• The hotel de l' Ariana is located in the center of Marseille; near to the Vieux Port and the famous Canebiere

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La Canébiere

• History and geography go hand in hand. An excellent place for human settlement for the past 28 000 years (as attested by the wall paintings in the Cosquer Cave), Marseille now has grown into a metropolis of 807 000 inhabitants

• Corseted by a ring of hills, including the Calanques massif, the city winds 57 km along the Mediterranean coast. Sunshine is one of the strong assets of its pleasant lifestyle, and the Mistral wind gives it that special light that has inspired many renowned painters such as Cézanne, Braque, Dufy, Derain, Marquet and others...

• Sites and monuments to be discovered :
-Notre dame de la garde
-The calanques
-The chateau d' If et le frioul
-The vélodrome stadium
-The vieux Port
-The Panier
-The vieille Charitée ...

• For more informations visit the Informations tourists website :
http://www.marseille-tourisme.com

• Useful Links

- Airport Marseille Provence >> Marseille airport
- Gare SNCF / TGV >> www.sncf.com
- Olympique de Marseille >> www.olympiquedemarseille.com




Le vieux Port et Notre Dame de la Garde