The Bouches-du-Rhône department offers visitors a wide range of scenery and natural sites. Calanques (rocky creeks) hills, plains and marshes lie side by side under the blue sky of Provence. Ancient Phocaean mariners knew what they were at when they accosted these pleasant shores 2600 years ago to create what was to become Marseille.
Over the centuries, they have left monuments all around the region which can still be admired today. At present, the villages and towns of Provence manage to preserve their Mediterranean history while looking resolutely to the future. That's one of the reasons that this lifestyle is appreciated all over the world.