Founded in 600 Bc. by the Greek sailors of Phocaea, this great city is the oldest in France and surely the most complex. Second largest city in France and the largest commercial port, Marseilles, in the time of the French colonies, was main port of the Mediterranean coast. The commercial port, the airport, the oil industry, the large population all play an important part in the economic role to the whole to Provence and complete the picture of a city rich not only economically but in culture, art and science.

One can climb to 162 m, above sea level to visit the church of the patron saint of sailors “Notre Dame de la Garde”, admire Saint Victor Abbey, the Major cathedral, the famous Old Port or the well known Canebière avenue, the famous Longchamp Palace... Each headquarter is a little Provencal village on his own with a church, a playing area for the game of Pétanque and the obligatory plane trees.

Then, you’ll see all the residences, villas or mansions, driving along the exceptional site of the Kennedy Cornice: architectural surprises, extravagance or elegance, splendid views on the sea, with the famous If Island castle well known for its legend of the Count of Monte Cristo...

The MUCEM is a museum dedicated to the cultures of Europe and the Mediterranean, based in the Fort Saint-Jean which overlooks the Port of Marseille, and a new adjacent building. The museum itself, "a building of stone, water and wind", has been designed by the architect Rudy Ricciotti (associated with Roland Carta) in a new building - a cube of 15,000 square meters - presenting 3700m2 of collections on two levels and welcoming also an auditorium (325 seats), a bookshop and a restaurant with panoramic terrace headed by the Chief of the Petit Nice restaurant, Gérald Passédat.