#1 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
La Canebiere
Bouches du Rhône FR
~0.20 miles from Marseille city center
Hotels Close to La Canebiere
|
#2 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Musee de la Marine
Endoume
~0.42 miles from Marseille city center
Hotels Close to Musee de la Marine
|
#3 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Centre Bourse
Marseille
~0.44 miles from Marseille city center
Hotels Close to Centre Bourse
Le centre commercial Bourse, sa galerie marchande et ses magasins vous accueillent en centre ville tous les jours de la semaine à proximité du vieux Port et ...
The Centre Bourse is a commercial shopping mall.
|
#4 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Musee d'Histoire de Marseille
Marseille
~0.45 miles from Marseille city center
Hotels Close to Musee d'Histoire de Marseille
|
#5 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Marseille Opera House (L'Opera)
Bouches du Rhône FR
~0.49 miles from Marseille city center
Hotels Close to Marseille Opera House (L'Opera)
|
#6 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Palais Longchamps
Bouches du Rhône FR
~0.62 miles from Marseille city center
Hotels Close to Palais Longchamps
|
#7 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Hotel de Ville
Marseille
~0.69 miles from Marseille city center
Hotels Close to Hotel de Ville
|
#8 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Musee des Beaux Arts
Marseille
~0.69 miles from Marseille city center
Hotels Close to Musee des Beaux Arts
|
#9 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Musee d'Archeologie Mediterraneenne
Marseille
~0.79 miles from Marseille city center
Hotels Close to Musee d'Archeologie Mediterraneenne
|
#10 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
La Vieille Charite
Marseille
~0.79 miles from Marseille city center
Hotels Close to La Vieille Charite
|
#11 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Musee des Docks Romains
Marseille
~0.80 miles from Marseille city center
Hotels Close to Musee des Docks Romains
|
#12 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
City Centre Marseille
Bouches du Rhône
~0.92 miles from Marseille city center
Hotels Close to City Centre Marseille
|
#13 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Cathedrale de la Major
Bouches du Rhône
~0.93 miles from Marseille city center
Hotels Close to Cathedrale de la Major
Marseille Cathedral (Cathédrale Sainte-Marie-Majeure de Marseille or Cathédrale de la Major) is a Roman Catholic cathedral, and a national monument of France, located in Marseille. It has been a basilica minor since 1896.
It is the seat of the Archdiocese of Marseille (formerly the Diocese of Marseille until its elevation in 1948).
The present cathedral, the "Nouvelle Major", was built on an enormous scale in Byzantine-Roman style from 1852 to 1896 on the site used for the cathedrals of Marseille since the 5th century, principally by the architects Léon Vaudoyer (1803-1872) and Henri-Jacques Espérendieu (1829-1874). Some modest structures remaining from the largely demolished earlier cathedral, the "Vieille Major", still stand alongside, dwarfed by the huge scale of the later construction.
|
#14 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Abbaye de Saint Victor
3, rue de l'Abbaye 13007 Endoume - 0496112260
~0.95 miles from Marseille city center
Hotels Close to Abbaye de Saint Victor
Founded in the 5th century on the tomb of an ancient Christian martyr played an important role in Christianity's development in the Mediterranean between the 11th and 18th centuries.
http://www.saintvictor.net/
|
#15 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Vieux Port
Bouches du Rhône FR
~0.98 miles from Marseille city center
Hotels Close to Vieux Port
|
#16 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
University of Aix Marseille II
la Capelette
~1.11 miles from Marseille city center
Hotels Close to University of Aix Marseille II
|
#17 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Fort Saint Jean
Bouches du Rhône
~1.12 miles from Marseille city center
Hotels Close to Fort Saint Jean
Fort Saint-Jean is a fortification in Marseille, built in 1660 by Louis XIV at the entrance to the Old Port. Fort Saint-Nicolas was constructed at the same time on the opposite side of the harbour. Commenting on their construction, Louis XIV said, "We noticed that the inhabitants of Marseille were extremely fond of nice fortresses. We wanted to have our own at the entrance to this great port." In fact, the two new forts were built in response to a local uprising against the governor, rather than for the defence of the city: their cannons pointed inwards towards the town, not outwards towards the sea.
Two earlier buildings were incorporated into the structure of the fort: the twelfth century Commandry of the Knights Hospitaller of St John of Jerusalem, which served as a monastic hospice during the crusades; and the fifteenth century tower of René I, King of Provence.
During the French Revolution the fort was used as a prison, holding Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, and two of his sons, Louis-Charles, Count of Beaujolais, and Antoine Philippe, Duke of Montpensier.
During the years when the French Foreign Legion served almost entirely in Africa (C19th to mid-1960s), the Fort was a final stop-off point for recruits destined for basic training in Algeria.
|
#18 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Basilique Notre Dame de la Garde
Bouches du Rhône
~1.16 miles from Marseille city center
Hotels Close to Basilique Notre Dame de la Garde
|
#19 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Fort Saint Nicholas
Endoume
~1.18 miles from Marseille city center
Hotels Close to Fort Saint Nicholas
Fort Saint Nicolas as seen from Notre Dame de la Garde is on the south side of the Old Port (Vieux Port) in Marseille, Provence in France. It is not as old as Fort Saint Jean on the north side, but the reason for its construction is very interesting.
Fort Saint Jean was founded in the 13th century when Marseille was still an independent republic. It was made bigger in 1660 when Fort Saint Nicolas was built, which ironically, heralded the end of Marseille's independence.
King Louis XlV of France had the guns of Fort Saint Nicolas (and Fort Saint Jean's) pointing toward the city of Marseille in France because he was suspicious of the inhabitants allegiance during the French Revolution. Actually his doubts were well-founded as it...
|
#20 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Palais du Pharo
Bouches du Rhône FR
~1.22 miles from Marseille city center
Hotels Close to Palais du Pharo
|
#21 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Summer Palace
Endoume
~1.29 miles from Marseille city center
Hotels Close to Summer Palace
|
#22 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Le Dome
Bouches du Rhône FR
~1.55 miles from Marseille city center
Hotels Close to Le Dome
|
#23 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Prado Beach
Marseille
~2.36 miles from Marseille city center
Hotels Close to Prado Beach
|
#24 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Parc Borely
Bouches du Rhône FR
~2.47 miles from Marseille city center
Hotels Close to Parc Borely
|
#25 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Stade Velodrome
Bouches du Rhône FR
~2.60 miles from Marseille city center
Hotels Close to Stade Velodrome
|
#26 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Chateau d'If
Bouches du Rhône
~3.19 miles from Marseille city center
Hotels Close to Chateau d'If
The Château d'If is a fortress (later a prison) located on the island of If, the smallest island in the Frioul Archipelago situated in the Mediterranean Sea about a mile offshore in the Bay of Marseille in southeastern France. It is famous for being one of the settings of Alexandre Dumas' adventure novel The Count of Monte Cristo.
The château is a square, three-story building 28 m long on each side, flanked by three towers with large gun embrasures. The remainder of the island, which only measures 30,000 square meters, is heavily fortified; high ramparts with gun platforms surmount the island's cliffs.
|
#27 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Gare Saint Charles
Bouches du Rhône FR
~4.96 miles from Marseille city center
Hotels Close to Gare Saint Charles
|
#28 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Calanques
Bouches du Rhône
~6.03 miles from Marseille city center
Hotels Close to Calanques
A calanque (from the Corsican word of preindoeuropean origin calanca (plural calanche) with meaning "inlet"; Occitan calanca too) is a geologic formation in the form of a deep valley with steep sides, typically of limestone, in part submerged by the sea. It can be considered a Mediterranean fjord.
|
#29 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Aix en Provence Les Milles (QXB)
Bouches du Rhône
~14.16 miles from Marseille city center
Hotels Close to Aix en Provence Les Milles (QXB)
|
#30 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Paul Cezanne University
Bouches du Rhône
~15.54 miles from Marseille city center
Hotels Close to Paul Cezanne University
|
