Plages du Prado
The Plages du Prado are the beaches in the south neighborhood of Marseille, France.
The Plages du Prado are the beaches in the south neighborhood of Marseille, France. The seaside park is an artificial coastal development created in the late 1970s by Gaston Defferre. They were built with the fill coming from the construction of the two Marseille metro lines.
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Worth seeing in and around Plages du Prado
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Stade Vélodrome
The Stade Vélodrome, known for sponsorship reasons as the CEPAC Vélodrome since July 2026, is a multi-purpose stadium in Marseille, France. It is home to the Olympique de Marseille football club of Ligue 1 since it opened in 1937 and has been a venue in the 1938 and 1998 FIFA World Cups; the 1960, 1984 and 2016 editions of the UEFA European Championship and the 2007 and 2023 Rugby World Cup and football at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
2.2 km · football stadium in Marseille, France · Wikipedia - 02Notre-Dame de la Garde
Notre-Dame de la Garde dam d la ɡaʁd]; Occitan: Nòstra Dòna de la Gàrdia, lit. 'Our Lady of the Guard'), known to local citizens as la Bonne Mère, is a Catholic basilica in Marseille, France, and the city's best-known symbol. The site of a popular Assumption Day pilgrimage, it is the most visited site in Marseille.
3.2 km · basilica located in Bouches-du-Rhône, in France · Wikipedia - 03Abbey of St. Victor
The Abbey of Saint-Victor, Marseille is a former abbey that was founded during the late Roman period in Marseille in the south of France, named after the local soldier saint and martyr Victor of Marseilles.
3.9 km · abbey located in Bouches-du-Rhône, France · Wikipedia - 04Synagogue of Marseille
The Great Synagogue of Marseille is a Jewish congregation and synagogue located on Rue Breteuil in the 6th arrondissement of Marseille, France. The building was listed as a monument historique in 2007.
3.5 km · synagogue located in Bouches-du-Rhône, in France · Wikipedia - 05Château Borély
The Château Borély is a chateau in the southern part of Marseille, France. Associated with Borély park and Marseille Borély golf course, it has been listed as a historical monument since 1936, and has housed the Museum of Decorative Arts, Earthenware and Fashion since Marseille-Provence 2013 with its rich original decor.
600 m · museum · Wikipedia - 06Parc Borély
Parc Borély is a public municipal park in the city of Marseille, France. It is classified by the Ministry of Culture as one of the Remarkable Gardens of France.
600 m · park in France · Wikipedia - 07Marseille Genocide Memorial
The Marseille Memorial is a steel obelisk commemorating the deaths of 1.5 million Armenians in Ottoman Empire during the Armenian genocide in 1915. The monument was dedicated in 1973 in Marseille, France.
2 km · Arnenian genocide memorial in Marseille · Wikipedia - 08Marseille Courthouse
The Marseille Courthouse is a neoclassical building located on Place Montyon, in the 6th arrondissement of Marseille, France.
4 km · building in Marseille, France · Wikipedia - 09place Castellane
The Place Castellane is a historic square in the 6th arrondissement of Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. It was built in 1774.
3.4 km · square in Marseille, France · Wikipedia - 10Église Saint-Joseph
The Église Saint-Joseph is a Roman Catholic church in Marseille.
3.6 km · church located in Bouches-du-Rhône, in France · Wikipedia
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Getting to Plages du Prado
- Airports
- Marseille Provence (MRS), 24 km · Montpellier-Méditerranée (MPL), 119 km · Nice-Côte d'Azur (NCE), 155 km
- Montpellier/Méditerranée → Plages du Prado126 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · €18–25
- Nice, Alpes-Maritimes → Plages du Prado161 km · quickest by road, 2h 58m · €21–29
- Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône → Plages du Prado273 km · quickest by air, 4h 24m · €100–150
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Plages du Prado
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Plages du Prado. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere are direct daily services to Marseille from Ajaccio, Bastia, Porto Torres, Porto-Vecchio, and Propriano as well as ferries traversing the Mediterranean from Oran and Algiers in Algeria, usually with one or two crossings per week.
- Get aroundA Ferry Boat crosses the Old Harbour (Vieux Port).
- Get aroundSeveral other ferries propose connections with L'Estaque, Les Goudes, La Pointe-Rouge and Le Frioul.
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Next door to Plages du Prado
Plages du Prado is 5 km from Marseille, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.