Chateau d'If

"François I recognized the strategic advantage of an island fortress... built this imposing edifice." Full review

"Though it was destroyed in the Wars of Religion and its remaining donjon (keep) blasted by the Germans in World War II, it still commands a magnificent position." Full review

"Never mind the fancy name, the "château" is actually a former prison—the Mediterranean equivalent of Alcatraz." Full review

"A fortress built on a 3ha rock, which owes its fame to the time when it was the prison where Alexandre Dumas' heroes were incarcerated." Full review

"This imposing island fortress constructed under Francis I in the 16th century guarded the Marseille coast and served as a prison made legendary by Alexandre Dumas’s The Count of Monte Cristo." Full review

"This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction. " Full review

"Château d'If is a 16th-century fortress, commissioned by King Francois I, set atop the smallest island in the Frioul archipelago less than a mile from Marseille." Full review