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A guide to Marseille: beaches, bouillabaisse and street art on the French Med. As France gears up to host the Rugby World Cup, take the time to explore one of its key venues — a truly ...
Marseille isn't Paris-by-the-sea, nor is it merely a gateway to the South of France. This ancient port city, where France collides with North Africa and the Levant, operates on its own frequency ...
For more information, visit Marseille Tourism's website. Tours & Tickets. Drive a Cabriolet from Marseille to Cassis La Ciotat (180 reviews) from $573.04. Read More.
Built in 1660 by Louis XIV, Fort Saint-Jean is a well-preserved fortress guarding Marseille at the entrance to the Old Port. Interestingly, it was built not to keep invaders at bay but to tamp ...
Marseille’s makeover: The gritty French city has been spruced up – and is becoming a culinary hotspot. Mal Rogers reveals how he has watched the French city 'change and grow' ...
Marseille has been celebrating 80 years since Operation Dragoon, the Allied liberation of Provence from the Nazis in the summer of 1944. A road junction in Marseille has been guarded ever since by ...
While Marseille’s tourism industry brings about seven per cent of its earnings to the local economy each year, the sheer number of annual tourists – around 5 million – majorly exceeds the ...
Banksy’s back at it. The enigmatic British street artist has turned a beige wall on a quiet street in Marseille, France, into a must-see tourist stop for European art fans.
Marseille was the place to be this summer, but while plenty of us enjoyed it as a summer vacay spot, the influx of visitors means it’s hardly surprising that the French city is the latest ...
A museum in southern French city Marseille is inviting visitors to discover Europe's relationship to the naturist lifestyle by wandering its halls in the nude. "It's not every day you get to walk ...
But for Christelle Bouyoud, 53, naturism goes further than tourism or the freedom to bare it all. The decision to go nude can be a unifying force for society, she believes.