The Old Port of Marseille is the oldest port of Marseille, the city of Marseille is nicknamed the "Phocaean city", in 600 BC, the Greeks of Phocaea landed on the coast of France and built a new city: Lacydon.
According to the legend, Marseille was born on the shores of the port, formerly called the Lacydon inlet. Founded during Antiquity, the Old Port was a land of welcome and adoption
At the sacred hour of pastis
Here is the Marseilles smile of the aniseed
The layer of yellow water that fascinates
And the love of the hearts which boils!
The Old Port of Marseille is a magical place where people meet to stroll, to taste the bouillabaisse, a specialty of Provence, to drink pastis,!
It's also, with its friendly accent,
the epicenter of the films from the novels of Marcel Pagnol, the trilogy of Marius, Caesar and Fanny
In front of him, the famous avenue Canetière, which crosses the city, and the dominant Notre Dame de La Garde, the Madonna who protects the people of Marseilles and the fishermen!
It is still much more but to discover it it is necessary to go there!