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We are delighted to welcome you to AU BLEURIVAGE! This guide brings together all the useful information to make the most of your stay — keep this page handy, it stays accessible at any time from your phone.
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↑ Back to summary🗺️ Everything on the map
📶 Internet connection
The apartment is not equipped with wifi. 4G/5G coverage is excellent on site: you can use your phone plan's mobile data to stay connected during your stay. Connection sharing (personal hotspot) from a phone also works very well, to connect your other devices.
↑ Back to summary🔑 Access to the apartment
- The Allée du Beau Rivage private lane is fitted with an automatic electric gate: a remote control is given to you on arrival.
- Access to the apartment is via stairs — good to know if you are travelling with people with reduced mobility.
- Parking depending on availability, on the Allée des Figuières side or on the Allée du Beau Rivage.
🏠 Apartment amenities
- Equipped kitchen, with washing machine and dishwasher.
- Italian-style shower in the shower room, plus an outdoor shower on the terrace.
- Large terrace fitted with an electric retractable awning.
- Bedroom with a double bed and two stacked single beds (children aged 6 and up).
- Bed linen provided — bath towels not provided, remember to bring your own.
🚕 Taxis
Taxi Fino 📍
Contracted taxi — serves Marseille-Provence airport, Marignane, and Aix-TGV and Marseille Saint-Charles stations
07 83 10 84 51Taxi 7 Ensuès (Julien Caiazzo) 📍
06 63 62 09 55
✈️ Airport
- Marseille Provence Airport (Marignane): about 20 km, 30 min by car.
- By taxi: direct connection, see the Taxis section above.
- By public transport: Côte Bleue train to Marseille Saint-Charles (30 min), then airport shuttle (departs every 20 minutes) — or train to Vitrolles-Aéroport-Marseille-Provence station, then LeBus+13 shuttle (5 minutes, a bus every 12 minutes, €1.20).
- Other airports: Avignon-Provence (67 km), Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes (79 km).
🚌 Shuttle and bus
- Line C6 (Côte Bleue, on-demand transport): serves Ensuès and connects with the SNCF train station. Booking via the "le bus à la demande" app, at lebusalademande.fr, or by phone on 04 91 22 42 80. Mon-Fri 6am-7pm, extended service on weekends and public holidays from April to October for beach access.
- Line C8: Sausset-les-Pins → Marseille, via Carry-le-Rouet, Ensuès-la-Redonne and Le Rove.
⚡ EV charging & shopping in Vitrolles
Charging point — Parking des Coulins 📍
55 avenue de la Côte Bleue, Ensuès-la-Redonne — local charging
Tesla Supercharger — Aix-Marseille Tesla Centre 📍
55 allée de la Broquette, Les Pennes-Mirabeau (next to Vitrolles) — 24 stations up to 250 kW, open 24/7, also open to CCS-compatible vehicles
Carrefour Grand Vitrolles (shopping centre) 📍
84 shops and restaurants — Mon-Sat 9.30am-8pm
🏖️ Nearby beaches and coves
- Calanque des Figuières 📍200 m walk
- Les Eaux Salées 📍2.2 km
- Le Rouet 📍2.7 km
- Cap Rousset 📍4.1 km
- Pointe de Figuerolles 📍4.5 km
- Fernandel 📍4.9 km
🚣 Water activities
Société Nautique des Figuières 📍
26 allée du Port, Ensuès-la-Redonne — sailing, kayak, paddleboarding, diving
Carry Kayak 📍
Carry-le-Rouet — sea kayak rental, guided trips to explore the coves of the Côte Bleue
Croisières Marseille Calanques 📍
see the Leisure section below for the boat tour
🚲 Bicycles
Côte Bleue à Vélo (free loan) 📍
Free electric bike loan service between the towns of the Côte Bleue, 2 weeks per loan by registration — cotebleueavelo@gmail.com or cotebleueavelo.fr
Sunny Ride (rental with delivery) 📍
Electric bike, mountain bike, hybrid bike delivered to the address of your choice in Ensuès and the Côte Bleue
06 64 72 96 00
🏛️ Places to visit in Marseille
Notre-Dame de la Garde 📍
Iconic basilica, panoramic view over the whole city and the bay
Notre-Dame de la Garde little train 📍
Departs from the Vieux-Port (quai du Port) — 1h15 ride via the Corniche — €11/adult, €6/child, April-August every 20 min
Vieux-Port and Le Panier 📍
Historic heart of Marseille, colourful streets, Cathédrale de la Major, Vieille Charité
Corniche Kennedy and Vallon des Auffes 📍
Seafront promenade, quaint little fishing harbour
Château d'If 📍
11 km
Mucem 📍
13 km
Grotte Cosquer (replica) 📍
13 km — decorated prehistoric cave replica, next to the Mucem
Fort Saint-Jean 📍
13 km
Musée d'histoire de Marseille 📍
14 km
🎰 Leisure
Casino Barrière de Carry-le-Rouet 📍
Route Bleue, 13620 Carry-le-Rouet — open every day 10am-3am (4am Fri/Sat)
04 42 44 20 01
Photo: Alexander Baranov, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
OK Corral (theme park) 📍
Cuges-les-Pins, about 30 min from Marseille — western-themed park, around forty rides — from €32
Croisières Marseille Calanques (boat tour) 📍
Departs from the Vieux-Port, Quai des Belges — tour of the calanques of Marseille and Cassis, from €27/adult
04 91 58 50 58
🍽️ Restaurants
Le Mangetout 📍
8 chemin du Tire-Cul, Port de Méjean — 500 m
04 42 45 91 68L'Auberge de la Calanque 📍
3 port de la Redonne
04 42 02 11 93Twins Burgers 📍
52 route du Rove
08 90 21 01 63
🧺 Local markets
Ensuès-la-Redonne 📍
Wednesday and Saturday morning, 8am-12.30pm — rue de l'Église / avenue de la Côte Bleue
Carry-le-Rouet 📍
Tuesday and Friday morning, 7am-12.30pm — bowling green car park
Sausset-les-Pins 📍
Thursday morning (at the harbour) and Sunday morning 8am-12pm (town centre) — fresh fish from local fishermen every morning from 9am, quai des pêcheurs
🛒 Shops
Intermarché Contact 📍
31 avenue de la Côte Bleue — Mon-Sat 9am-7.30pm (bakery, hairdresser on site)
04 42 45 72 60Boulangerie Feraud 📍
31 avenue de la Côte Bleue
09 67 38 61 27Au Blue Marché (mini-market) 📍
1 chemin Vieux Jas — open every day, including Sunday
Pharmacie des Palmiers 📍
65 avenue Frédéric Mistral (near the Intermarché) — Mon-Sat 9am-12pm and 2pm-7pm
04 42 45 79 54
🌊 Discover the Côte Bleue
- A preserved 25 km coastline between L'Estaque and Martigues, alternating high cliffs, coves and turquoise-water calanques — the Côte Bleue has been a protected marine park since 1983: fishing, anchoring and diving are regulated in the protected areas.
- The small, typical harbours of Niolon, Carry-le-Rouet (casino, marina) and Sausset-les-Pins have kept their fishing-village atmosphere.
- The port of Carro, a former tuna-fishing harbour, is known for its fish market and surf spots.
- Local specialities to try: poutargue (dried grey mullet roe), mélet (macerated anchovies, a Martigues recipe), and Brousse du Rove, an AOC goat's cheese.
- The oursinades (sea urchin festivals) animate the harbours on the first three Sundays of January and February: sea urchin tastings in a friendly atmosphere.
🌬️ Weather and mistral
The Côte Bleue is sometimes affected by the mistral wind: when it blows hard, the funnel effect of the cliffs amplifies the current and makes swimming dangerous in some calanques, and the water can cool quickly. Remember to check the marine forecast before a boat trip or a swim, and choose calm days for kayaking or paddleboarding.
↑ Back to summary♻️ Practical instructions
- A bin is available under the sink, and another one outside — collection bins are located at the bottom of the street and at the entrance to the Allée du Beau Rivage.
All the stay conditions are detailed in our house rules.
↑ Back to summary🚨 Contacts and emergencies
- Owner: 06 60 80 97 84
- Concierge service (Maison Cosy, Stéphane): 06 95 57 87 80
- Emergency medical services (SAMU): 15 — Fire brigade: 18 — Police: 17 — European emergency number: 112
- Emergency number for the deaf and hard of hearing: 114
- Duty pharmacy (night, Sunday, public holidays): 3237
We remain at your disposal for any question during your stay. We wish you a wonderful stay at AU BLEURIVAGE!