Sea-spray walks near your Vieux-Port hotel in Marseilles.
Sea-spray walks near your Vieux-Port hotel in Marseilles.
An epicurean experience in the Vieux-Port de Marseilles
Feel like exploring a traditional district while staying close to the Marseilles coastline? The Mercure Marseille Centre Vieux Port hotel is the best place for this. It is located not far from the Vieux-Port, where we suggest you spend some quality time.
Discover the long history of the Vieux-Port of Marseilles.
Come early in the morning to soak up the typical atmosphere of the fish market on the Vieux-Port waterfront. You can also enjoy a croissant and cup of coffee on a terrace and feast your eyes on the colourful fishing boats. If you walk along the waterfront seawards, you reach the Saint-Jean fort. Girded by ramparts, this building has overlooked the Vieux-Port of Marseilles since the 12th century. From here, you can enjoy superb views from the top of the chemin de ronde. Its many halls house some of the MuCEM’s collections, a museum dedicated to Mediterranean civilisations. Lunch out at the Café at the Saint-Jean fort where you can enjoy recipes created by a three-star chef.
A short walk away from your Vieux-Port hotel in Marseilles, are ruins dating back to Antiquity! Take the rue Henri-Barbusse, and then enter the Jardin des Vestiges. Among the green copses stand stretches of wall - remains of the ramparts that surrounded Massalia at the beginning of our era. Want to find out more? Located close by, the Marseilles History museum presents the city’s past. We recommend that you take a stroll in the colourful little streets of the Panier which criss-cross the area. Soak up the charm of the old world atmosphere. There are also key monuments, like the hospice of the Vieille Charité.
