Guidebook for Marseille
Essentials
L'Eléphant Rose à Pois Blancs
25 Rue André PoggioliThe best home made ice creams in town!
Another excellent boulangerie around, bread and cakes and croissants and sandwiches, all is very good. Really don't bother going to any other boulangeries (don't confuse with Le Fournil de la Plaine)
Le Fournil du Mont
7 Pl. Notre Dame du MontAnother excellent boulangerie around, bread and cakes and croissants and sandwiches, all is very good. Really don't bother going to any other boulangeries (don't confuse with Le Fournil de la Plaine)
You can't do better than this in terms of patisseries. The cakes are pure wonders, for less than 4€. You need to go. Sandwiches and salads too.
50 recommandé par les habitants
Patisserie Sylvain Depuichaffray
66 Rue GrignanYou can't do better than this in terms of patisseries. The cakes are pure wonders, for less than 4€. You need to go. Sandwiches and salads too.
L'Art de la Fromagerie
20 Rue Saint-MichelBest cheese shop!!!
The best Lebanese delicatessen shop of Marseilles... Opposite is the great new Fiedje, a beer shop where you can get the best beers (local and from everywhere around the world)
Exosud
26 Rue Saint-MichelThe best Lebanese delicatessen shop of Marseilles... Opposite is the great new Fiedje, a beer shop where you can get the best beers (local and from everywhere around the world)
Supermaket, not too close but the best around. Our Marks and Spencer.
72 recommandé par les habitants
Castellane
Supermaket, not too close but the best around. Our Marks and Spencer.
Supermarket. The closest Monop around. Nice clothes, and good food.
160 recommandé par les habitants
MONOPRIX
36 La CanebièreSupermarket. The closest Monop around. Nice clothes, and good food.
Small supermaket... Nothing more to say! Better to go to the big market on La Plaine (Place Jean Jaurès) on Saturday, Tuesday and Thursday mornings, or the Farmer's market on wed on the Cours Julien.
94 recommandé par les habitants
Carrefour City
80 La CanebièreSmall supermaket... Nothing more to say! Better to go to the big market on La Plaine (Place Jean Jaurès) on Saturday, Tuesday and Thursday mornings, or the Farmer's market on wed on the Cours Julien.
Casino Shop
56 Bd Camille FlammarionMini supermarket around the corner.. Quite spendy...
Food Scene
Delicious take away: prawns cooked in pastis, lovely squids and the famous "Panisses", all for 5 euros or less a portion.
17 recommandé par les habitants
Chez Gilda
13 Rue des trois MagesDelicious take away: prawns cooked in pastis, lovely squids and the famous "Panisses", all for 5 euros or less a portion.
Very good italian restaurant, with a lovely backyard and vegetalised wall... under 20€.
240 recommandé par les habitants
La Cantinetta
24 Cr JulienVery good italian restaurant, with a lovely backyard and vegetalised wall... under 20€.
Delicious, really original and lovely place... around euros for a meal, less at lunchtime
Le Fournil de l'Étoile
61 Pl. Jean JaurèsDelicious, really original and lovely place... around euros for a meal, less at lunchtime
Delicatessen and really good restaurant, 15€ menu, you can eat outside, take way... The cakes are delicious. An old Marseillais treasure.
10 recommandé par les habitants
BATAILLE
18 Rue FontangeDelicatessen and really good restaurant, 15€ menu, you can eat outside, take way... The cakes are delicious. An old Marseillais treasure.
And bar too, lovely lunch (big assiettes/mezze for 12€) and as trendy as you get.
48 recommandé par les habitants
WAAW
17 Rue PastoretAnd bar too, lovely lunch (big assiettes/mezze for 12€) and as trendy as you get.
Dos Hermanas
18 Rue Bussy l'IndienReally nice taps place, with cool backyard.
La Tasca
102 Rue FerrariExcellent tapas, lovely back garden.
Very nice restaurant brasserie Parisian type, big terrace, plat du jour around 10€ and also good for a coffee on saturday morning when the flower and plant market is in front of you...
76 recommandé par les habitants
Les Danaïdes
6 Sq. StalingradVery nice restaurant brasserie Parisian type, big terrace, plat du jour around 10€ and also good for a coffee on saturday morning when the flower and plant market is in front of you...
Excellent and fresh fish restaurant for lunch (do book in advance, or at least in the morning), and fish monger all day! Make the most of it...
96 recommandé par les habitants
La Boîte à Sardine
2 Bd de la LibérationExcellent and fresh fish restaurant for lunch (do book in advance, or at least in the morning), and fish monger all day! Make the most of it...
Biscuit & Biscuit
9 Rue de LodiPerfect for lovely tea and biscuits, carrot cakes and cookies, all homemade.
One of the many delicious restaurants of Rue Vian. Very good meat, for those who like it...
15 recommandé par les habitants
Café Vian
3 Rue CrudèreOne of the many delicious restaurants of Rue Vian. Very good meat, for those who like it...
Love it, really good food for lunch especially... Take away possible.
45 recommandé par les habitants
Green Bear Coffee
123 La CanebièreLove it, really good food for lunch especially... Take away possible.
Café, bar, restaurant. really nice atmosphere, very good wine.
15 recommandé par les habitants
Planète Livre Marseille la Passerelle
26 Rue des trois MagesCafé, bar, restaurant. really nice atmosphere, very good wine.
Bar and restaurant, vegetarian and they have their own garden...
103 recommandé par les habitants
La Passarelle
52 Rue Plan FourmiguierBar and restaurant, vegetarian and they have their own garden...
Country Life Marseille
14 Rue VentureVegetarian restaurant, real good.
Entertainment & Activities
Our lovely parc, bigger than it looks as it is made of several parts. 20 minuts walk from us, 5 minuts by tram.
584 recommandé par les habitants
Palais Longchamp
Boulevard Jardin ZoologiqueOur lovely parc, bigger than it looks as it is made of several parts. 20 minuts walk from us, 5 minuts by tram.
Drinks & Nightlife
One of our favourite bars, really cool atmosphere. Plus very nice brunch on sundays. (wrong on the airbnb map, it is actually on the boulevard Longchamp, n°22)
274 recommandé par les habitants
Longchamp Palace
22 Bd LongchampOne of our favourite bars, really cool atmosphere. Plus very nice brunch on sundays. (wrong on the airbnb map, it is actually on the boulevard Longchamp, n°22)
One of my favourite bars on the Cours Julien, though they're all quite cool. They do have really good tea choice, plus they sell nice clothes too, the food is cool for about 15€.
23 recommandé par les habitants
Oogie
55 Cr JulienOne of my favourite bars on the Cours Julien, though they're all quite cool. They do have really good tea choice, plus they sell nice clothes too, the food is cool for about 15€.
Gay friendly bar, with a huge terrace, cool Djs at night, really nice to be there when you're down the quite touristy Vieux Port.
51 recommandé par les habitants
Polikarpov
24 Cr Honoré d'Estienne d'OrvesGay friendly bar, with a huge terrace, cool Djs at night, really nice to be there when you're down the quite touristy Vieux Port.
Can be a bit rough, but no other place still open and wild in the small hours...
17 recommandé par les habitants
L'Art Haché
14 Rue de l'OlivierCan be a bit rough, but no other place still open and wild in the small hours...
One of the big terraced bars of Notre Dame du Mont, really cheap food and drinks.
Le Petit Montmartre
17 Place Notre Dame du MontOne of the big terraced bars of Notre Dame du Mont, really cheap food and drinks.
L'Estaque, old fishermen "village", nice beach, cool "Yes We Camp" campsite with lots of activities. the navette Maritime goes there too, leaving the Vieux Port at half past of every hour both ways.
Pressing CLEAN City
L'Estaque, old fishermen "village", nice beach, cool "Yes We Camp" campsite with lots of activities. the navette Maritime goes there too, leaving the Vieux Port at half past of every hour both ways.
Everything Else
Luciole sarl
15 Rue VentureAdorable tea shop...
DVD rentals of the best quality. Whatever you're looking for (apart from bud blockbusters!) is here.
35 recommandé par les habitants
Bar Cinéma Le Videodrome 2
49 Cr JulienDVD rentals of the best quality. Whatever you're looking for (apart from bud blockbusters!) is here.
Cool recycling place, open on wednesdays and saturdays in the summer. Anything found is reused and sold here!
Recyclodrome
47 Rue d'AubagneCool recycling place, open on wednesdays and saturdays in the summer. Anything found is reused and sold here!
Marché aux Puces Cap Pinède
136 Chem. de la Madrague-VilleHuge flea market...
Topolino Pizza
100 Cr LieutaudThere are hundreds in Marseille, we like this one.
Very good one. Ideal croissants to go with your coffee at the terrace of the Danaides...
12 recommandé par les habitants
Boulangerie L'Atelier Des Saveurs
1 Rue de la Grande ArméeVery good one. Ideal croissants to go with your coffee at the terrace of the Danaides...
Grande Pharmacie de la Plaine
48 Pl. Jean JaurèsQuite a big one, with also beauty (sun protection!) products.
Beach!
Really lovely place to hang out, and now you can get there by boat from the Old Port with the Navette Maritime (one boat every hour sharp, both ways) 3€.
Avenue de la Pointe Rouge
Beach!
Really lovely place to hang out, and now you can get there by boat from the Old Port with the Navette Maritime (one boat every hour sharp, both ways) 3€.
Beautiful calnque, worth the trip. Take bus 21 to Luminy (the end of the bus road) and follow the track to the calanque... quite spectacular.
196 recommandé par les habitants
Calanque de Morgiou
Beautiful calnque, worth the trip. Take bus 21 to Luminy (the end of the bus road) and follow the track to the calanque... quite spectacular.
Beautiful town not far from Marseille, the train (sncf.com) will take you there in 15 min. beautiful calanques.
550 recommandé par les habitants
Cassis
Beautiful town not far from Marseille, the train (sncf.com) will take you there in 15 min. beautiful calanques.
Arts & Culture
Librairie Maupetit Marseille
142 La CanebièreExcellent bookshop dow the road.
One of the many great bookshops around La Plaine. This one is more about design and art.
Librairie le lièvre de mars
21 Rue des trois MagesOne of the many great bookshops around La Plaine. This one is more about design and art.
One of the dozens of "créateurs" shops in these small pedestrian streets: you can find clothes, jewelry, antics, design...
In your dreams
1bis Rue PastoretOne of the dozens of "créateurs" shops in these small pedestrian streets: you can find clothes, jewelry, antics, design...
Gibert Joseph Marseille
4-8 Bd DugommierGood first and second hand books... Same as the Paris one.
Best art cinema in town, films in original version, 7€...
135 recommandé par les habitants
Cinéma Les Variétés
37 Rue Vincent ScottoBest art cinema in town, films in original version, 7€...
Shopping
Lollipop Music Store
2 Bd Théodore ThurnerOne of the great record shops around our flat. Indie pop and rock mainly.
Perfect record store, old and new vinyls, really cool guy: feel like you're in "High Fidelity"...
Tangerine Musiques
28 Rue des trois MagesPerfect record store, old and new vinyls, really cool guy: feel like you're in "High Fidelity"...