Marseille in 2 Days: A Guide to the Best Food, History, and Swimming Spots

On the first day, I went to the palais Longchamp which is a park with a fountain located in the city center.

There is a 2 museums inside the palais Longchamps which are "the musée des beaux art in the east wing" and the museum of histoire naturelle" in the west wing. 

There is a tram stop in front called Palais Longchamp.

From there, I walked down the Canebière to reach the old port. It is the main street if the city.

You can take the tramway or walk there, it would take around 20mins by walk and 10mi's by tram.

I walked around the old port, where you can find many good restaurants and cafe on both side of the port.

I kept going on the left hand side to reach the fort saint Jean. The views are incredible, overlooking the sea.

From there I headed to the Mucem (museum of civilization of Europe and the Mediterranean) where they have different exhibitions. It is a 10mins walk from the fort saint jean.

For lunch we headed to the panier which is the oldest areas of Marseille.

It's a typical area and there is a lot of local restaurants and local shops where you can find soap of Marseille, one of the most natural and popular soap from France.

One the second day, I headed to the basilica Notre dame de la garde. It's the most well known symbol and it's called by local people "la bonne mère".

It's on top of a cliff and overlooking the whole city.

From the old port you can see the church on the cliff on the left hand side.

From there we took a bus to the vallon des auffes.

It's a small port with a few restaurants. We are a pizza at "Chez Jeannot" and spent the afternoon swimming in the Mediterranean sea. To reach the sea there, you need to walk through some rocks so I advice to take good shoes. On the evening we watch a magical sunset.

The typical dish from Marseille is called Bouillabaisse and is a fish soup.

As it is a beach town, most typical food are made with fish or seafood