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What To Do In Marseille For The Weekend

Ashleigh Graham by Ashleigh Graham
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What To Do In Marseille For The Weekend

I spent the past weekend in Marseille after taking advantage of a sale on train tickets. Arriving from Montpellier, I instantly knew I was back in a big city. However, the best thing I did was leave the city for the day and visit the beautiful Calanques (coves) to the south. Curious to learn what to do in Marseille if you got a weekend booked?

Marseille at night is beautiful

I first dropped off my bags at my centrally located Airbnb apartment and headed towards Le Vieux Port (the old port) area to take photos and find a bar. Cities always take on a new character at night, especially old, celebrated buildings that are illuminated. I ended up in a bar called Bar Unic. It was a cute place. The barmaid didn’t seem fussed when I didn’t have cash. So my friend dashed to the ATM. Unfortunately, the house wine wasn’t so great, and it was on a noisy street, but it was good to have a drink in the city before an early night.

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What to do in Marseille: Visit Les Calanques

A visit to Les Calanques (the coves) to the city’s south was what I desired the most. Small coves with blue/turquoise water with imposing cliffs and excellent trails made for a fantastic day. It was the end of October, but the weather was perfect. 22C and a light breeze. Great for cooling you down when you’ve walked a strenuous path in the sun. In hindsight, I should have brought suncream because the sun was stronger than I anticipated.

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I went to the most accessible area of Calanques to reach by public transport: the Sugiton. To get there, simply take any bus to Luminy and get off at the last stop. I took the route 21 bus, and it stopped at the entrance to the national park. From there, it’s around a 15-minute walk into the park before you see signs of the Sugiton calanque. You have a choice of the high path or the low path. You’ll probably want to do both as they don’t take very long and all the scenery is beautiful. If you’re wondering what to do in Marseille, Calanques is definitely number one on the list.

What to do in Marseille: Visit La Basilique de Notre Dame de la Garde

Whether it’s the architecture inside or outside, the surrounding scenery, or the religious significance of the basilica, it’s evident once you finish the steep climb through the streets of Marseille why it’s so popular. Personally, I love good architecture. This building has a very distinctive style, most notably the striped brickwork on the exterior. We arrived at a good time, with the tower almost perfectly positioned in front of the sun to appear as if it wore a halo.

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Speaking of architecture, I loved the composition of the view from the outside of the building. Below us, residential Marseille sprawled outwards, followed by the new Stade Velodrome, home to Olympique Marseille. In the background were the mountains of the Marseille-Cassis Calanques. Finally, of course, it was topped off by the clear blue sky.

Marseille lacks bars that are just bars

It was the weekend of the Rugby World Cup Final between Australia and New Zealand. I headed to Queen Victoria at Le Vieux Port area, but there are a few British/Irish pubs in the area. Unfortunately, Marseille is not a city blessed with bars, it seemed. At least not in the place where I was for the evening. Many restaurants exist to cater to many tourists, but very few were just bars unless you wanted to go to the pubs. One of the things I love about France is the outside drinking culture. I’d like to go back and find out where everyone drinks!

So many McDonalds

There are so many McDonald’s restaurants in Marseille. Around Le Vieux Port area alone, there are 3 or 4. I’m not complaining. It served as a good breakfast spot on Sunday morning. We got some bacon and egg McMuffins ourselves.

Don’t eat Japanese food in Marseille

Maybe it’s a trend in France, but I ate at a place called Yoj by Yoji, and the food was pretty bland. Foreigners in France often complain about how Asian food lacks flavour and spice. Unfortunately, my dish had neither, and my friend’s ramen was lukewarm and made with the wrong noodles. Not good.

Treat yourself to a pizza and some ice cream

After a steep climb to and descent from the basilica, some lunch and refreshments were in order. Trying to find the perfect balance of sunshine and shade, we opted for the Del Arte Italian restaurant at Le Vieux Port. It boasts a great view of the port itself and therefore all the goings-on of tourists and locals alike. I had a carbonara styled pizza and an excellent Belgian beer. Both were good. We followed that up with some cookie dough ice cream and Haagen Dazs, which was a bit expensive but did the trick!

What to do in Marseille: The MuCEM

Then came a wander to the MuCEM (Musée de Civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée) which sat on the water. We walked to the interesting cage-like structure offering interesting views out into the marina. We spent the rest of the evening there.

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So, have you ever visited Marseille? Would you add it to the list for a France trip?

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