Château d'If Admission Ticket
Admission to Château d'If, the island fortress off Marseille. Ferry transport from the Vieux-Port is not included in this option and is a separate service.
France•City
Marseille
Marseille is a French commune on the Mediterranean coast. The Mucem and Fort Saint-Jean are in the city, and Château d'If stands on an island off its coast, reached by boat from the Vieux-Port.
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Mucem Admission Ticket
Admission to the Mucem, the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations in Marseille, including Fort Saint-Jean and the outdoor areas and gardens, with an audio guide listed as included.
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Places to see near Marseille
Distances are straight-line, not driving time — mountain roads in this region are often twice as long as the map suggests.
Museum · Promenade Robert Laffont, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Mucem (Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations)
The Mucem is the national museum of European and Mediterranean civilisations on Marseille's waterfront, with Fort Saint-Jean as one of its sites.
1 km in a straight line
Fortress · Île d'If, off the Vieux-Port, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Château d'If
Château d'If is a fortress on a small island off Marseille, later a state prison, reached by boat from the Vieux-Port and run by the Centre des monuments nationaux.
5 km in a straight line
Place · Route du Château, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Parc animalier de La Barben
The Parc animalier de La Barben is a zoo at La Barben in the Bouches-du-Rhône, between Aix-en-Provence and Salon-de-Provence.
39 km in a straight line
Place · Route de Maillane, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Carrières des Lumières
Carrières des Lumières is an immersive digital art venue on Route de Maillane at Les Baux-de-Provence in the Bouches-du-Rhône, with a changing exhibition programme.
69 km in a straight line
Historic site · Place du Palais des Papes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Palais des Papes
The Palais des Papes is the 14th-century papal palace in Avignon, Vaucluse, run by Avignon Tourisme and open to ticketed visits.
86 km in a straight line
Bridge · Rhône bank, Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Pont Saint-Bénézet (Pont d'Avignon)
The Pont Saint-Bénézet, the Pont d'Avignon, is the ruined medieval bridge over the Rhône at Avignon, of which four arches still stand.
86 km in a straight line
Destination information last verified: October 3, 2026
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