Where a car takes you from Marseille
These are the day trips from Marseille on our own pages where a car earns its keep. Trains reach some of them; a car reaches all of them, on your own clock.
- Cassis (port and bouillabaisse) Cassis 22km east of Marseille is the port town with four bouillabaisse rooms on the harbour, Chez Gilbert the canonical reference, plus AOC Cassis whi
- Aix-en-Provence (markets and calissons) Aix-en-Provence 30km north of Marseille runs a daily food market at Place Richelme from 8am to 1pm, plus the bigger Tue, Thu and Sat extension at Plac
- Aubagne (Pagnol's market town) Aubagne 17km east of Marseille is Marcel Pagnol's hometown and the santon capital of Provence, the Tuesday food market and the santon workshops the tw
- Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (Camargue rice) Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer in the Camargue delta is the rice country, Le Clos du Rhone and Mas Saint Bertrand cooking bull-stew gardiane with red rice a
- Calanques National Park (cove cabanons) The Calanques between Marseille and Cassis run a handful of cabanon kitchens like Le Chateau and Le Bistrot in Sormiou, grilled fish on the rocks
- Cote Bleue (L'Estaque and Sausset) The Cote Bleue west of Marseille runs from L'Estaque (Chez Magali panisses since 1947) out to Sausset-les-Pins, the oursin season September to April
Booking a car in Marseille
We compare through one partner rather than listing every broker. Desks sit at the airport and in town, and the headline rate below is theirs, not ours.
- From
- USD 23.31 a day
- Desks on site
- Alamo, Avis, Dollar, Enterprise, Europcar, Hertz, Keddy, National
- Pick up at
- Marseille Airport · Marseille Train Station
Rates are the partner's headline price at our last check (2026-10-02) and move with dates, car class and insurance. We earn a commission if you book, at no cost to you.