Marseille does have a beach, the Plage du Prado, but the best option is to hire a car and spend the day in Cassis, 20 kilometres east along the coast.
Popular with locals, this pretty fishing village has retained all the charm that St Tropez has lost to mass tourism over the last few decades. Not only are there some splendidly romantic harbour restaurants, but the nearby rocky inlets known as the Calanques offer some of the clearest most secluded swimming spots in the region.
| Avg. temp. |
Sunshine daily avg. |
Rainfall | Humidity | |
| Jan | 10 | |||
| Feb | 11.5 | |||
| Mar | 15 | |||
| Apr | 17.9 | |||
| May | 21.8 | |||
| Jun | 26.1 | |||
| Jul | 28.9 | |||
| Aug | 28.3 | |||
| Sep | 25.1 | |||
| Oct | 19.8 | |||
| Nov | 14.7 | |||
| Dec | 10.9 |
| coldest | hottest | ||||