What are nice day trips from Marseille?
Short answer
Remoulins, Forcalquier, Beaucaire and Moustiers-Sainte-Marie are some potential day trips within 100 km of Marseille. Leucate, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, Le Grau-du-Roi and Marsillargues are within 200 km of Marseille by train. We list 28 places below, including 16 wine towns (Ménerbes and Les Baux-de-Provence), 13 old-world towns (Lourmarin and Aigues-Mortes), 12 food and café towns (Apt and Aups) and 11 lake or river towns (Vauvert and L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue). More below.
Within 100 km 17 places
By train, within 200 km 11 places
Places with a railway station within a 10-minute drive. Each one links to public-transport directions from Marseille, so you can check the route and journey time.
Saorge
Particularly photogenic and a member of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France association, Saorge is a compact hilltop village in the Alpes-Maritimes with an…
Béziers
Every August, the Feria de Béziers draws around a million visitors to this southern French wine town for five days of bullfighting — one of the largest event…
Sisteron
Wedged into a narrow gap between two long mountain ridges where the Durance, Buëch, and Sasse rivers converge, Sisteron has served as the gateway between Pro…
Tende
Mountain village in the Alpes-Maritimes with an unusual number of churches for its size, Tende sits alongside a river in high alpine terrain near the French-…
Sète
This Mediterranean port town in southern France's Hérault department, Sète is built across canals between the sea and the Étang de Thau lagoon, climbing up t…
Leucate
A small Mediterranean coastal town in the Aude, Leucate sits between the sea and the Étang de Leucate lagoon, with a café and restaurant scene that punches a…
Gap
France's highest prefecture sits in a mountain valley in the southern Alps, with a walkable centre that supports a dense food-and-drink scene and access to s…
Frontignan
Frontignan, a coastal town in the Hérault department of southern France, is the home of Muscat de Frontignan, an AOC sweet wine made solely from the Muscat g…
Bagnols-sur-Cèze
Wine-country town in the Gard department of southern France, set on the Cèze river with a walkable centre full of cafés and restaurants.
