With amazing food and architecture, beaches and boutiques, gritty Marseille — France’s oldest city — is firmly on the ...

North African-origin neighborhoods that ring Marseille, which is hosting the 2024 Olympic sailing competition at the opposite end of its spectacular, monument-fringed bay. The millennia-old port ...

Here are our recommendations for shopping in Marseille, souvenirs worth bringing home with you, and patronizing local shops ...

Built in 1660 by Louis XIV, Fort Saint-Jean is a well-preserved fortress guarding Marseille at the entrance to the Old Port. Interestingly, it was built not to keep invaders at bay but to tamp ...

Le Panier – or the Basket – gives a glimpse of Old Marseille and real Marseille culture ... a great place to wander for a few hours. Vieux Port started docking ships and boats back in 600 ...

Earlier, police used water cannon, tear gas, dogs and batons to control England fans at the old port in Marseille, and outside the stadium just before England kicked off their campaign.

MARSEILLE, France – A flare-up in drug violence has left a 63-year-old man dead and another person badly wounded in the French port city of Marseille, a police source and a prosecutor said on ...

Marseille has been ... time for the Mediterranean port city which is hosting fixtures for the Rugby World Cup and a visit from Pope Francis in September. A 55-year-old man was also shot dead ...

Having gained its fame and fortune from maritime trading, Marseille still places great importance on its historic Vieux Port (Old Port). Still the heart of the city, it’s a good place to begin ...