Le Roucas-Blanc

It is the most posh district of Marseilles made up of a bourgeois habitat, former ``summer houses`` of the rich industrial families of Marseilles.

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…

Bompard

The very popular Bompard district begins below Notre-Dame de la Garde and ends at the seaside, at the level of the corniche of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

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!