Flights Birmingham – Marseille (BHX-MRS) from GBP 158*

Fly Air France from Birmingham to Marseille

Have you ever considered going to France but you don’t want to go to the usual places? Then Marseille could be the ideal destination for you.

Where is Marseille?

Marseille is on the South Coast, and benefits from the Mediterranean climate. Just off the coast of Marseille, the Château d'If is situated – made notorious by Dumas’ novel The Count of Monte Cristo. Air France flies from Birmingham – BHX in England to Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) also known as Marseille Marignane in France.

Things to do

There are plenty of historical buildings as well as art galleries and museums to visit. Gastronomic delights include the dish Bouillabaisse, Tapenade and Pastis, the local drink. Marseille is well connected by bus and train so you will have no trouble getting out and about.

Centre Bourse at rue St Ferréol, is the main shopping mall, which is off La Canebière, (the historic high street in the old quarter of Marseille). Artists including Auguste Renoir Georges Braque and Raoul Dufy often visited the port of l'Estaque at the Bay of Marseille, and Paul Cézanne made the view famous in his landscape of 1878.