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Notre-Dame de la Garde
The striped basilica on the city's highest hill, crowned by a golden Virgin, with a view over the whole city and sea.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Rue Fort du Sanctuaire, 13281 MarseilleDirections
- Getting There
- Bus 60 from the Old Port, or a steep 30-minute walk.
Why Go
'La Bonne Mère' was finished in 1864 on the site of an old fort. Inside, walls are covered in sailors' thank-you offerings: model ships, paintings of shipwrecks and, today, football shirts. The terrace looks out to the islands and the Calanques.
Nearby in Marseille
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