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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Marseille

11 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Marseille, France

Updated April 7, 2023

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Château d’If

Marseille, France

Château d'If

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.
Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations

Marseille, France

Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.
ex-voto of ships in Notre-Dame de la Garde

Marseille, France

Notre-Dame de la Garde's Nautical Ex-Voto

Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.
le téléscaphe in the 60s

Marseille, France

Le Téléscaphe

For a brief time in 1960s France, families could climb into a tiny submarine and be pulled along an underwater journey.
Alfonso’s deceptively simple color palette at play

Marseille, France

Unite d'Habitation and the Radiant City

What if all public housing projects had been designed by "the Pygmalion of modern architecture," not only their prototype?
The southern portal of the Rove Tunnel.

Marseille, France

Rove Tunnel

Longest canal tunnel in the world, abandoned in the 1960s.
Fort of Ratonneau

Marseille, France

Fort of Ratonneau

A crumbling island fortress that seems to be covered in a field of stone crosses but is simply incomplete.
Jardin des Vestiges - ancient quay with re-use

Marseille, France

Le Jardin des Vestiges

This garden houses the remains of the ancient Greek port of Marseille.
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Stories About Marseille

Artist Jean Effel’s drawing of an ad for the bars that reads “Croque-Fruit: The fruit that isn’t forbidden.”

The French Food Co-Op That Fought Nazis With Energy Bars

Financial freedom, epicurean espionage, and community spirit were in each bite.
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The Race to Document Prehistoric Art in a Coastal Cave in France

Scores of ancient paintings and other works will soon succumb to the sea—but a passionate team is determined to preserve this 'bubble of memory.'
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September 22, 2022

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