Karting in Marseille: circuits, prices and reviews

Compare karting circuits in Marseille and nearby: indoor, outdoor, kids options, reviews and practical info.

Top circuits in Marseille

From Marseille, karting happens on the edges of the city: no track in Marseille itself, but a dozen circuits around it, nine of them within 35 kilometres. The closest, Karting Le Rove, sits on the Côte Bleue, fifteen minutes from L'Estaque.

Three directions concentrate the offer. Along the A50, to the east: Aubagne and its two venues, then Cuges-les-Pins and, further out, Le Castellet. Along the A55 and the Étang de Berre: Le Rove, Martigues, Rognac. Along the A7: Kart'Up in Vitrolles, near the airport.

Twelve options are worth comparing: the list below ranks them from nearest to furthest, with the available reviews and prices to decide before booking.

Indoor in Aubagne and Vitrolles, outdoor everywhere else

Two covered tracks frame the city: KIP Loisirs in Aubagne (350 metres, with a 150-metre straight) and Kart'Up in Vitrolles (400 metres). The rest of the area drives outdoors: 500 metres in Le Rove, 620 in Rognac, 650 in Trets, 700 in Cuges-les-Pins, plus the ASK club's Oratoire track in Martigues.

With children: a track just for them

A rarity in the region: Kids Motor Park in Aubagne is an electric track built for children - 80 metres designed for first laps, with no adult karts around. The other circuits in the area also take children on adapted karts; minimum age and height are on each page.

What budget to plan for?

Published prices run from €15 a session in Rognac to €22 at KIP Loisirs in Aubagne, with Cuges-les-Pins around €20. Formats vary from track to track: the details are on the circuit pages.

After something sportier? Le Castellet is 45 minutes away

To move from leisure laps to chasing times, the Paul Ricard karting circuit runs 964 CIK-homologated metres in Le Castellet, along the A50. It is where the area's regulars drive - and often the next step for anyone who gets hooked.

Between the Côte Bleue, the Étang de Berre and the Aubagne basin, karting in Marseille plays out 15 to 35 minutes from the centre. Compare the pages: the differences in track and price are real.