Marseille, the Greek Massalia, the medieval and Renaissance Marseille, Marseille opulent port of commerce, gateway to Provence and France, city of refuge for the French of Algeria, for the Algerians afterwards, Marseille city of contrasts, of wealth and decadence, of sea and mountain, all this and much more is Marseille. The origins of the city are very old. Around 600 B.C. C, Greek navigators arrived from Phocaea in Asia Minor. The Phoceans will found Massalia and their arrival will mean a capital change for all the populations of the region. The Greeks will bring new products and techniques and will change the power relationship of the entire coast and interior. The colony will be the most important in the entire western Mediterranean. It is the beginning of a long story…
It would be very difficult to show in words what this city means, second in population in France (More than 800,000 inhabitants, much more than 1.6 million in the great Marseille), third in importance, we will hardly try to make them glimpse it so that later actually visit it.
In Marseille there are several cities, that already starting; the port and its surroundings, the greatest monument without a doubt; the upper part, with a decadent charm similar to the Lisbon neighborhood of Alfama; the beaches and the islands, that of Monte Cristo with its fortress and everything; the great nineteenth-century avenues that begin to be reformed and remodeled, where clothing stores appear and unlucky tenants are expelled to sell and sell to the highest bidder;. Law of life or terrible loss? You will decide, anyway the city is changing. A city where the Marseille spirit is highly developed (during the riots of 2007, Marseille did not suffer the consequences of this nihilistic conflict despite being a multicultural city with economic and social problems). Marseille is the only place in France where football, unfortunately, is a religion like in Spain or Latin America. Marseille, where a pure-bred Marseillais of Romanian, Belgian, Turkish, Portuguese or Corsican origin will offer us a well-known calm and pastis, the Provençal aperitif, on a terrace overlooking the mouth of the port… Perhaps, that, that Mediterranean calm with a sun that illuminates and warms without disturbing, perhaps that is what every pirate, every traveler, is looking for. Marseille, refuge for a day, for a week, for a moment, that’s for sure.
Marseille is full of monuments. Many are concentrated in the port area and the islands of Marseille, others in the hills that watch over the city, others finally in the neighborhoods of the great Mediterranean city.
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– Private car with qualified driver.
– Languages: Spanish, English, French or Portuguese (State your needs).
– Pick-up and drop-off services from hotel, house or airport.
– If not specified, services do not include the client’s lunches, dinners, etc.
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