Where to eat, sleep and have fun in Marseille

With a major art exhibition opens this week, and hotels and museums undergoing renovation in preparation for its year as European Capital of Culture in 2013, Marseille is perfect for a summer stay. Here are 10 places not to miss

Since it was announced that would Marseille European Capital of Culture in 2013, the city has been racing to transform themselves, to start building a shiny new Museum of Mediterranean and European civilizations. The hotels have been renovated, and new B & Bs, bars and restaurants have opened, and this week a major retrospective of European art, from Delacroix to Matisse opened. Go before the crowds and check out the best places.

This is the newest design B & B in town and certainly the best value place to stay now. This is a true B & B, where the friendly owner, David Karoubi converted a floor of four rooms in his house back. It is in a good location near the train station and trendy Cours Julien area, and just far enough away from Old Port to avoid tourists. David is ideal for recommending galleries, concerts and restaurants. Nearby is Le Comptoir Dugommier, a hip bistro recently opened with his Swiss girlfriend, Bernadette, on the boulevard Dugommier (you have your breakfast here during the week).

The cart is the oldest part of Marseille, a maze of narrow alleyways and steep streets that has been partially gentrified ghetto of off-limits in a bohemian chic. The owners have restored a 17th century building from a Corsican delicatessen in a former guesthouse ultra cool. The five cottages have been greatly decorated by different artists, and the biggest surprise is the wonderful terrace with views over the city, ideal for a sunset aperitif.
• 13 rue du Panier, +33 4 9191 2372 auvieuxpanier.com. Doubles from 85 € breakfast included

Walk to the end of the Canebière for an unforgettable lunch in the restaurant's most original city. is a fishmongers that doubles as a restaurant, its half-dozen tables set aside every day that fish lovers choose between a fruit platter of traditional specialties and sea urchins premises such as (sea urchin), or a lobster outset one of the local fishing boats. tasty dishes of the range of days of carpaccio of scallops at low water to crop, while on Friday, ordering everyone garlic aioli or anchoiade. The lively atmosphere is orchestrated like a great driver by the owner, Fabien.

The dish must be considered in Marseille is famous bouillabaisse, which has grown from a soup of fish in a humble dish gourmet, with a variety of fish, including redfish, gurnard, bream, monkfish and Congress. There are restaurants that offer this dish tourist complex just 20 € – steer clear. At the other end of the scale is the ultimate version created by three-star Michelin chef Gerald Passédat, which will set you back 160 €. Chez Madie the perfect compromise, where fish is fresh, friendly service and reasonable price (€ 40), the more he has romantic paintings of the Old Port. The dish must be booked in advance.

Lunch at Marseille is the ultimate experience, a step back in time when the basket was the backdrop for much of the French sector. There is no telephone, no reservations, no credit cards and, until recently, no prices – particularly bad news when Parisians visiting requested the bill. The sign outside says pizzeria, and although Mr Stephen will tell you its the best pizza in town is also the ideal place to sample local specialties such as fried Soupions, tiny squid, or stews (tripe Lamb and feet). A noisy environment is guaranteed, the food is great, and the addition should be about € 20.

Although the drink pastis is that most people associate with Marseille, the city also has excellent wine bars, many dedicated to the new trend sweeping France for organic wines, natural wines. There is no better place to taste recent vintages of the surrounding vineyards of Cassis near (try Domaine paternal) and the rest of Provence, funky, where you can book a table for lunch or dinner, or drink a place at the long bar, where the action becomes more animated. A regular plonk even his dog on the stool beside him.
• 33, rue Sainte +33 4 9133 5570 lapartdesanges.com. Snacks from € 8, wines from € 2 glass

Despite some boutiques featuring young local designers, fashion stores is not at the top of the list of attractions in Marseille. But it is worth exploring the bohemian cours Julien has just discovered the psychedelic Lifestore. Shoppers pass by a warehouse of vintage and contemporary fashion, a vinyl record store where the DJ drag, a hair salon and a bistro busy. In the streets around, you find the best graffiti from the city street, art galleries and avant-garde places to live music.
• 55 cours Julien, +33 4 9153 1070 oogie.eu

The memory that everyone takes a house is a block of soap, a soap with olive oil distinctive that was done here for over six centuries. Avoid the tourist shops around the Old Port, but towards the shop-cum-workshop. The air is heavy with seductive scents of lavender, verbena and mimosa, and behind the shelves filled with scented soaps and beauty products, you can visit a workshop at the back where the soap is still produced using a variety of Heath Robinson-like machines.

The Caravelle is not a simple bar or restaurant is an institution Marseille. Located on the first floor of the well-appointed Hotel Bellevue, he has the perfect sunset vista of the city, through the Old Port since the iconic Notre Dame de la Garde, and everyone wants to press on From his small balcony as the sun begins to descend. Drinks are not cheap, with a glass of chilled rosé costs 5 €, but turn the aperitif ritual 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. and tasty tapas tapenade and anchovies are included in the price. Live bands on weekends.

Marseille has a great bar scene, especially around the Old Port, where local clubs are going to swish haunts marine red light. For a drink sitting in the sun looking over the harbor, nothing can beat The Bar of the Navy, just beside the waterfront, The Marengo is a great place sordid, where Pernod costs € 1, 60 and a glass of champagne, mojito or a margarita not put back by 5 €. But if you do choose a bar, do not miss, run by Mrs Dominique irrespressible. A favorite with musicians, artists and clubbers, it has a wonderful kitsch decor, good music and cheap drinks and can get pretty wild after midnight.

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