First of all, there is the sea, but not everyone is lucky enough to own a boat to get there. The safest option is therefore walking from the parking lot where the car is parked.
Access the Calanques of Marseille and Cassis in 2026 by land: car, bus, bike and on foot
⚠️ Attention, on fire-risk days access to the Calanques National Park is prohibited
Before planning your visit to the Calanques National Park, you should check carefully whether land access is allowed or not. Indeed, from 1 June to 30 September, the Massifs of the Bouches-du-Rhône may be closed to the public in the event of a strong risk of fire, that is to say in red or black.
In that case, on a red or black day / strong fire risk:
- Prohibition to access the Calanques massif (closure of all trails) and therefore to access most of the Calanques.
- Closure of the Route des Crêtes between La Ciotat and Cassis
- Access to the Calanque de Marseilleveyre, including its restaurant "Chez le Belge" is prohibited.
- Access remains allowed:
-> To the districts of Pointe Rouge and Madrague de Montredon (including beaches Bonne Brise, Sablettes, Madrague, Calanque de Samena)
-> To the Goudes district and the hamlet of Callelongue, including the small beach of the port of Goudes. But on the other hand, access to the rocks between the Madrague de Montredon / Samena and the Goudes and Callelongue is prohibited, because it is outside built-up areas.
-> To the entirety of the Frioul archipelago, that is to say the village, the beaches in particular St Estève, rocks and calanques.
-> Access to the hamlets of Sormiou and Morgiou is authorized only for residents. Access on foot is prohibited there, including by walking on the road and by car without a permit. Access to the beaches of these two calanques is then prohibited for everyone, including residents.
-> Access to the city center of Cassis, as well as the beaches of l'Arène, Corton, Bestouan and Grande Mer are authorized because they are located in the built-up area.
-> Access to the Mugel beach is authorized. But only it in this area: the Mugel park, the calanque of Figuerolles and the Île Verte are forbidden.
-> Access to the Calanque de Port d'Alon is authorized in red risk and prohibited in black risk. On a red day, only access to the calanque is authorized. You are not allowed to use the trails to leave the beach area.
Opening of the Calanques National Park:
Accès Massif Calanques
Risque incendie aujourd'hui 18/05/2026
Opening of Cap Canaille (La Ciotat sector):
Accès Massif Cap Canaille
Risque incendie aujourd'hui 18/05/2026
The Goudes, Marseilleveyre, Callelongue
All the Calanques of Marseille are accessible by car for a good part of the year. But be careful, as soon as the nice weather arrives, access is regulated, and major traffic jams form at the time of the return.
- The calanques of Goudes and Marseillerveyre are reached by road by following the direction of Pointe Rouge, passing through Goudes, all the way to the picturesque village of Callelongue. You feel like you're at the end of the world. A few steps into the scrubland and you're there.
- Access to Cap Croisette is now prohibited from the exit of the village of Goudes.
Access to the Goudes is possible by car all year round without restriction. However, during the summer period, traffic jams are very frequent.
- The calanque of Callelongue is located at the end of the road that leads to the Goudes, continuing along the coast via the boulevard Alexandre Delabre. On weekends and public holidays in May, as well as every day in June, July, August and September, access is closed a few hundred meters from Callelongue, after leaving the village of Goudes from 7am to 7pm (10pm in case of a fire-risk day), a few hundred meters from the back of the calanque.
Sormiou
The calanque of Sormiou is located after the Bonneveine and La Cayolle districts. You reach it via a road that crosses the Sormiou pass before descending again to the calanque.
This road is closed to motorized vehicles, that is to say cars, motorcycles and scooters, from 7am to 7pm (10pm in case of a fire-risk day):
- All weekends and public holidays in April and May (including Friday 15 May).
- Every day in June, July, August and September.
However, you can take it on foot or by bike.
Morgiou
For Morgiou, you need to follow the road of Baumettes (yes, the prison), then pass by the Morgiou pass.
As with Sormiou, the road that goes down to the calanque is closed to motorized vehicles from 7am to 7pm (10pm in case of a fire-risk day):
- All weekends and public holidays in April and May (including Friday 15 May).
- Every day in June, July, August and September.
- The areas of Grande Candelle and Devenson are accessible from the Luminy faculties located at the exits of Marseille just before the La Gineste road that goes to Cassis.
Sugiton: free reservation mandatory
From Luminy it is possible to reach many calanques like Sugiton by following the many hiking paths.
Access to the Luminy parking lot is open without restrictions all year round. But be careful, it fills up quickly.
Due to overcrowding issues, it was decided in 2022 to set up a mandatory and free reservation system to access it. A quota of 400 people is set each day.
In 2026, reservation is mandatory for the weekend of 20 and 21 June, then from 27 June to 30 August, and then, for the weekends of 5-6 and 12-13 September.
> Reserve free authorization to access the calanque of Sugiton on the website of the Calanques National Park.
En-vau
Access to the calanque of En-Vau is from the Col de la Gardiole starting from the Gineste road at the level of the entrance to the Carpiagne military camp. Since 2019, the Gardiole road has been prohibited to motorized vehicles. There is a small arranged parking area, but otherwise you have to try to park along the departmental road.
Calanques on the Cassis side: Port-Miou and Port-Pin
For the calanques on the Cassis side, access by car is possible but more limited:
To get to Port-Miou and Port-Pin, you can access the Cassis peninsula (west of the city center). To do this, you need to enter Cassis, follow the direction generally indicated for the calanques, pass in front of the Bestouan beach and park in the district. But for a few years now, the Avenue des Calanques has been prohibited except for residents, and the number of parking spaces in the area is very limited.
A fairly large private parking lot is also available at the end of the peninsula at a rate of €10 per day.
The city therefore advises you to take bus 373 from the free park-and-ride parking lot of Gorguettes (towards the SNCF station to the north of the city). The bus will drop you off at the top of the peninsula, about 400m from the calanque of Port Miou. The bus fare is €1.70 round trip (€0.80 per trip if purchased on a reloadable ticket) free for children under - 6 years old.
> times on the website of the Cassis tourist office
Access the calanques by boat
It is possible to access the calanques from Marseille, Cassis or La Ciotat.
From Marseille: Several departures are offered from Quai des Belges on the Vieux Port.
From Cassis: Many excursions are offered to the closest calanques, from Port-Miou to Morgiou. Departures are planned throughout the day from the port.
From La Ciotat: Original walk by catamaran or monohull to discover the calanques of Cassis to Marseille by sea, passing by the one of La Ciotat.
Two important things to know:
These are sea trips only, it is not possible to go ashore to swim or visit the calanques on foot.
On fire-risk days, it remains authorized to navigate in the Calanques National Park, but then it is forbidden to set foot ashore, including on beaches and calanques. Since fire-risk days are generally linked to wind, you should not get seasick because the sea will inevitably be rough.