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La Villa, Marseille South
The esteemed La Villa is an institution in the “Carre d’Or” of Marseille South. In a narrow street almost hidden, off the Avenue du Prado, La Villa sits on a tidy corner made of vines and lush green trees, and festoon lights like a cosy and exclusive nest. The atmosphere within doesn’t disappoint on this…
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Les Akolytes
The closest beach to the Vieux Port in Marseille is Catalans. A proper city beach, certainly Mediterranean waters, beach volley ball nets and a view of the ships going by in the distance against a backdrop of Marseille mountains. The crowd is also mixed, from young cool people who must live close by judging by…
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Les Reformes
Inventive and rooftops, are very precisely how you would describe this destination. But that would be selling it short. Crossing Bd Garibaldi, you find a part of the Canebiere that is home to the vintage market on three Saturdays a month and the fairly newish Artplexe cinema that “luckily” opened during the pandemic. Fortuitously it…
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La Mercerie
A nondescript door from the outside, being one of the first ones to arrive for the lunch service on a Friday, I was hopeful it wasn’t all booked up, being the ‘hottest place in Marseille right now’. The Cool guy at the front said without a reservation I can have a seat at the bar,…
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Les Bords de Mer
As if Tiffany’s came to Marseille… Overwhelmingly everything at Les Bords de Mer screams speaks of “perfection”. Perched right above the Catalans Beach, Les Bords de Mer has a birdseye view of the action on the beach and a view of the ocean so close you may as well be in a luxurious vessel in…
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À Propos
Riviera [Italian riv-ee-air–uh; ] ‘Coastline’ extending from Saint Tropez to La Spezia… For some it’s a glamours bolthole for millionaires billionaires and movie stars, for others it’s a place to relax close to nature, unwind with a glass of rosé, by the sea, with friends and family. To eat the famed Mediterranean diet mise en scène…
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