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Marseille and its region: so much to discover!

An exceptional region

Discover the Phocaean City and its region, the region in France most visited by French tourists and the second most visited by foreigners.

• An outstanding cultural heritage with 1800 listed building and historic monuments, ranging from the Notre Dame de la Garde Basilica in Marseille to the Roman monuments in Arles, and not forgetting the Palace of the Popes in Avignon and innumerable churches, monasteries and abbeys in Provence.
• Emblematic cultural sites and internationally renowned festivals: Théâtre de la Criée, Opéra de Marseille, Musée de la Vieille Charité, Musée d'Art Contemporain, Docks du Sud, the Fondation Van Gogh, the Festivals of Aix, Orange, Avignon...
• An outstanding natural heritage: the Calanque cliffs (from L'Estaque to Cassis), Aix-en-Provence and the Mont Sainte Victoire, Arles, the Camargue and its pink flamingoes, Saint-Rémy de Provence and Les-Baux-de-Provence, but also the islands of Port-Cros and Porquerolles.
• Gastronomic specialities: bouillabaisse, aïoli, pieds et paquets, tapenade, pastis, olive oil and herbs...
• A typical lifestyle centred on little fishing harbours, typical Marseille-style cabins called "cabanons" which are delightful little havens right in the city centre, and its 111 neighbourhoods, but also numerous Provencal markets held in the shade of the plane trees.

Marseille: Euro-Mediterranean capital

A trading centre open to the whole world, the Phocaean City has always looked to the South as well as to Europe, and is now on the brink of joining the Top 20 European metropolitan areas. With the development of a higher tertiary sector, a scientific and academic potential of the first order, a strong research base and a fabric of innovative businesses, Marseille and its new business centre in the heart of the Euro-Mediterranean area is attracting the regional and international headquarters of large corporations to projects carried by renowned architects and urban planners.

Designated European Capital of Culture for 2013, it is pursuing a series of major public works projects and investing in the hotel infrastructure to boost a booming cultural sector.