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Parc Borély
(av du Parc Borély; 19, 83 stop Parc Borély) Parc Borély encompasses a lake, botan-
ical garden and the just-renovated 18th-century Château Borély , hosting art exhibitions.
PARK, GALLERY
Musée d'Art Contemporain
(Museum of Contemporary Art, MAC; 04 91 25 01 07; 69 ave de Haïfa; adult/child
€3/2; 11am-6pm Tue-Sun Jun-Sep, 10am-5pm Tue-Sun Oct-May) Creations of
Marseille-born sculptor César Baldaccini (1921-98) jostle for white space with Christo,
Nice new realists Ben and Klein, and Andy Warhol. From the Prado metro stop take bus
23 or 45 to the Haïfa-Marie-Louise stop.
ART MUSEUM
Château d'If
( www.if.monuments-nationaux.fr ; adult/child €5/free; 9.30am-6.30pm daily, shorter
hours & Tue-Sun winter) Immortalised in Alexandre Dumas' classic 1844 novel Le Comte
de Monte Cristo ( The Count of Monte Cristo ), 16th-century fortress-turned-prison
Château d'If sits on the 30-sq-km island, Île d'If , 3.5km west of the Vieux Port. Political
prisoners were incarcerated here, along with hundreds of Protestants, the Revolutionary
hero Mirabeau, and the Communards of 1871.
Frioul If Express ( www.frioul-if-express.com ; 1 quai des Belges) boats leave for
Château d'If from the Vieux Port. Over 15 daily departures in summer, fewer in winter
(€10 return, 20 minutes).
ISLAND, CASTLE
Îles du Frioul
A few hundred metres west of Île d'If are the Îles du Frioul, the barren dyke-linked white-
limestone islands of Ratonneau and Pomègues. Sea birds and rare plants thrive on these
tiny islands (each about 2.5km long, totalling 200 hectares). Ratonneau has three beaches.
Boats to Château d'If also serve the Îles du Frioul (€10 return, 35 minutes).
ISLANDS
Tours
Le Grand Tour
Offline map Google map
( 04 91 91 05 82; www.marseillelegrandtour.com ; adult/child €18/9; 10am-7pm)
Feel the wind in your hair as you travel between key sights and museums aboard a hop-
BUS TOUR
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