Marseille Top Attractions, Nightlife, Shopping and Travel Information

Marseille Top Attractions, Nightlife, Shopping and Travel Information

By K K Sharma


Marseille is also known as massalia. It is the most popular city in the France with the population of about 14, 20,000 urban peoples. There is France's largest commercial port in the Marseille and third largest metropolitan area in the France. Marseille is situated on the south east cost of the France. As in the Paris and Lyon it is divided into municipal arrondissements. Marseille has 16 municipal arrondissements in the city. And each one has its councils there are about 303 councils in the city. Marseille Car Hire
The last municipal elections are done in 2008. Marseille has divided into cantons also and has 25 cantons with member of general councils. The name European capital of culture is also given to Marseille. The education system of Marseille is very good as there are three universities in the Marseille named as university de Provence aix Marseille I, de la mediterrranee aix Marseille II, paul cezanne aix Marseille III.
Weather and when to visit
The climate of Marseille is divided into different seasons like summer, winters etc. In summers the temperature is about 27c to 30c, and temperature may rise in the month of July and august. These two months are the hottest months in the summer. In the winters the temperature is about 9c to 10c in the month of December and January. France is also known for mistral, it is a strong and cold wind. Which comes from valleys of Rhone and Durance River and the average speed of wind is about 50 km per hour. Summer season is also called holiday/best season to visit the Marseille, the month from July to September are the best months to visit.
Top Attractions
There are many theatres in the Marseille named as la criee, la gymnase and tourskey. There are many arts and literatures. One of the music hall "The Alcazar" is well known.
Opera house- it is situated nearby the old port. It is also historic place to visit in 1919 it was almost completely destroyed by the fire. But later it was reconstructed in art deco style. In a year there are about 6 to 7 stages of opera are held in Marseille.
La vieille charite is the place which is now functioning as a museum and cultural centre in the Marseille. It is made between 1671 and 1749 in baroque style. It includes a research library and a school of advance studies in the social science. On the first floor there is museum of Mediterranean archaeology. On the second floor there is another museum of art of Africa, which includes collection of artefacts and trophy heads from South Africa.
La Cathedral de la Nouvelle Major itwas built in 19th century, it has various features like sculpture and mosaics are used in this building.
Shopping and hotels
For shopping there are many shops like: - arts and crafts, books shop, cards, cloths, charity shops.
There are many hotels such as: -hotel le orbusier, hotel mascotte, le petit nice, sofitel Marseille vieux port, in these hotels you can get many facilities like restaurant, bar, jogging track, wading pool, fitness club, mini library, laundry service and dry cleaning.
How to reach
Train facility is very good to travel from London to Marseille, from London to Paris there is Eurostar facility to travel and after that, one can travel from the Paris to Marseille by TGV, and the distance is about 750km.
There is also an air service to travel from Paris to Marseille. The nearest airport in the Marseille is Marseille Provence airport is situated in marignane. There are two terminals of the airport. Bus facility is also there to reach Marseille; there are many international bus stands in the Marseille.
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