fiogf49gjkf0d The city's
airport
, the Aeroport 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 routiere
, on place Victor-Hugo (tel 04.91.08.16.40). From the
gare SNCF
, a monumental Art Deco staircase leads down to boulevard d'Athenes and thence to La Canebiere, Marseille's main street. The main
tourist office
is at 4 La Canebiere (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
metro
lines. The metro 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 metro sales points). Single
tickets
, known as
cartes solo
(9F/€1.37), are valid for any journeys made within an hour; a day pass (
carte journee
) costs 25F/€3.81;
cartes liberte
, 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. Metro 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.
Other useful information
for tourists (each section contains more specific sub-sections):
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