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Notre Dame de la Garde
VIEUX PORT
Top of the hill
}04 91 13 40 80
You simply won’t get a better view of the city than this. As awesome as it is windy, this is where shipwreck survivors w…
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Musée Cantini
VIEUX PORT
19 rue Grignan
}04 91 54 77 75; www.marseille.fr
Housed in a chic warehouse, this museum hosts a permanent collection of Picasso, Cezanne, and Dubuffet paintings. Focuse…
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Chateau d’If
VIEUX PORT
Quai des Belges
}04 91 59 02 30‎
The legendary home to the VMan in the Iron Mask and Count of Monte Christo, this island fortress turned prison is less e…
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Vieille Charité
LE PANIER
2 rue de la Charité
}04 91 14 58 80; www.vieille-charite-marseille.org
The Vieille Charité was originally intended to be a tolerant place of worship for the homeless, but they tended to crowd…
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Musee de la Mode
BELSUNCE
11 La Canebière
}04 96 17 06 00; www.espacemodemediterranee.com
The ultimate window shopper’s dream, this museum houses a history of clothing from the 1940s to the present, and boasts …
Abbaye St-Victor
VIEUX PORT
3 rue de l’Abbaye
}04 96 11 22 60
An early Christian burial site for saints, the history of the Abbaye St-Victor is (naturally) characterized by power str…
La Canebière
BELSUNCE
La Canebière
If you were expecting an open market with the local medicinal hash, we hate to disappoint: “la canabière” is a false cog…