Car Hire Marseille

• Fully flexible
  Enjoy fee-free flexible booking with full cash refunds and no vouchers.

• Savings on coverage
  When you choose Avis Inclusive you can experience total peace of mind with no extras or surprises. Pay one upfront price for free Roadside Assistance Plus and 25% discount on comprehensive zero-excess cover.

• Loyalty benefits
  Join our free loyalty programme Avis Preferred, and benefit from priority service, discounts and more.

• Safety first
  From our well-maintained fleet to protecting your data, we take safety seriously. That’s why we’ve partnered with Dettol® to ensure both hygienic rental locations and thoroughly cleaned vehicles. 

• Faster collection
  Save time at the counter by registering your details in advance with our simple and free QuickPass. You could be on the road sooner than you think.

• VIP treatment 
  Get priority counter service on collection with Avis Preferred. At our larger locations you can use our Avis app to go straight to your car where the keys will be waiting for you.

• Marseille Caillols    
• Marseille Provence Airport    
• Marseille Rabatau    
• Marseille Saint Charles Train Station    
• Parking Vinci Marseille Blancarde    
• Parking Vinci Marseille Bourse    
• Parking Vinci Marseille Castelanne    
• Parking Vinci Marseille Mucem FR    
• Parking Vinci Marseille Paradis Melizan    
• Parking Vinci Marseille Prado Perier    
• Parking Vinci Marseille Prefecture    
• Parking Vinci Marseille Republique    
• Parking Vinci Marseille Ste Barbe    
• Parking Vinci Marseille Vieux Port la Criee

The south of France is all about indulging in fabulous food, perusing the organic produce at farmers’ markets, summery saunters along country lanes and exploring mountain-top hamlets and bijou boutiques. The birthplace of Cézanne and exquisite wine—most particularly rosé—many journey to Marseille simply to access the crumbling castles and blossoming lavender fields of Provence.

The glamour of the Côte d’Azur is a two-hour drive west of the city, but if you choose to head east instead, you will arrive to the spectacular Camargue nature park. At 900km2, it’s Western Europe’s largest river delta, fed by two arms of the Rhône, and is home to red salt lagoons, rice paddies, flamingos and wild horses.

Nearby Arles is also easily accessible in your hire car from Marseille. Its tall houses are chequered with the chaste wooden shutters often associated with towns in the south of France, and don’t leave without exploring the grand oval amphitheatre built in AD 90.

Journeying further takes you along the Rhône wine trail to popular towns such as medieval Avignon and historic Nîmes, while the bohemian streets of Montpellier are only two hours’ drive in your hire car from Marseille.
 

Which side of the road?
In France, please drive on the right side of the road.

Country driving laws

• Mobile phones may only be used with a hands-free device. Do not use headphones or earpieces
• In towns and rural areas, on minor roads and where there is no clear indication of right of way, it may be prudent to give way to traffic coming from the right (“priorité a droite”)
• Bus lanes are reserved exclusively for buses, taxis and bicycles
• It is recommended that drivers use dipped headlights at all times

Speed limits
All speed signs will be in km/h.

For a standard Avis rental vehicle with no trailer:

• Urban areas: 50 km/h (31 mph)
• Rural areas: 90 km/h (55 mph)
• 4-lane expressways (rural areas): 110 km/h (68 mph)
• Motorways: 130 km/h (80 mph)

Unless indicated by road signs.

Be aware of changes to speed limits displayed on road signs due to adverse weather conditions

Child safety / Seatbelt laws

• It is compulsory for the driver and all passengers to wear a seatbelt
• Children aged under 10 and weighing less than 36kg must be seated in appropriate child restraint
• Children weighing up to 9 kg must travel in a rear-facing car seat, in the back of the car only

Please note - It is the child’s parent / guardian or vehicle renter’s responsibility to fit the child seat.

This road rules information is for provided for general guidance only. We endeavour to keep the information up to date and accurate, but any reliance you place on this information is at your own risk.