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| Marseille Travel Guide Edit This The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and see Chateau D'if Chateau D'if Steve B. Marseille is the second biggest city of France. The city is located on the shores of the Mediterranean coast. It was founded by the Greeks some 2,600 years ago. Nowadays, it is a lively, picturesque and rundown industrial port city. Sights include the Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde, the Cathedral Museum of the Roman Docks, the Puget sculptures at the town hall and 5th-century St. "The rise of Marseille as a genuine destination for tourists cannot be ignored and has been the most striking feature of 1998". Although the effects of the World Cup cannot be ignored, these effects were only felt the dates on which matches were played. The increases due to the World Cup only account for 15% of the increased number of visitors in 1998.Setting aside the "World Cup effect", it remains clear that the number of tourists has increased over previous years. Sectors such as cruises, business travel, cultural theme-based holidays and marine holidays are being given priority. The image of the city is changing profoundly and, shedding old stereotypes, Marseille now finds itself fashionable in fields such as cinema, theatre, music, sport, fashion, cruises and congresses. Without abandoning anything of its rich history, Marseille is now presenting a new face to the world.As the President of the Marseille Board of Tourism and Congresses Domnique Vlasto wrote "Our objective is to make Marseille the new tourist venue in the Mediterranean." This objective is now being achieved. ________Sights Edit This Display all or display just: Hotspots Monuments Show best rated on top | Show in alphabetical order [Add Sight] Abbaye de Saint Victor Edit This Built in the 5th century by Jean Cassien on the burial-place de Saint-Victor, a Roman martyr who died in the 3rd century. After having been destroyed several times, the abbey was fortified in the 14th century by Pope Urban V. Candlemas Day 2 February. type: Hotspots World66 rating: [rate it] Château d’If Edit This x Cote d'Azur near Nice photo by: Lars An old fortress that François 1st had built in 1524, It became a state prison in the 17th century and owes much of its fame to Alexandre Dumas’s novel "The Count of Monte Cristo". type: Hotspots World66 rating: [rate it] Palais du Pharo Edit This A genuine " on the waterfront " building presented by Marseille to Napoléon III. Designed by the Parisian architect Lefuel. It houses a goo seats Auditorium and several meeting rooms. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Corniche J. F. Kennedy Edit This A coast road wich formely linked the city centre to the outlying country cottages. The viaducts going over the valleys date from the Second Empire. The road comes out at the Plages (beaches) Gaston Defferre wich have been reclaimed from the sea and are now used for walks as well as providing numerous water sport facilities. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Consignes sanitaires Edit This x Quai du Port – Twin buildings, Headquarters of the Quarantine Service where captains of vessels calling at the harbour used to make their declarartions. The buildings date from 1719. Statute of Saint-Roch, guardian against the plague type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Danse Edit This 20, bd de Gabès – Built by Simounet and inaugurated in 1992, the school houses the Ballet National de Marseille directed by Marie-Claude Pietragalla. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Eglise Saint Ferreol Edit This Quai des Belges – Consecrated in 1542 and dedicated to the Augustines. In 1804, two of the bays were removed and a cement façade erected shortly afterwards type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Palais Longchamp Edit This x Municipal water tower built at the same time as the Marseille Canal in 1839. The complex, including the Museum of Fine Arts and Natural History, was only completed in 1869, to the design of the architect Espérandieu. type: Hotspots World66 rating: [rate it] Gare Saint-Charles Edit This x Cote d'Azur near Nice photo by: Lars With the advent of the Paris-Lyon-Marseille line in 1848, this ushered in the " grande époque " of Marseille with all its impressive hotels. Seen in countless films, notably in filmed works of Marcel Pagnol, and always recognizable by the impressive steps going down to the Boulevard d’Athènes to connect it with the city center. The project was started in 1911, but because of the war was not completed until 1926. The décor is entirely oriental. There are 104 steps. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Fort Saint –Nicolas Edit This Star-shaped fort built in 1680 by the Chevalier de Clerville under the orders of Louis XIV. It overlooks the city. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Basilique Notre Dame de la Garde Edit This The highest point of the city at 154m. The first chapel was built there in 1214. In 1524 François 1st had a fort built there. The present basilica, wich is in the Romanesque-Byzantine style after the drawings of the architect Esperandieu forms part of the major projects undertaken under the Second Empire and was consecrated in 1864. The esplanade offers the most impressive view of Marseille. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Château Pastre Edit This 157 avenue Montredon – Brick and stone bastide built in the Second Empire for the President of the Chamber of Commerce, Jean-Baptiste Pastré. Contains the Earthernware Museum type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Unité d’habitation Le Corbusier, La Cité Radieuse Edit This Built between 1947 and 1952, this building incorporates all the " radiant city " theories that Le Corbusier had been advancing since 1935. The 50,000 tonnes of the construction are supported by 34 concrete pillars. Altogether there are 337 " house " type apartments, each with its own terrace and full-height window wall measuring 3.66 by 4.8 meters. The building is distinguished by its hotel, a post office and an inner street lined with shops. On the roof there are a terrace, a gymnasium, a paddling pool for children and a nursery school with playground. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Le Zenith-Dôme Edit This This is very much a contemporary (1994) building designed by Olivier Ceyrac for the firm of Sloan. The theatre can accommodate from 2500 to 8000 spectators. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Eglise Saint Laurent Edit This Built in the 12th century in the Provençal-Romanesque style on the site of the first Greek temple dedicated to Apollo... type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Arc de Triomphe Edit This The Porte d’Aix stands at the entrance of the city ; built in 1825, a triumphal arch erected by Penchaud to the glory of the Republic, the Consulate and the Empire. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Bastide de Valmante Edit This x Cote d'Azur near Nice photo by: Lars Built in the 19th century, it has hosted guests as eminent as Edmond de Rostand, the Contesse de Noailles and Sarah Bernhardt, and it was the Allied Headquarters at the close of World War II. Today, it houses the Valmante rehabilitation, center specialized in orthopedic and neurological disorders (245 beds, Phone : +33 (0)4 91 82 50 00). type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Cathédrale de la nouvelle Major Edit This This is an imposing 19th century building in the Romanesque-Byzantine style. The interior decoration is in marble and porphyry. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Clocher des Accoules Edit This Place Daviel – (12th, 14th and 17th centuries) The last vestige of one of the oldest churches in Marseille, it formerly contained the Sauveterre bell, wich was used to convene municipal meetings. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Eglise des Chartreux Edit This Place Audran – A huge church that formed part of a Carthusian monastery (since destroyed), built between 1680 and 1702 to the design of the prior, Jean-Baptiste Berger type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Eglise des Réformés Edit This x Cote d'Azur near Nice photo by: Lars 2, cours Roosevelt – The Eglise Saint-Vincent de Paul was built between 1855 and 1888 in the 13th century Gothic style by the architect Reybaud to the design of the abbé Pougnet. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Eglise du sacré-Cœur Edit This x Cote d'Azur near Nice photo by: Lars 2, rue St-Adrien – Built between 1920 and 1947 by the architect Dupoux, who as it weremarried two styles, the Romanesque-Byzantine and the Eclectic. Every June the " Vow of the Aldermen " is still perpetuated. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Fontaine Cantini Edit This x Place Castellane – A work dating from 1913, sculpted entirely in Carrare marble and wich represents the three chief rivers of Provence personified (the Durance, the Rhine and the Gardon) together with the Mediterranean, the whole dominated by the Allegory of Marseille. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Fort Saint-Jean Edit This The origin of the fort goes back to the 12th century, with the Commandery of the Hospitallers of Saint-John of Jerusalem. The square Tower built on the orders of King René dates from the 15th century. Louis XIV had a watchtower, the Tour du Fanal, built by the Chevalier de Clerville around 1670 and also had the building fortified. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Halle Puget Edit This x Cote d'Azur near Nice photo by: Lars Place Bertas – Designed by P. Puget, the market dates from 1672. After designing the market, Pierre Puget, who was then living in Toulon, entrusted the project to his brother Jean, his legal representative. Built along traditional lines, it was a market for both meat and fish. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Hopital Caroline Edit This Vast hopital centre built on the islands of thr Frioul by Penchaud in 1828 for sailors afflicted with yellow fever. Exhibitions, cultural events, visits. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Hôtel de Cabre Edit This Dating from 1535, this is the oldest house in Marseille, built in the Louis XII and Renaissance style. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Hôtel Dieu Edit This Built in the 18th century, this was formerly the city’s hospital centre and includes a fine stairway designed by the architect Esprit Brun type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Hôtel du Département Edit This x Cote d'Azur near Nice photo by: Lars Built to house the Departement Council between 1990 and 1993 by an Anglo-French team of architects, Norman, Alsop et Lyall. The façades are mainly made up with ultramarine curtain walls. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Hôtel de Région Edit This Built between 1984 and 1991 by Battesti, Biaggi and Maurin, it houses the Regional Council. It reflects the movement of the time designed to revitalize the northern city centre type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Hôtel de Ville Edit This (1653) Located above the previous Maison de Ville, it is embellished with a coat of arms medaillon designed by Pierre Puget. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] La Criée Edit This x The Théâtre National de Marseille occupies the premises of the old fish Criée aux poissons (fish auction rooms) built in 1909. There are two theatres able to accommodate 800 and 250 spectators respectively type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] La Magalone Edit This x 245, bd Michelet – Country house built at the end of the 17th century for wealthy merchants and then very much rearranged in the 20th century. The park keeps some exceptional Italianate statuary. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Les Docks de La Joliette Edit This Formerly dockside warehouses built between 1858 and 1866 by Paulin Talabot, it was renovated starting in 1991 by the architect Eric Castaldi as part of a vast office complex foreshadowing the Euroméditerranée project. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Lycée Diderot Edit This x Cote d'Azur near Nice photo by: Lars 23, bd Laveran – Buit between 1985 and 1990 to the design of Bui Quien Quoc, this called for the rather problematical work to be added to an already existing building. Glass is used to lighten the architecture and to add vegetable to mineral without offending the overall esthetics. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Maison Diamantée Edit This x Cote d'Azur near Nice photo by: Lars This was built in 1570 and owes its name to the " diamond point " stones making up the façade it houses the Museum of Marseilles Traditions. Lodged in a Renaissance palace (Maison Diamantée) in the old Marseilles, the museum is devoted to local arts and crafts. When the firm of Camoin ceased activities in 1970 they presented their old stocks, blocks, plates, tools, and an impressive display furniture to the museum, all of which illustrate daily life in the Marseille of the 18C and 19C. Most of the cards and printing blocks are exhibited in the Camoin room upstairs. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Monument aux héros de l’armée d’orient et des terres lointaines Edit This Architecture designed by Castel, and sculpted by Sartorio. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Monument aux rapatriés d’Afrique du Nord Edit This Giant ship’s screw in bronze dedicated by César in 1971 to repatriates returning from North Africa. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Notre-Dame de la Galline Edit This x Also known as Notre-Dame de la Nerthe, this was built in the 11th century and owes its name from the " Madonna of th Hen ", still today the object of a pilgrimage (8 September). Opéra After the fire of 1919, all that remained of the Louis XVI style Opera house were the neoclassical peristyle and the main walls. It was rebuilt in 1924 by the architects Castel and Ebrard in a pure Art Deco style. It can shelter 1830 persons. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Palais des Arts Edit This Palce Carli – Built by Esperandieu between 1864 and 1874 and designed to house the future School of Fine Arts and the Municipal Library. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Palais de la Bourse Edit This x Cote d'Azur near Nice photo by: Lars 9, La Canebière – This was the first building erected during the Second Empire from 1852 to 1854, and ushered the huge public building programm of that era in Marseille. It houses the oldest chamber of commerce in France (1599). The sculpted décor is dedicated in its entirety to the illustrious story of Marseille as a trade centre. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Palais de Justice Edit This Designed by the architect A. Martin between 1856 and 1862, this is a classical building in terms of both its architecture and its sculpted décor. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Palais des Sports Edit This This multi-sports centre, inaugurated in 1988, can hold from 4300 to 7300 spectators. Designed by Letellier. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Pavillon Daviel Edit This x Cote d'Azur near Nice photo by: Lars Place Daviel – The old Law Courts built between 1743 and 1747 by the Gérard brothers on the site of the previous Law Courts. The main floor includes a superb wrought iron balcony with " ox-eye " panels created by the sculptor Verdiguier. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Préfecture Edit This Designed by the architect A. Martin, the Préfecture was commissioned by De Maupas, the most important prefect under the second Empire. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Stade Vélodrome Edit This x Cote d'Azur near Nice photo by: Lars Stade Vélodrome, the cathedral of Marseilles football fans was built in 1937 by the architect Ploquin. The stadium has been renovated by J.-P. Buffi and can now hold 60,000 spectators. Its elliptical shape is still a reminder of its beginnings as a cycle-racing track. It is home to the Olympique de Marseille team, wich will celebrate is centennial in 1999. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Statue du " David " Edit This Promenade Georges Pompidou – This is a copy of Michelangelo’s famous " David ", sculpted in Carrare marble by the marble-sculptor Jules Cantini in 1903. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Technopôle de Château Gombert Edit This x Cote d'Azur near Nice photo by: Lars A competition won in 1986 by a group of Marseille architects known as Workshop 9. The buildings, wich were completed in 1989, contain the Marseille College of Engineering together with various research institutes and laboratories. The IMT, the IRIIAM and others. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Vallon des Auffes Edit This Tiny fishing port renowned for its picturesque setting and its fish restaurants. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Vieille Charité Edit This x Cote d'Azur near Nice photo by: Lars This 17th century architectural set of buildings designed to take vagrants and orphans, is now a multicultural centre. The chapel, built in the 17th century by Pierre Puget, is in the French baroque style. type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] Vieille Major Edit This x Cote d'Azur near Nice photo by: Lars Place de la Major – One of the oldest churches in Marseille, partly demolished when the Nouvelle Major was built ; all the remains today is the Provençal-Romanesque chevet (12th century). type: Monuments World66 rating: [rate it] ___________Museums Edit This [Add Museum] Musée de la Marine et de l’ Economie Edit This x Cote d'Azur near Nice photo by: Lars Palais de la Bourse, La Canebière (1er) – Metro : Vieux Port – Tel : 04 91 39 33 33 Open every day except Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Engravings, paintings and models all recapture the economic history of the Port of Marseille since 16th century. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Musée de la Faïence Edit This x Château Pastré – 157 avenue de Montredon (8e) – Tel : 04 91 72 43 47 Situated between the sea and the hills in the parc de Montredon, the Château Pastré (19th century) contains over 1200 marseillais, regional , french and european ceramic objects, from the Neolithic period to the present day. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Musée des Docks Romains Edit This x Cote d'Azur near Nice photo by: Lars Place Vivaux (2e) – Metro : Vieux Port – Tel : 04 91 91 24 62 The museum houses the in situ remains of one of the rare Roman " dolium " (earthenware jars for oil, wine, etc.) warehouses known to the world. It also contains a number of archeological items illustrating Marseille’s trading history from the 6th century BC to the 4th century AD. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Musée des Arts et Traditions Populaires du Terroir Marseillais Edit This x Château Gombert – 5 place des Héros (13e) – Tel : 04 91 68 14 38 Open every afternoon except Tuesday from 2.30 to 6.30 Founded in 1928 at Château-Gombert by Julien Pignol, one of the Félibres (members of a Provençal literary brotherhood), the museum offers a graphic and very applealing display of life in the Marseille regionfrom the 17th to the 19th century. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Musée boutique de l’OM Edit This The OM’s Museum and Boutique under the Stade Vélodrome football recounts the history of the legendary Olympique de Marseille team through varied temporary exhibits. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Musée Grobet-Labadié Edit This x Cote d'Azur near Nice photo by: Lars 140, bd Longchamp (1er) – Metro : Longchamp-Cinq Avenues – Tel : 04 91 62 21 82 The museum recreates the intimist ambience of a 19th century private mansion containing the collections of two art lovers, the musician Louis Grobet and Marie Louise Labadié : sculptures, paintings and drawings, furniture, tapestries and earthenware from the 13th to the 18th century. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Musée de la Moto Edit This x Cote d'Azur near Nice photo by: Lars Traverse St-Paul, Le Merlan (13e) – Tel : 04 91 02 29 55 – Buses 32, 33 The museum is housed in an old flour-mill, a fine example of industrial architecture at the end of the 19th century, and shows how engineering methods and attitudes to engineering have changed from 1898 to the present. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Mémorial / Musée des Camps de la Mort Edit This x Cote d'Azur near Nice photo by: Lars Quai de la Tourette – Tel : 04 91 14 58 80 Open all year round except Mondays, Tuesdays and public holidays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in summer). Presentation of texts engraved on glass : the destruction of the old quarters of Marseille, European literary extracts and eye-witness accounts of deportation and genocide. Works regarding these questions are made available by comprehensive documentary resources. In surroundings reminiscent of the huts in the camps, there are photos showing just how the extermination camps looked, especially Auschwitz. On the more.. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Musée de la Mode Edit This x Cote d'Azur near Nice photo by: Lars 11, La Canebière (1er) – Tel : 04 91 56 59 57 – Fax : 04 91 90 76 33 Open every day except Sunday from noon to 7 p.m. The Musée de la Mode incorporated the Espace Mode Méditerranée in 1993. Its representation of fashion in the thirties is regularly displayed to the public. In addition, the museum holds monographic, thematic and graphic exhibitions highlighting all the phenomena of contemporary fashion. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Musée d’Histoire de Marseille et jardin des vestiges Edit This x Cote d'Azur near Nice photo by: Lars Centre Bourse (1er) – Metro : Vieux Port – Tel : 04 91 90 42 22 Open every day except Sunday from noon to 7 p.m.. Renovation of remains of the port and the old ramparts included a museum devoted to the city’s history. Bringing to life the foundation of Marseille and the city’s first few centuries starts with the spectacular wreck of a ship dating from the 3rd century BC. The story of Marseille up to the 19th century is recaptured through a new presentation of the results of the latest archeological excavations and the original collection of coats of arms more.. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Musée d’Arts Africain, Océanien et Amérindien Edit This x Cote d'Azur near Nice photo by: Lars The M.A.A.O.A. offers an exceptional collection of objects from three continents. The museum is indebted to J.P. Guerre for his donation of sculptures and masks as well as to Professor Gastaut for his donation of rare set of skulls whose beauty transcends the concept of simple physical death. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Le Préau des Accoules Edit This x 29, montée des Accoules (2e) – Tel : 04 91 91 52 06 Opening times : summer 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., winter 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.. Previously a Jesuit College in the 18th century and then the seat of the Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts, today the Préau des Accoules hosts exhibitions intended specially for young persons and is the Museum for the City’s Children. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Musée Cantini Edit This x 19, rue Grignan (6e) – Metro : Estrangin-Préfecture – Tel : 04 91 54 77 75 In a private mansion dating from the 17th century (1694) from the sixties on the Musée Cantini saw the accumulation of major Fauvist and Surrealist collections together with important post-war works and as a result has one of the finest collections available to the French public, including works by Bacon, Dufy, Ernst, Le Corbusier, Léger, Matisse, Masson, Miro, Picabia, Derain, Giacometti, Dubuffet, Tapies among others. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Exposition permanente Edit This x Cote d'Azur near Nice photo by: Lars Port Autonome Forme 7, Bd des Bassins de Radoub (2e) – Phone +33 (0)4 91 98 81 67 to schedule group tours (call Tuesday afternoon or leave a message). It is open every Saturday from 2 to 5 p.m. and admission is free. The exhibit, " A Look at Naval Shipyards, Past and Present, " depict different trades and crfts through photographs, tools, animated models, machine components, etc. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Museum d’Histoire Naturelle Edit This x Cote d'Azur near Nice photo by: Lars Palais Longchamp (4e) – Metro : Longchamp-Cinq Avenues – Tel : 04 91 14 59 50 In the right wing of the Palais Longchamp, the Museum of Natural History includes a hall devoted to worldwide zoology and 400 million years of Provençal history. A scientific library for both children and adults is also availible to visitors. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Musée des Beaux Arts Edit This Palais Longchamp (4e) – Metro : Longchamp-Cinq Avenues – Tel : 04 91 14 59 30 Housed since 1869 in the left wing of the Palais Longchamp, the Museum of Fine Arts comprises two levels showing the major works of the French, Italian and Flemish schools ; Pérugin, Carrache, Rubens, Vouet David, Courbet and others, together with an exhibition of sculptures. The Provençal School from the 17th to the 19th century provided a wealth of collections of the works of Puget, Serre, Mignard, Loubon, Monticelliand Guigou among others. There is an impressive exhibition room of drawings more.. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] La Galerie des Transports Edit This x Cote d'Azur near Nice photo by: Lars Place du Marché des Capusins (1er) – Metro : Noailles - Tel : 04 91 54 15 15 Open Wednesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Galerie des Transports, wich is housed in the old Gare de l’Est, retraces the story of public transport in Marseille from the earliest horse-drawn buses today’s Metro. The Galerie des Transports is where the Treaty of Versailles was signed. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Musée d’Art Contemporain Edit This 69, bd de Haïfa (8e) – Tel : 04 91 25 01 07 Some 4000 square metres for both permanent collections and temporary exhibitions. The museum also contains numerous collections devoted to the New Realists, " Supports-surface ", Arte Povera, " individual mythologies " and the leading figures of contemporary creative art. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Centre de la Vieille Charité Edit This x Cote d'Azur near Nice photo by: Lars 2 rue de la charité (2e) – Metro : Joliette – Tel : 04 91 14 58 80 Houses several cultural organizations. Most of the building is given over to the Museum of Mediterranean Archeology, the Museum of African, Oceanic and Amerindian Art, the exhibition galleries and the Governing Board of the Museums of Marseille. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Musée d’Archéologie Méditerrenéenne Edit This x An exceptionally rich Egyptian collection providing a vast panorama from the beginnings of the Old Empire to the Coptic era. The way in wich the objects are displayed tends to recreate their monumental surroundings. The proto-historic collections are grouped around the remains of Roquepertuse, the high point of Celtic-Ligurian civilisation and indeed a unique collection in Southern Gaul of paintings and sculptures dating from the 3rd century BC. The Classical Antiquity section reflects the major trends in ancient history around the Mediterranean, the Near East, Cyprus, Greece, more.. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] ________Beaches Edit This Although the beaches in Marseille are not perfect, they are pretty OK. [Add Beach] Plages des Planchistes Edit This x Cote d'Azur near Nice photo by: Lars (opposite the racecourse) : Reserved for windsurfing. Plages de la Vieille Chapelle, (shingle) : Access : Metro Castellane L1 + bus 19 or Metro Rond Point du Prado L2 + bus 19 or from the Vieux Port bus 83 + bus 19. Children’s playground, stunt-riding, skateboard circuit. Plages du David,(shingle) : Sand games, 2 solariums. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Plages Escale Borély (shingle) : Edit This Ideal spot for windsurfing. Escale Borely : restaurants, lilos, beach umbrellas, swimming pool, shops. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Plages de Bonne Veine Edit This Sports area, parascending, scooter and water ski rental. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] |