Beaches in Marseille

The Plage du Prado is Marseille's largest urban beach complex — a series of sandy and grassy public beaches stretching along the Boulevard du Prado. Created entirely with landfill from the construction of the Marseille metro, it is the city's main beach destination for families and sports enthusiasts.

The Calanque de Sormiou is one of the most accessible and popular calanques in the national park, a wide, pine-fringed inlet with turquoise water, a sandy beach, and two seaside restaurants. It can be reached by car (restricted) or on foot via a scenic hillside trail.

Plage des Catalans is Marseille's closest beach to the city center — a small, sandy crescent just 500 meters south of the Vieux-Port. It is deeply loved by Marseillais as their local beach, busy from the first warm spring day through late October.