the centre, a hill above it, and beaches to the south.","hw_hub_city_areas_map":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_zoom":"13","hw_hub_city_hostels_pins":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_live":"","hw_hub_city_areas":"Vieux-Port | First-timers | The old harbour: restaurants, ferries to the islands, transport and most of the beds. | 43.2950 | 5.3740 |  | \nLe Panier | Oldest quarter | North of the port: narrow lanes, murals, small shops and the best atmosphere in the city. | 43.2980 | 5.3670 |  | \nCours Julien and Notre-Dame du Mont | Nightlife and street art | East and uphill: the bar quarter, covered in street art, with the youngest crowd. | 43.2930 | 5.3840 |  | \nPrado and the beaches | Sea and quiet | South: the city beaches, the Corbusier building and a calmer residential feel on the metro. | 43.2700 | 5.3850 |  | ","hw_hub_city_itin_title":"How long have you got?","hw_hub_city_itin_intro":"The routes we would walk, in the order we would walk them.","hw_hub_city_itin":"","hw_hub_city_do_title":"Things to do in Marseille","hw_hub_city_do_body":"Go to the calanques. The national park runs twenty kilometres east from the city: white limestone cliffs dropping into turquoise water, reachable by boat from the Vieux-Port, by bus and a walk from Luminy, or on foot from Callelongue. Sugiton and En-Vau are the famous ones. Access is restricted on high fire-risk days in summer and the restrictions are published each morning \u2014 check before you set out, because the closures are enforced.\r\n\r\nWalk up to Notre-Dame de la Garde. The basilica sits on the highest point with the whole city, the port and the islands below it. Free, and a real climb, or bus 60.\r\n\r\nMuCEM, the museum of Mediterranean civilisations, sits at the harbour mouth in a black concrete lattice connected to a seventeenth-century fort by a footbridge, about \u20ac11.\r\n\r\nTake the boat to the Ch\u00e2teau d'If, the island prison of The Count of Monte Cristo, about \u20ac6 each way plus entry.\r\n\r\nThen walk the Panier, which is free and is the oldest part of the city.","hw_hub_city_do_points":"The calanques | Turquoise inlets east of the city. Check fire closures first\r\nNotre-Dame de la Garde | Free, on the highest point, with the whole city below\r\nMuCEM | About \u20ac11, and the building is half the reason\r\nCh\u00e2teau d'If | The island prison from Monte Cristo","hw_hub_city_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_city_do_more":"All things to do in Marseille","hw_hub_city_free_title":"Free things to do in Marseille","hw_hub_city_free_body":"Notre-Dame de la Garde is free, and the walk up through the streets is part of it.\r\n\r\nThe Panier costs nothing and is the best wandering in the city \u2014 murals, washing lines, small squares and the Vieille Charit\u00e9 almshouse courtyard.\r\n\r\nThe calanques are free on foot. The walk from Luminy to Sugiton takes about an hour and a half each way, and Callelongue at the end of the bus line is the start of the coastal path.\r\n\r\nThe city beaches at Prado and the Plage des Catalans are free, with the Corniche walk running along the sea between them and the port.\r\n\r\nCours Julien is an open-air street art gallery that changes constantly, and the Vieux-Port fish market runs every morning.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"The calanques on foot | Free. Luminy to Sugiton is 90 minutes each way\r\nNotre-Dame de la Garde | Free, and the view over everything\r\nThe Panier | Free, and the oldest quarter in France\r\nCity beaches | Free, with the Corniche walk between them","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free-things-to-do","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in Marseille","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking in Marseille","hw_hub_city_food_body":"North African food is the everyday strength here and the best value \u2014 couscous, tagine and merguez across the city at \u20ac10 to \u20ac16, and the Noailles market area is where to find it.\r\n\r\nBouillabaisse is the famous dish and a genuine one is expensive, \u20ac50 to \u20ac70 a head, because it needs several specific rock fish. Anything advertised at \u20ac20 is not it. Restaurants signed up to the bouillabaisse charter serve the real version.\r\n\r\nPanisses \u2014 chickpea fritters \u2014 and a pastis at a port bar are the cheap local ritual.\r\n\r\nA lunch formule runs \u20ac13 to \u20ac18, and the fish stalls on the Vieux-Port sell the morning's catch.\r\n\r\nA beer is \u20ac4 to \u20ac6 and pastis about the same, and Cours Julien is cheaper than the port for both.","hw_hub_city_food_points":"North African food | \u20ac10\u201316, and the everyday strength of the city\r\nReal bouillabaisse | \u20ac50\u201370. The \u20ac20 version is not it\r\nPanisses and pastis | The cheap local ritual\r\nLunch formule | \u20ac13\u201318","hw_hub_city_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_city_food_more":"All food guides for Marseille","hw_hub_city_nightlife_title":"Going out in Marseille","hw_hub_city_nightlife_body":"Cours Julien and the streets around Notre-Dame du Mont are the centre of it: bars covered in street art, a young mixed crowd, and prices well below the coast east of here.\r\n\r\nThe Vieux-Port has the terraces and the visitors, and costs more for less.\r\n\r\nThe Friche la Belle de Mai, a converted tobacco factory, holds concerts, a rooftop bar and a genuinely good programme.\r\n\r\nA beer is \u20ac4 to \u20ac6 and cocktails \u20ac8 to \u20ac12.\r\n\r\nMarseille goes out late and the summer nights run long, with much of it outdoors. The metro closes around 12.30am, later at weekends.","hw_hub_city_nightlife_points":"Cours Julien | The bar quarter, cheap and covered in murals\r\nLa Friche | A converted tobacco factory with a rooftop\r\nCheaper than the Riviera | Beer \u20ac4\u20136, cocktails \u20ac8\u201312\r\nMetro to about 12.30am | Later at weekends","hw_hub_city_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_city_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Marseille","hw_hub_city_transport_title":"Getting around Marseille","hw_hub_city_transport_body":"Metro, tram and bus run on one ticket at about \u20ac1.80, with day tickets available. Two metro lines cover most of what visitors need.\r\n\r\nThe centre is walkable but genuinely hilly, and the climb to Notre-Dame de la Garde is steep enough that bus 60 is a reasonable choice.\r\n\r\nThe airport is 25 minutes by shuttle bus for about \u20ac10.\r\n\r\nTGV reaches Paris in three and a quarter hours at \u20ac40 to \u20ac110 depending on booking, Lyon in an hour forty, and Nice in two and a half.\r\n\r\nFor the calanques, bus 21 to Luminy or bus 20 to Callelongue are the walking approaches, and boats leave the Vieux-Port through the season.","hw_hub_city_transport_points":"One ticket, about \u20ac1.80 | Metro, tram and bus\r\nHilly | Bus 60 up to the basilica is not cheating\r\nAirport | 25 minutes by shuttle, about \u20ac10\r\nCalanques | Bus 21 to Luminy, or a boat from the port","hw_hub_city_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_city_transport_more":"All transport guides for Marseille","hw_hub_city_money_title":"What Marseille costs","hw_hub_city_money_body":"The best value city on the French Mediterranean. Dorms are \u20ac20 to \u20ac35, a lunch formule \u20ac13 to \u20ac18, and a beer \u20ac4 to \u20ac6.\r\n\r\nA day is \u20ac45 to \u20ac80.\r\n\r\nCompare that with Nice two and a half hours east, where the same trip costs a third more, and the calanques are free where the Riviera beach clubs are not.\r\n\r\nThe spends worth making are MuCEM at about \u20ac11 and, if you want it, a proper bouillabaisse at \u20ac50 to \u20ac70.\r\n\r\nSummer is peak and July and August push beds up sharply.","hw_hub_city_money_points":"Dorm bed | \u20ac20\u201335\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac45\u201380\r\nCheaper than the Riviera | By about a third for the same trip\r\nThe calanques are free | Where the coast east of here charges","hw_hub_city_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_city_money_more":"All budget guides for Marseille","hw_hub_city_safety_title":"Staying safe in Marseille","hw_hub_city_safety_body":"Marseille's reputation is largely about organised crime in the northern quartiers, which are residential areas well away from anywhere visitors go. The centre is ordinary.\r\n\r\nWhat does affect visitors is bag snatching and phone theft, which is more common here than in most French cities \u2014 around the Vieux-Port, on the metro, at Saint-Charles station and on the beaches.\r\n\r\nDo not leave anything on a beach towel while you swim.\r\n\r\nThe calanques are the real hazard. They are exposed limestone with no shade or water, temperatures exceed 35\u00b0C in summer, and paths run along cliff edges. Take more water than you think, wear proper shoes, and check the morning's fire-risk closures \u2014 the park closes access on high-risk days and the restrictions are enforced.\r\n\r\nEmergency number is 112.","hw_hub_city_safety_points":"Bag snatching | More common here. Port, metro, station and beaches\r\nCalanques in summer | No shade, no water, 35\u00b0C and cliff paths\r\nCheck fire closures | Published each morning and enforced\r\nNothing left on the towel | While you swim","hw_hub_city_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_city_safety_more":"All safety guides for Marseille","hw_hub_city_trips_title":"Day trips from Marseille","hw_hub_city_trips_intro":"Calanques, a Roman city and Provence, all within ninety minutes.","hw_hub_city_trips":"Cassis and the calanques | 45 minutes | Train, about \u20ac7 | A fishing port at the eastern end of the calanques, with boat trips into the inlets and a vineyard behind it. |  | 1304301\nAix-en-Provence | 30 minutes | Bus, about \u20ac6 | Fountains, plane trees, a market most mornings and C\u00e9zanne's studio. Wealthier and calmer than Marseille. |  | 1304290\nArles | 1 hour | Train, about \u20ac16 | A Roman amphitheatre still in use, and the town where Van Gogh painted more than two hundred canvases. |  | 1304291\nLes Calanques on foot | 1 hour | Bus 21 to Luminy, about \u20ac2 | The walking route into Sugiton and Morgiou, free, and the cheapest way to see the park. |  | 1304289\nAvignon | 1 hour | TGV, \u20ac15\u201330 | The papal palace, the broken bridge, and the gateway to the rest of Provence. |  | 1304292","hw_hub_city_trips_tag":"day-trips","hw_hub_city_trips_more":"All day trips from Marseille","hw_hub_city_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_city_season_intro":"May, June, September and October. July and August are hot, full and often closed in the calanques.","hw_hub_city_season_note":"Average highs. The mistral, a cold northerly wind, blows hard for days at a time mostly in winter and spring \u2014 it clears the sky completely and makes the temperature feel several degrees lower.","hw_hub_city_season_rows":"January | 12 | 2 | Mild, bright and cheap. The mistral makes it feel colder\r\nFebruary | 13 | 2 | Quiet and mild. Good walking weather\r\nMarch | 16 | 3 | Warming. Excellent for the calanques\r\nApril | 18 | 4 | Very good. Warm days, empty paths, cold sea\r\nMay | 22 | 5 | Excellent. Everything open and the sea usable\r\nJune | 26 | 5 | The best month. Long evenings and warm water\r\nJuly | 29 | 5 | Hot and packed. Calanque closures common on fire-risk days\r\nAugust | 29 | 5 | The same, hotter. Much of the city on holiday\r\nSeptember | 25 | 5 | Superb. Warmest sea of the year and thinner crowds\r\nOctober | 21 | 4 | Very good value. Still swimmable early in the month\r\nNovember | 16 | 2 | Wet by local standards. Quiet\r\nDecember | 13 | 2 | Mild and cheap. Christmas santon market at the port","hw_hub_city_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_city_events_intro":"A clay figurine market at Christmas, and a summer festival calendar.","hw_hub_city_events_source":"api","hw_hub_city_events_count":"8","hw_hub_city_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_city_events_cta_label":"All events in Marseille","hw_hub_city_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/france\/marseille\/","hw_hub_city_events":"Foire aux Santons | Late November to December | Vieux-Port | A market selling santons, the painted clay nativity figures made in Provence, running since the eighteenth century. |  | \nF\u00eate de la Musique | 21 June | Citywide | Free live music across the streets and squares of the whole city. |  | \nFestival de Marseille | June to July | Citywide | Dance, theatre and music across venues including the Friche and outdoor sites. |  | \nCalanques fire closures | June to September | Calanques National Park | Access is restricted on high fire-risk days, published each morning. Check before setting out. |  | \nFootball season | August to May | Stade V\u00e9lodrome | Olympique de Marseille, and a matchday atmosphere that is among the most intense in Europe. |  | ","hw_hub_city_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_city_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel. Per person per night, in euros.","hw_hub_city_budget_note":"July and August run well above these. The calanques cost only a bus ticket, which is why the doing line can stay low.","hw_hub_city_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 20 | 14 | 4 | 3\r\nMiddle of the road | 34 | 30 | 6 | 15\r\nComfortable | 62 | 52 | 9 | 35","hw_hub_city_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_city_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Marseille","hw_hub_city_hostels_intro":"A good scene around the Vieux-Port and Cours Julien, at the best prices on the coast. Live from Hostelworld.","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Marseille","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/france\/marseille\/","hw_hub_city_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_city_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_city_picks":"Best for solo travellers |  |  | \nBest for a party |  |  | \nQuietest |  |  | ","hw_hub_city_hostels":"","hw_hub_city_faq_title":"Marseille travel questions","hw_hub_city_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_city_faqs":"Is Marseille safe? | The centre is ordinary. The reputation comes from organised crime in the northern quartiers, which are residential areas nowhere near where visitors go. What does affect visitors is bag snatching and phone theft, which is more common here than in most French cities \u2014 around the Vieux-Port, on the metro and on the beaches.\r\nHow do I get to the calanques? | Bus 21 to Luminy and walk, about ninety minutes each way to Sugiton, or bus 20 to Callelongue for the coastal path. Boats also run from the Vieux-Port. The walking route is free and is the best way to see them.\r\nAre the calanques ever closed? | Yes. The national park restricts access on high fire-risk days through summer, the restrictions are published each morning, and they are enforced. Check before you set out \u2014 people arrive at the trailhead and find they cannot go in.\r\nHow much is real bouillabaisse? | \u20ac50 to \u20ac70 a head, because it needs several specific Mediterranean rock fish. Anything advertised at \u20ac20 is a different dish. Restaurants signed up to the bouillabaisse charter serve the genuine version.\r\nIs it cheaper than Nice? | By roughly a third for the same trip. Dorms \u20ac20 to \u20ac35, beer \u20ac4 to \u20ac6, and the calanques are free where the Riviera beach clubs charge for a lounger.\r\nHow long do I need? | Two or three days for the city, plus a full day for the calanques. Aix is thirty minutes away and Cassis forty-five if you want to stretch it.\r\nWhat is the mistral? | A cold northerly wind that blows hard for days at a time, mostly in winter and spring. It clears the sky completely, which makes for spectacular light, and it drops the felt temperature by several degrees.","hw_hub_city_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_city_cta_body":"Compare Marseille hostels \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. 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