Marseille was highly rated for harbor by 163 guests from the United States!Marseille Travel Guide
A City Built from the Sea
Founded by the Phocaeans in 600 B.C., the long history of Marseille has produced an interesting and dynamic port-side city bursting with cultural diversity. Watch the fishermen sell their catch by auction at Vieux Harbor or cruise along the Corniche roads with views of the Calanques, dramatic rocky inlets to the sea.
The le Cours Julien and la Plaine areas provide a trendy hangout and every Thursday and Saturday morning, the Plaine market offers its various wares. This is the area to buy a novel from a hip bookshop or watch your kids on one of the playgrounds. There are also plentiful cafes to sip a cappuccino and watch the world go by.
If a culture packed vacation is on the agenda, the Musée d'Archéologie Méditerranéenne, Notre Dame de la Garde and Palais Longchamp won’t disappoint. The unique Unité d'Habitation, designed by famous architect Le Corbusier, contains everything from a shopping street to housing and has spectacular views of the terracotta landscape that makes Marseille so distinctive.
Marseille is a short trip from Marseille Provence Airport, so your holiday can start promptly. With over 100 hotels and apartments available, Booking.com is the perfect place to find great accommodation and start your journey in the largest city on the Côte d'Azur.
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A lovely place to experience the global world in one seaside...
A lovely place to experience the global world in one seaside city. Tourists and denizens from all over.
Excellent restaurants: Poule Noire, delicious food, nice people, moderate price; Le Cirque, more plentiful plates, a little higher priced; the Miramar, quite expensive, but superb.
Pamela
United States of America
8.0
Lots to see.
Lots to see. The old dock area has many good restaurants. I knock off one point because we watched the servers give tourists a different and more expensive menu than the locals. Food was pretty good.
Anonymous
United States of America
8.0
Very improved from years ago impression.
Very improved from years ago impression. If you haven't been in years, you might try again for sights and see the modernization, pedestrian walking areas now. MUCEM and Fort Saint Jean area a must do. Parking in Panier area (old Marseille) is tricky but garages are in walking distance. Like a large city anywhere, there are issues to be careful of.
Ornella
Switzerland
10
Marseille is a fantastic, with the beautiful harbor!
Marseille is a fantastic, with the beautiful harbor! we found the people very friendly, good looking, fashionable, lots of youngs.
The food was great, we ate fresh fish every day. Bouillabaisse at chez Michel was really yummy!
Our friend went to the coiffure, she was trated very well and they meat her expectations. Even the staff at Longchamps and at Luis Vuitton store was very friendly (usually they are snooty).
Shopping was great!
Anonymous
United States of America
Don’t drive in Marseille, however, trips to the countryside...
Don’t drive in Marseille, however, trips to the countryside are extraordinary. Must go to Roussillon, the ochre footpath, and the surrounding cities. You may never leave, the beauty is astounding. Take time to eat at local businesses.
Anonymous
United States of America
8.0
Marseille is very different from an Anglophone's "normal"...
Marseille is very different from an Anglophone's "normal" expectations of a French city, yet it is the fourth largest city in France (so I have been told). In its own way, it is very French but also has elements of North Africa - specifically, Morocco (which I am somewhat familiar with) and also Tunisia; one is aware that those countries are just across the water.
I wanted to go to Marseille (havIng previously been familiar only with Paris) because I love "The Marseilles Trilogy" -
both the original Pagnol films and more recent incarnations. Of course "the original" from the 1930s is no more (except for the Basilica up on the hill), having been largely destroyed in WWII, but Marseilles now is also lively and unpretentious and friendly - just as it was in those movies. And it is architecturally fascinating in its diversity, with exciting public buildings and spaces developed in the past decade or so.
As a visitor, I found It has a pleasant easy-paced vibe, and is very manageable. It is both very walkable (allowing for the hill from the port up to the train station - easier walking down and taking the metro up), and additionally the public transportation system (both local metro and buses and the national rail and regional bus system ) makes getting about very simple. I would happily spend another three days of my two weeks in France and go there again.
“The location. Just a few steps away from Marseille Gare Saint Charles train station. very clean and comfortable. A plus to have a kitchen and a fridge!”
“Good location at the busy Vieux Port, still very quiet, spacious and clean, well functioning airco, close to grocery shops and restaurants, friendly staff, 24h guard at the door.”
“Really good location, 5 minutes from the Vieux port. Lots of places to eat down there and most boat and bis trips go from there.
We were met by our host in the street and she was very friendly although she does not speak much English and we did not speak much French so conversation was limited!
The apartment is kept locked by two double locks so our stuff always felt safe - noone will come in whilst you are out during the day. The fridge has a freezer compartment which is very useful for icing water etc and the bathroom is nice enough.”
“really big room, I found most of the hotels in France got separate bath room and toilet, and there isn't any sink in the toilet but Novotel got one in it.”
“They were extremely courteous, gave us maps and directions. The staff also kept our bag after check-out time until we needed it. Great location. Thoroughly recommended.”
“Very near to the main station and the vieux port. Easy to reach the other places. You can have a safe box to keep the important document or money with you.”
“Great bed, and overall really good hotel experience-- staff was charming and helpful. Breakfast though not super fancy was better than what's offered at most French hotels.”
“4 minutes walk to the train station, and 16 minutes to the old Port and Shopping center.
Nice comfort spacious. Large bathroom with a bathtub. The bed is comfy.”
“Staff and the overall property. Beautiful peaceful setting. Room was perfectly clean. They helped us with reservations and other tourist info. We were sad to leave!”
“It is a nice place to stay during business trip if you are looking for something relatively cheap and well located (15 mins from the port in this case). The bathroom is small but newly renovated and clean.”
“The location of the hotel was excellent when arriving by train. Also handy for the metro. All the staff were very friendly and Aurellian was the nicest receptionist we have ever come across. A real asset.”
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