Stretching from the Old Port to the beginning of Boulevard Tellène, the neighborhood is home to the Old Port Tunnel, making it easy to leave the city center for marine escapades or business trips.

In this area, quality and proximity prevail, it is one of the rare districts in Marseille where everything is within walking distance. There are many restaurants and quality shops, from the greengrocer or the baker on the corner, to the Italian delicatessen answering to the sweet name of La Fiorentina.

Strolling, wandering, wandering, small stores grow in the streets, attracting tourists as well as hipsters and other bobos. We highly recommend the concept stores on rue Sainte, such as the cozy Cut & Mix gallery where you can choose a vinyl while having a color made, while leafing through books on the history of art of the XX^th century. Of course there are also exhibitions!

A tip for discovering this neighborhood: start by having a morning coffee at the Café de l’Abbaye after a stop at the Four des Navettes and continue your walk to the Palais du Pharo, here the sky and the sea dominate you.

It takes its name from the rock on which it is located (“Rocher Blanc”), which explains its characteristic staircases allowing superb views.

Near Notre-Dame de la Garde, it overlooks the Corniche Kennedy and the beaches of the Catalans, Malmousque and the Prophet. Stroll through its steep streets and stop by the Culti to enjoy a good barbecue.

A pearl of peace and quiet in the center of the city…

Built by Gaston Deferre during the great works launched in 1954, the corniche transformed the seaside of the Phocaean City by making it a promenade coupled with a heavily used road axis.

Loti on the heights of the 7th arrondissement, its location is ideal for city dwellers who love the sea and the open views. A multitude of alleys, crossings and dead ends, are articulated around the boulevard Bompard which splits the neighborhood in two.

Most of the houses were built in the 1950s, and are mainly well-to-do single-family homes, with some more modest recent constructions. The population of the district, which came to settle in Bompard in the 1950s, tends to be younger. Difficult to access and particularly quiet, the neighborhood is now highly sought after by families.

This change also explains the density of schools, and if the small shops are known for their quality, the evenings are rather quiet and the restaurants are few. We will let ourselves be tempted all the same by a home delivery of the pizzeria Les 2 Frangins, because tonight it’s a game!