Walks and treks
Calanque d'En-Vau, Cassis
Cassis, Bouches-du-Rhône
The most beautiful of the calanques, the narrow limestone inlets of the Calanques National Park between Marseille and Cassis.
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Country facts
Walks and treks
Montagne Sainte-Victoire
Puyloubier, Bouches-du-Rhône
The great white limestone ridge east of Aix-en-Provence, painted more than 80 times by Paul Cézanne.
Natural features
Route des Crêtes and Cap Canaille, Cassis
Cassis, Bouches-du-Rhône
A spectacular road along the top of the highest sea cliffs in mainland France, from Cassis to La Ciotat.
Historic sites
Château d'If
Marseille Endoume, Bouches-du-Rhône
A fortress on a tiny island in the bay of Marseille, built by François I and later a prison, made famous by Alexandre Dumas's The Count of Monte Cris…
Historic sites
Glanum
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône
The ruins of a Greek and Roman town at the foot of the Alpilles hills, with temples, baths, a forum and houses.
Historic sites
Montmajour Abbey
Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône
A great Benedictine abbey on a rocky hill outside Arles, with a Romanesque church, a cloister with carved capitals and a fortified tower.