Old Port (Vieux-Port)
Guide
Photo: Ingo Mehling · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
FreeSightAllow 30–60 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A deep harbour packed with boats and ringed by café terraces, with fishermen selling the morning's catch from tubs on the quay and a mirrored canopy that reflects everyone walking under it.
A brief history
Greek sailors from Phocaea founded the city here around 600 BC, which makes Marseille the oldest city in France.
Tips
- Best time
- Early morning for the fish sellers; sunset from the quays
- Cost
- Free
- Allow
- 30–60 min
- Free days
- Always free
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Good to know
- Area
- The Old Port: The harbour, its quays and café terraces, the forts and the MuCEM: the heart of the city, busy day and night.
- Access
- Step-free
- Indoors or out
- Outdoors
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