Marseille Sights

Château d’If

#18 of 161 things to do in Marseille

#43 of 394 things to do in Provence

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  • Address
  • Transport
    • GACM ferry - 1 quai des Belges
    • (for ferry) Vieux Port
  • Website
  • Phone
    • tel, booking: 04 91 55 50 09
    • 04 91 59 02 30
  • Price
    • adult/child €5/free
  • Hours
    • 9.30am-6.30pm, closed Mon winter

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Lonely Planet review for Château d’If

Immortalised in Alexandre Dumas’ classic 1840s novel Le Comte de Monte Cristo (The Count of Monte Cristo), the 16th-century fortress-turned-prison Château d’If sits on a 3-hectare island 3.5km west of the Vieux Port. Political prisoners were incarcerated here, along with hundreds of Protestants (many of whom perished in the dungeons), the Revolutionary hero Mirabeau (who didn’t fare so badly, once he’d seduced the cook) and the Communards of 1871.

 

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