With its outstanding natural heritage of sea, hills and Calanques, Marseille offers its inhabitants and visitors an opportunity to try a wide range of sports and has the facilities to host major sporting events.
Pride of place goes to the great water sports events such as the Sailing Tour de France and the prestigious pre-regattas for the Americas Cup…
Apart from water sports, the city’s heart beats for Olympique de Marseille and its stadium, which buzzes with excitement during key football matches. After the European Cup and the World cup in 1998, the Stade Vélodrome is now hosting Rugby fans for the Rugby World Cup in 2007.
Sport in Marseille also includes the tennis OPEN 13 and, during the summer, Beach Volleyball, Beach Rugby and Beach Soccer on the Prado and Borély beaches.
But Marseille’s sporting event par excellence is the “Mondial à Pétanque” which takes place in July and brings together nearly 12,500 “boules” players from all over the world.
Marseille in October means the Marseille – Cassis half-marathon with over 15,000 participants.
Practise your favourite sport, discover new activities and make use of our vast areas of natural areas: 25 beaches a few minutes from the city centre, 24 km of Calanques, 14 marinas, island archipelagos, 400 hectares of parks and gardens, high-quality facilities and over 300 days of sunshine a year!
Marseille, a real paradise for sports lovers! Whether you enjoy fishing, football, golf, walking, climbing, sailing, sea canoeing or diving, you can do them all here!
Each to his own sport !
Marseille’s Tourist and Conference Office offers you a range of water sports and outdoor activities:
WATER SPORTS. Discover the sea in the city. You can only do it in Marseille!
- Wind in your sails! An excursion on board an old sailing boat
- One, two, three, dive! An introduction to diving
- Follow the underwater paths! Exploring with flippers
- Glide over the water! Sea canoeing
OUTDOOR. You’ll certainly get away from it all in Marseille!
- Try your swing by the sea ! Introduction to golf
- Want to get back to nature ? Walks in the Calanques : Marseilleveyre, Morgiou or Sugiton
- A touch of Pagnol ! Walks in the footsteps of Pagnol in the Garlaban hills
You can practise any sport in Marseille!
