Structured movements such as Arte Povera, New Realism or Supports/Surfaces and the eclecticism of the Eighties: compressions and extensions by César, compositions by Richard Baquié or Daniel Burren, works by Martial Raysse, Arman, Tinguely, Yves Lein..

Château Pastré at the foot of the Marseilleveyre mountains houses the Musée de la Faïence, dedicated to ceramic art from the Neolithic Age to the present. It exhibits more than 1 200 ceramic pieces from Marseille (Clérissy, Madeleine Héraud, Widow Pe..

Numerous cabanons (small stone structures), small port, beach and seafood restaurants: this is the locals’ favourite calanque . Separated from Morgiou by Cap Morgiou , the belvedere affords magnificent views of the two creeks and the east coast o..

The market square has remained the centre for fresh fruit and vegetable sales by colourful "partisans" with the gift of the gab, although some of the little streets are now a hub of Afro hair and cosmetic parlours. A small museum dedicated ..

A pleasant garden has been added at the centre of this thoroughfare lined with fashion boutiques (Madame Zaza of Marseille), theatres (Espace Julien, Chocolat Théâtre) and café terraces. Rue de Bussy l’Indien, rue Pastoret and rue Vian have a nice al..

All city transport converges in this avenue with its fashionable cafés, cinemas and department stores. Its veritable hour of glory was in the 1930s and it is finding it difficult to regain its former lustre. Several buildings are a reminder of its gl..

Maurice Chevalier and Mistinguett, Raimu and Fernandel, Yves Montand (who debuted here) and Johnny Hallyday faced the boisterous Marseille public at this venue before it closed down in 1964. It stood idle for years, before being renovated, and now ho..

This road leading from La Canebière to the Prefecture is a hub of clothes shops, fast-food restaurants, ice cream sellers and department stores (including Galeries Lafayette and Virgin Megastore ).

The aromas of spices and freshly roasted coffee, olives cassées and Picholine olives, anchovies, herbs and spices, dried fruits and curios all vie for attention on the stalls lining this narrow street assailed in the morning by the crowds, who some..

In Marseille’s Musée de la Marine et de l'Économie, layouts and models of sailships and steamships, watercolours and paintings illustrate the city’s maritime history.

The Musée de la Mode holds temporary thematic exhibitions dedicated, for example, to a designer, an era or a type of costume. It also has a renowned cafeteria.

This church with its Renaissance façade stands opposite the Old Port, at the end of rue République. Also known as "Église des Augustins", the façade of this white church was rebuilt in 1904.

You can see the fortifications of the Greek town, the quays of the Ancient port and a 4C city road into the town, as well as remains of the pink limestone Roman ramparts.

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In 1844, when the Old Port was no longer sufficient, the Bassin de la Joliette was built. Since then, it has continued its extension toward the north and Marseille’s port now reaches as far as the banks of the Étang de Berre and the Bassin de Fos. ..

In former times, a canal crossed this square, which is the traditional hideout of Marseille’s journalists and printers. You can see traces of the old arsenal in the façade of the hotel (at n° 23) and the bookshop/gallery/restaurant des Arcenaulx at n..

This is one of the oldest buildings in the city (1535). Its composite style illustrates the influence of late Gothic style on civil architecture in Marseille.

A host of restaurants and nightclubs are to be found in these geometric streets around Place Thiars, which were laid out at the end of the 18C.

Apart from a few remarkable buildings, the whole of the so-called "Corps de Ville" quarter was dynamited by the Nazis, on the grounds that it was insalubrious. Its 40 000 inhabitants were first evacuated, a step closer to a tragic fate for ..