Notre-Dame de la Garde
Guide
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FreeChurchAllow 1–1.5 hPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A striped basilica on the city's highest hill, topped by a giant gilded Virgin, with a glittering mosaic interior hung with model boats and thank-you paintings, and views over every rooftop, the islands and the sea.
A brief history
Marseillais call it 'la Bonne Mère', the Good Mother, who watches over sailors; the walls still carry bullet marks from the fighting to free the city in 1944.
Tips
- Best time
- Late afternoon; it's a steep 40-minute climb, or bus 60 from the port
- Cost
- Free
- Allow
- 1–1.5 h
- Free days
- Always free
- Hours
- Usually open daily from about 7:00 to 18:15, a little later in summer (check)
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Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Written in Flewaway's words by AI from this open data, not yet checked by a person. Prices, hours and rules change, so check before you go.
Good to know
- Area
- South of the port and the corniche: Notre-Dame de la Garde's hill, the Pharo, little coves and fishing harbours along the coast road to the Prado beaches.
- Dress code
- A place of worship: cover shoulders and keep quiet during services
- Access
- Partly step-free
- Indoors or out
- Partly indoors
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