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Beaches & Calanques: all the spots to swim in Marseille?

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The Editor

Parc National des Calanques - Alexandre.ROSA©

Marseille is a city apart. It does not reveal its treasures so easily and hides many more swimming spots than it seems. So, to help you find your way around, whether you are completely lost newcomers or locals who only have eyes for les Goudes, here is the list of all the places to swim in Marseille. And no, the fountain of the Palace of Justice is not one of them. We're not in Paris here!

Natural or artificial, from Bain des Dames to Plage du Prophète passing by Vieille Chapelle, Marseille has a total of 21 official beaches spread along its 57 km coastline. Some are supervised and offer various practical and fun amenities for people with reduced mobility, while others are much more difficult to access because they are not really beaches. Just as a reminder, by definition, a beach is a "flat and low place on a shore where waves break." The coves and Calanques of the National Park are therefore neither beaches for lounging, nor supervised swimming areas. That being said, here is the complete list of: ## Surveilled beaches in Marseille (from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. unless otherwise stated) - **Corbière Fortin** - **Corbière Batterie** - **Corbière La Lave** - **Frioul St Estève** monitored from 10am to 6pm) - shuttle to the island of Frioul HERE

  • Les Catalans  (monitored from 10am to 7:30pm)

  • Prophète


    • The Prophets Beach - olrat ©

    • Prado North (Petit Roucas)

    • Prado North (Grand Roucas)

    • Prado South

    • Huveaune (David)

    • Borély

    • Bonneveine

    • Vieille-Chapelle

    • Pointe-Rouge

    • Sormiou (supervised from 11:10 to 18:30)


    Sormiou - Daniel Harwardt ©


    Coves, creeks & unsupervised beaches

    • Anse des Sablettes (Colombet)

    • Les Goudes (La Maronnaise)

    • Calanque de Morgiou

    • Bain des Dames

    • Anse des Phocéens

    • Bonne Brise (Verrerie)

    • Morgiret (Frioul)

    • En-Vau

    • Port Pin

    • Sugiton - reservation required HERE

    • (Maldormé Cove)

    • (False Money Cove)

    • (Malmousque Cove)

    .Anse de la Fausse Monnaie
    Anse de la Fausse Monnaie - olrat ©

    Finally, to find out where the Calanques National Park begins and ends, current restrictions, as well as the beach weather including water quality analyses, we recommend visiting the City of Marseille website before slipping on your flip-flops and swimsuit.