Les Pennes-Mirabeau works well as a base: 10 minutes from Septèmes-les-Vallons, 25km from Calanques National Park.
Les Pennes-Mirabeau is in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, with about 20,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Septèmes-les-Vallons, about 5 km away.
Les Pennes-Mirabeau (French pronunciation: [le pɛn miʁabo]; Occitan: Lei Penas de Mirabèu) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France, located 13.5 km (8.4 mi) from Marseille. In May every year, a medieval festival attracts tens of thousands people.
Within an hour or so of Les Pennes-Mirabeau: Notre-Dame de la Garde Viewpoint (15 km), Calanques National Park (25 km), Calanque d'En-Vau (28 km), Route des Crêtes (Cassis) (30 km).
Are there any good drives near Les Pennes-Mirabeau?
The nearest famous roads are Route des Crêtes (Cassis), Gorges de la Nesque Road and Corniche Sublime (D71).
Where is Les Pennes-Mirabeau?
Les Pennes-Mirabeau is in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, about 5 km from Septèmes-les-Vallons.
Road trip
Drive to Les Pennes-Mirabeau
Add it as a stop and the planner works out the driving, the nights and what's worth seeing on the way.
Marseille's 'Bonne Mere' basilica crowns a 149 m limestone peak reachable by a winding drive, with a sweeping 360-degree panorama over the Old Port, the Frioul islands and the Calanques.
15 km · about 30 min drive
national park
Calanques National Park
Dramatic limestone fjord-like inlets with turquoise waters and white cliffs stretching between Marseille and Cassis on the Mediterranean coast.
25 km · about 30 min drive
beach
Calanque d'En-Vau
The most beautiful of the Calanques, a slender turquoise inlet hemmed by needle-sharp white pinnacles.
28 km · about 35 min drive
coastal drive
Route des Crêtes (Cassis)
A clifftop corniche from Cassis to La Ciotat climbing the highest sea cliffs in France with stunning overlooks.
30 km · about 35 min drive
racetrack
Circuit Paul Ricard
French Formula 1 circuit near the Côte d'Azur famous for its distinctive blue and red run-off stripes.
43 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
Roussillon
A vibrant Provencal village built atop ochre cliffs, famous for its striking red and orange facades.
55 km · about 65 min drive
landmark
Gordes
A stunning hilltop village of white stone houses perched dramatically above the Luberon valley.
56 km · about 65 min drive
castle
Les Baux-de-Provence
A dramatic medieval fortress village crowning a rocky limestone outcrop in the Alpilles mountains.
56 km · about 65 min drive
Driving roads near Les Pennes-Mirabeau
Right hereNotre-Dame de la Garde ViewpointMarseille's 'Bonne Mere' basilica crowns a 149 m limestone peak reachable by a winding drive, with a sweeping 360-degree panorama over the Old Port, the Frioul islands and the Calanques.
30 kmRoute des Crêtes (Cassis)A clifftop corniche from Cassis to La Ciotat climbing the highest sea cliffs in France with stunning overlooks.
59 kmMont Faron SummitA 584 m limestone mountain looming over Toulon, climbed by a narrow corniche road of tight hairpins beloved of the Tour de France; the summit offers superb views over one of Europe's finest natural harbours.
72 kmLavender Fields of ValensoleVast purple lavender plateaus that bloom spectacularly from mid-June to mid-August across the Valensole plain.
72 kmGorges de la Nesque RoadA serene Provençal balcony drive (D942) winding above a 400 m-deep limestone canyon near Mont Ventoux, with the Belvédère de Castellaras as its showpiece viewpoint.
73 kmPont Saint-Bénézet (Pont d'Avignon)The famous half-bridge of the children's song, jutting into the Rhône beneath Avignon's papal ramparts.