Food destinations within easy reach of Marseille. worth the train, the rental car or the early start.

Worth the trip

Cassis (port and bouillabaisse) ★ 4.6

30 minutes by car or 45 minutes by trainTrain from Gare Saint-Charles to Cassis, then 20-minute walk to the port

Famous forBouillabaisse on the Cassis port and AOC Cassis white wine

Cassis 22km east of Marseille is the port town with four bouillabaisse rooms on the harbour, Chez Gilbert the canonical reference, plus AOC Cassis white.

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Aix-en-Provence (markets and calissons) ★ 4.5

30 minutes by TGV or 40 minutes by carTGV from Gare Saint-Charles to Aix TGV, then bus to centre; car via A51

Famous forDaily market at Place Richelme and the city's 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 Place des.

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Aubagne (Pagnol's market town) ★ 4.2

30 minutes by train or 25 minutes by carTrain from Gare Saint-Charles to Aubagne, then walk to Old Town

Famous forTuesday food market, santon workshops and Provencal traiteur counters

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 two.

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Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (Camargue rice) ★ 4.3

1 hour 30 minutes by carCar via A55 then D570; no direct train

Famous forCamargue red rice with bull stew (gardiane) and sea bream

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 and sea.

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Calanques National Park (cove cabanons) ★ 4.4

45 minutes by boat or 1 hour by bus and walkBoat from Vieux Port to Calanque de Sormiou or bus 23 to Luminy then trail

Famous forCabanon kitchens like Le Chateau in Sormiou and grilled sea bream

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.

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Cote Bleue (L'Estaque and Sausset) ★ 4.4

20 minutes to L'Estaque, 40 minutes to Sausset by carLocal TER train from Saint-Charles along the Cote Bleue line

Famous forPanisses and chichis at L'Estaque, oursins on the Sausset rocks

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.

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