Marseille

Boasting 2600 years of history, Marseille is the oldest and second largest city in France and a fascinating cosmopolitan town with a strong Mediterranean feel. The inhabitants - Marseillais before anything else - are loud, rebellious and open hearted, with a very particular singing accent! Here life revolves around the colorful Vieux Port, lined with seafood restaurants and cafés; surrounded by lively broad boulevards and pedestrian streets. Marseille is a great place for local culture and a touristy destination thanks to a choice of first class hotels, shops and excellent restaurants, many of them serving Bouillabaisse, the delightful local specialty. The East part of Marseille, with its tiny coves, translucent water and charming neighborhood, has a small village feel and is well worth a visit. It is also home of the spectacular Calanques, limestone crevices made of vertical drops and cliffs, considered as Mediterranean fjords. Marseille also makes the perfect starting point to discover nearby Provence with its beautiful villages and landscapes, the lovely seaside town of Cassis, and world class ski resorts just 2 hours away. Today Marseille has become a real destination on the Superyacht map with a growing number of top notch marine related services. A simple look at the ITM shipyard, full of the most prominent yachts in the world during the fall or the winter, illustrates it best of all.