Salon-de-Provence

Salon-de-Provence is a city in Bouches du Rhône in France.

Get in

By bus

• From Aix-en-Provence
• From Marseille via Aix-en-Provence

By train

• From Avignon
• From Marseille

Get around

The bus station is place Morgan. You will find the local bus at one corner and the bus to Aix en Provence at another corner.

See

• 1 Museum Grévin de la Provence, Place Des Centuries, ☏ +33 4 90-56-36-30. M–F 09:00–12:00, daily 14:00–18:00. €4.9 (free every first Sunday of the month). 
• 2 Museum de l'Emperi (Musée de l'Empéri, de Salon et de la Crau), Château de l'Emperi, ☏ +33 4 90-44-72-80. 
• 3 Museum Maison de Nostradamus, Rue Nostradamus, ☏ +33 4 90-56-64-31. M–F 09:00–12:00, daily 14:00–18:00. Still somewhat interesting, but now rather tackily commercialised. €4.9 (free every first Sunday of the month). 
• 4 Base de la Patrouille de France. 
• 5 Museum du Savon de Marseille, 148 Avenue Paul Bourret, ☏ +33 4 90-53-82-75. 

Connect

As of July 2023, Salon and its approach roads have 5G from all French carriers.

Go next

Good next stop is Aix-en-Provence, Marseille or Avignon. You can also go west to discover Arles and its roman monuments listed on UNESCO. On the north-west, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence is a lovely village worth a detour in summertime.