Stade Velodrome

VISITING STADE VELODROME

The Stade Vélodrome, known as the Orange Vélodrome, is a multi-purpose stadium in Marseille, France. It is home to the Olympique de Marseille football club of Ligue 1 since it opened in 1937, and was a venue in the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the 2007 Rugby World Cup. It occasionally hosts RC Toulon rugby club of the Top 14. It is the largest club football ground in France, with a capacity of 67,344 spectators. The stadium is also used regularly by the French rugby union team.

TOURS

The guided tour know as a the best football tour of marseille starts behind the areas such as the dressing rooms, VIP boxes, the press room and pitchside via the players’ tunnel and the manager’s dugout.


The tour costs €10.00 for adults and €8.50 for children (under 18s) with tours starting every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, with more tours running on half term and holiday season.

Personal Experiences

Because of its great weather and outdoor culture, there are a lot of perfect places to take a beer from around the city with outdoor beer terraces where you can relax. You also can visit a lot of cultural sites near it, like the Sacre Court Basilic or the Palais Omnisports.

In our opinion, going to the Stade Velodrome is a great choice because of the culture that surround all the zone and all the cultural and entertainment zones around there.

Stade Vélodrome can be found in the southern part of Marseille, around 4km away from Vieux-Port – Pointe Rouge which the seaside part of the historic centre.

Here you have some of the matches that will be played the next month for the Euro-Cup.
MATCHES ON JUNE

11 de june-Group B England-Russia
15 de june- Group A French-Albany
18 de june-Group F Iceland-Hungry
21 de june-Group C Polony-Ucraine