Chateau d'If Marseille

Quai des Belges, Marseille , Provence, France - Phone: 33 04 91 59 02 30
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    Attraction Type:

    Historic site, Island, Landmark/point of interest

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    4of 61 attractions in Marseille

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  • 1

    Marseille Marso

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    Here I am in Marseille!

    The weather here is lovely, and best of all, GREAT for swimming in the Pullman Marseille Palm Beach hotel's pool, or at the beach. I've been soaking up the sun for the past few hours, and it feels GREAT!!

    The crepes here are AMAZING, swirled in chocolate, topped with berries, ice cream and a syrup, but most …

  • 2

    Cheese Rape and Marseille Moronicness

    36 photos

    Finally, after months of trying to figure out a good time to meet up, I organised with Cara to head to Marseille, ostensibly for a few days in the south of France on the beach. Weather was perfect for it, if anything a little bit too hot. except the beaches in Marseille aren't all that good, unless you get on a bus and head into other parts of town …

Related BlogsChateau d'If Marseille

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    Sightseeing and a scavenger hunt for food

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    ... menu yet and walked away leaving us sitting at the table. How difficult can it be to get a croissant and a juice in France, apparently very. So we got up and left this place to continue our search for morning food. We tried another restaurant further ...

  • 2

    Red October

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    ... evenings were filled with the tales of The Count of Monte Cristo which once completed became the impetus to set sail from Marseille to Chateau D'If.  This 16th century island prison is austere but not as spooky as we imagined.  The names of ...

  • 3

    Marseille

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    ... , cafe's, bookshops, soup kitchens. The Notre Dame de la Garde is cool, but I got there at 5pm and it was closed. I got a boat to an Island near the Château d'If. Stayed there for a night longer than planed, not because it was particulary good though. ...

  • 4

    Marseille Marso

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    ... delicacies are just out of the oven!! Apart from eating and sun-baking, I have been out and about in Marseille.  Yesterday I went to the Chateau d'If- an island with a fortress on it, that later became a prison.  The Parc Balnéaire du ...

  • 5

    Sailing (and revisiting) Marseille

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    ... from raiders, but to protect the governor after a local uprising. We then sailed towards the rocky outposts of the Frioules and Chateau d'If--well known from Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Christo. Becalmed at one point, Rob was ready to turn ...

  • 6

    A Marseille foggy day (I think it was Marseille!)

    13 photos

    ... only it’s getting nearer not further away. Suddenly through the mist came a small launch with the words ‘Pilote de Marseille’ stencilled on the hull. I think this glorified motor boat was as surprised to see us as we were it because ...

  • 7

    Day 61 - 30 April - Sailing on the Mediteranean

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    ... an hour or sailing around the Bay of Marseille, we passed one of the four islands, one of which, If, is the locatin of Chateau d'If made famous by the Dumas novel the Count of Monte Cristo.  Then sailed onto the Isle de Frioul (is was a perfect day) ...

  • 8

    Marseilles

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    ... the lesson, we jumped on a boat and ventured out to the Chateau D'If. Made famous in the Count of Monte Cristo, the Chateau D'If was a worthwhile trip. We got our own personal tour in English and learned that the prisoners were treated better than most ...

  • 9

    I've never walked so much in my life...

    ... city.  We planned on going to the Chateau d'If which is on a tiny island just off of Marseille but we couldn't get tickets in time.  Chateau d'If is where the Count of Monte Cristo stayed.  Anyways, we decided to split up.  Some went ...

  • 10

    Marseille, France

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    ... island where Chateau d'if is located. It was originally a fortress then a prison. The movie Count of Monte Cristo was filmed at Chateau d'If. We spent about 2 hours on the island and then the boat took us over to Ile Frioul which we hiked for several ...