Vieux Port started docking ships and boats back in 600 B.C., and it was a vibrant hub of the city until steamboats became the preferred mode of transport and Vieux Port was considered too shallow.

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—one ...

France’s second largest city has shaken off its downtrodden image in recent years to become one of the country’s coolest spots for a weekend break. Located less than three and a half hours by train ...

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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 the ...

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