A Provence experience from your low cost hotel Vauban in Marseilles

At the top of the hill

Marseilles is made up of a multitude of districts, like a puzzle. The Vauban quarter incarnates the modern, trendy aspect of the Mediterranean city. Follow our suggestions and discover the key sites close to your low cost hotel Vauban in Marseilles.

The garden of Puget hill

The colline de la Garde is 154 metres high. It was mostly used as a lookout point to see the enemy approaching by sea. A fort was built there in 1524 to ward off a possible attack by Charles V.

The Bois sacré park (sacred wood park)

Close to our three Ibis hotels, the garden of Puget hill is a good place to stop for a breather in a lovely green setting. This is the city’s largest public garden. Landscaped in 1801, it extends the Pierre-Puget court. A bust of the Marseillais artist stands in the park.

From your low cost Vauban hotel in Marseilles, easy access to the gardens of the Bois sacré, a green area on the Notre-Dame de la Garde hill home to many Mediterranean plant species. Pilgrims used to take a path across this land up to Notre-Dame de la Garde.