France
Things to do in Marseille
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Sightlore has 17 places to explore in Marseille, and 14 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Marseille's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Notre-Dame de la Garde
Notre-Dame de la Garde, known to local citizens as la Bonne Mère, is a Catholic basilica in Marseille, France, and the city's best-known symbol. The site of a popular Assumption Day pilgrimage, it is the most visited site in Marseille.
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Unité d'Habitation de Marseille
The Unité d'Habitation of Marseille, also known as the Cité Radieuse, is a residential building built between 1947 and 1952 by the architect Le Corbusier.
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La Vieille Charité
La Vieille Charité is a former almshouse, now functioning as a museum and cultural centre, situated in the heart of the old Panier quarter of Marseille in the south of France.
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Old Port of Marseille
The Old Port of Marseille is at the end of the Canebière, the major street of Marseille. It has been the natural harbour of the city since antiquity and is now the main popular place in Marseille.
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Calanques National Park
Calanques National Park is a French national park located on the Mediterranean coast in Bouches-du-Rhône, Southern France, slightly west of the French Riviera.
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Plages du Prado
The Plages du Prado are the beaches in the south neighborhood of Marseille, France. The seaside park is an artificial coastal development created in the late 1970s by Gaston Defferre.
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Fort Saint-Jean
Fort Saint-Jean is a fortification in Marseille, built in 1660 by Louis XIV at the entrance to the Old Port.
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Abbey of St. Victor
The Abbey of Saint-Victor, Marseille is a former abbey that was founded during the late Roman period in Marseille in the south of France, named after the local soldier saint and martyr Victor of Marseilles.
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Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations
The Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations is a national museum located in Marseille, France.
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Palais du Pharo
The Palais du Pharo is a palace in Marseille, southern France, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, west of the Old Port (Vieux-Port).
Discovery routes in Marseille
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Marseille: The Old Port and Le Panier
From the Old Port into Le Panier, the oldest part of Massalia, to the Vieille Charité and the cathedral, then past the Mucem and Fort Saint-Jean to the Palais du Pharo.
Marseille: Up to the Bonne Mère
From the Opera to the Musée Cantini, then from the old Abbey of Saint-Victor up to Notre-Dame de la Garde, the symbol of the city.
Marseille: The Coast and the Calanques
From the Prado beaches to Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse and on to the Calanques National Park.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Old Port of Marseille
The Old Port of Marseille is at the end of the Canebière, the major street of Marseille. It has been the natural harbour of the city since antiquity and is now the main popular place in Marseille.
Le Panier
Le Panier is a district in Marseille's 2nd arrondissement on the north shore of the Old Port, the oldest part of the site of the Greek colony of Massalia, founded in 600 BC.
Fort Saint-Jean
Fort Saint-Jean is a fortification in Marseille, built in 1660 by Louis XIV at the entrance to the Old Port.
Opéra de Marseille
The Opéra de Marseille, known today as the Opéra Municipal, is an opera company located in Marseille, France. In 1685, the city was the second in France after Bordeaux to have an opera house, which was erected on a tennis court.
Château d'If
The Château d'If is a fortress located on the Île d'If (Ilha d'If), the smallest island in the Frioul archipelago, situated about 1.5 kilometres off Marseille in southeastern France.
Palais Longchamp
The Palais Longchamp is a monument in the 4th arrondissement of Marseille, France. It houses both the Musée des beaux-arts and the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille.
Museums
La Vieille Charité
La Vieille Charité is a former almshouse, now functioning as a museum and cultural centre, situated in the heart of the old Panier quarter of Marseille in the south of France.
Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations
The Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations is a national museum located in Marseille, France.
Musée Cantini
The Musée Cantini is a museum in Marseille that has been open to the public since 1936. The museum specializes in modern art, especially paintings from the first half of the 20th century.
Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille
The Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille is one of the main museums in the city of Marseille, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.
Places of worship
Marseille Cathedral
Marseille Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral and a national monument of France.
Abbey of St. Victor
The Abbey of Saint-Victor, Marseille is a former abbey that was founded during the late Roman period in Marseille in the south of France, named after the local soldier saint and martyr Victor of Marseilles.
Notre-Dame de la Garde
Notre-Dame de la Garde, known to local citizens as la Bonne Mère, is a Catholic basilica in Marseille, France, and the city's best-known symbol. The site of a popular Assumption Day pilgrimage, it is the most visited site in Marseille.
Nature
Plages du Prado
The Plages du Prado are the beaches in the south neighborhood of Marseille, France. The seaside park is an artificial coastal development created in the late 1970s by Gaston Defferre.
Calanques National Park
Calanques National Park is a French national park located on the Mediterranean coast in Bouches-du-Rhône, Southern France, slightly west of the French Riviera.
Other
Palais du Pharo
The Palais du Pharo is a palace in Marseille, southern France, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, west of the Old Port (Vieux-Port).
Unité d'Habitation de Marseille
The Unité d'Habitation of Marseille, also known as the Cité Radieuse, is a residential building built between 1947 and 1952 by the architect Le Corbusier.
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