Transfers in Marseille

Transfers in Marseille

Marseille is France’s big southern port city, with about 1.9 million people in the metro area. Transfer companies cover the airport, Saint-Charles station, the cruise terminal and trips to Aix-en-Provence, Cassis and the Riviera. Saint-Charles is the main station, with TGVs to Paris in about 3 hours, and the city has two metro lines and three tram lines.

Marseille Airport to Marseille prices

• Taxi from Marseille Airport: about €60 by day and €70 at night, plus extras
• Fixed-price VTC: from about €47–60 per car
• Airport shuttle bus to Saint-Charles: about €15 single, 25–50 minutes

Cruise port transfers

About 890,000 cruise passengers a year use Marseille. The cruise terminal is in the commercial port, about 15–20 minutes from the Old Port and 20–30 minutes from the airport. Cruise-line shuttles to the Old Port cost about €20 return, and VTC firms list the airport to the cruise port from about €60. Ferries from the Gare Maritime also serve Corsica, Sardinia, Algeria and Tunisia.

Popular routes from Marseille

• Marseille → Cassis and the Calanques National Park: about €115 by VTC from the airport
• Marseille → Saint-Tropez: about €270 per car from the airport
• Marseille → Lyon: about 1.5 hours by TGV