The city's
airport , the Aéroport
de Marseille-Provence (tel
04.42.14.14.14,
www.marseille.airport.fr
), is 20km northwest of the city
centre, and linked to the
gare
SNCF by a shuttle bus service
(every 20min 6.10am-9.50pm;
45F/?6.86). The
gare SNCF
St-Charles is on the northern
edge of the 1er
arrondissement
on esplanade St-Charles (tel
04.91.08.50.50), just round the
corner from the
gare routière
, on place Victor-Hugo (tel
04.91.08.16.40). From the
gare
SNCF , a monumental Art Deco
staircase leads down to boulevard
d'Athènes and thence to La Canebière,
Marseille's main street. The main
tourist
office is at 4 La Canebière
(July & Aug Mon-Sat
7am-7.30pm, Sun 10am-6pm; rest of
year Mon-Sat 9am-7pm, Sun
10am-5pm; tel 04.91.13.89.00,
www.marseille-tourisme.fr
), down by the Vieux Port.
Marseille has an extensive bus
network and two métro
lines. The métro runs from 5am to
9pm, night buses from 9.25pm to
around 12.30am (detailed in the Fluobus
leaflet available from L'Espace
Infos, 6 rue des Fabres, 1er; or métro
sales points). Single tickets
, known as cartes solo
(9F/?1.37), are valid for any
journeys made within an hour; a
day pass ( carte journée )
costs 25F/?3.81; cartes liberté
, for either 50F/?7.63 or
100F/?15.25, give you seven or
fourteen hours' worth of journeys
and can be shared among up to four
people. Better value is the Maestro
option on a carte mistral
(52F/?7.93), which offers seven
days' travel up to a maximum of 52
hours' worth of journeys, for
which you'll need a passport
photo. Métro stations, L'Espace
Infos and many tabacs and
bookshops sell tickets; cartes
solo can also be bought on
buses. All tickets must be punched
in the machines at the start of
your journey.
