Discover Provence on a rainy day!

Cassis, 20 minutes away

• Tourist train :

Visit Cassis and the Port-Miou peninsula

5€ adult, 2.50€ child – ticket officetourist office

 

• Musée Municipal Méditerranéen d’Art et Traditions Populaires :

Rue Xavier d’Authier, 04.42.18.36.78

Open Wednesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Free or guided tour €3

 

• La Savonnerie de Cassis :

13 avenue du Revestel, 09.82.28.79.56

Open every day from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Free

 

• Le Four Banal :

Rue Thérèse Rastit, 04.42.01.39.94

Open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Free

 

AUBAGNE, 10 minutes away

• Marcel Pagnol’s Little World:

Exhibition of santons and clay crafts

Atelier Thérèse Neveu, 4 cours de Clastre, 04.42.71.17.81

Open Monday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Free

 

• Marcel Pagnol’s birthplace :

16 cours Barthélémy, 04.42.03.49.98

Open Monday to Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

3€ adult, 2€ student and 1.50€ child, guided tour available

 

• The village of santons in Provence :

Staging a Provencal village

16 avenue Antide Boyer, 04.42.18.17.18

Open Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 6pm, Thursday 2pm to 6pm

Free

 

MARSEILLE, 20 minutes away

• MUCEM Musée des civilisations et de la Méditerranée :

7 promenade Robert Laffont, 04.84.35.13.13

Open daily except Tuesday, 10am-7pm (10am-8pm July to September)

Full price €11, concessions €7.5

 

• Tourist train :

Three tours to discover Marseille

174 Quai du Port

8€ adult, 4€ child

 

• The Good Mother:

Basilica with a breathtaking view of the city of Marseille

Rue Fort du Sanctuaire, 04.91.13.50.80

Open every day from 7 a.m. to 6:15 p.m.

Free

 

• Marché couvert Saint-Victor :

33 rue d’Endoume

Open Tuesday to Sunday, 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

and Thursday to Friday from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m.

 

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, 40 minutes away

• Musée Granet :

Place Jean Boyer, 04.42.52.88.32

Open Tuesday to Sunday from 12 am to 6 pm and from 10 am to 7 pm in summer

Full price 6€, concessions 5€, free for children under 18, students…

 

• Hôtel de Caumont :

Center d’Art, 3 rue Joseph Cabassol, 04.42.20.70.01

Open every day from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Full price €14.5, Reduced price €11.5

 

• Musée du Calisson :

5380 Route d’Avignon, 04.42.39.29.82

Open Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Free, guided tour with tasting available 6€.