Check our list of great-value hotels in Marseille for gay travelers. Gay Marseille. Marseille is a large port city in the south of France. It's often seen as a flyover city.
A spirit of adventure fills the air no matter where you look. From breakfast on your balcony in the warm Mediterranean sunshine, where you may glimpse barechested sailors repairing their fishnets; to the coastal route leading out of town towards the Calanques, with its never-ending parade of scantily clad bathers, cyclists and joggers; to a traditional fish soup bouillabaisse at the Old Port Le Vieux Port , as you witness a fisherman carrying a bulging basket of freshly caught fish straight through the restaurant to the chef. The New Cancan is more of a techno crowd, whereas the Mare au Diable caters for a wider variety of music lovers. Local bars include Enigme and the MP Bar.
France's second largest city, and home to a metropolitan population of nearly 2 million people. Marseille is one of the largest cities on the Mediterranean. As the capital of the Provence region, Marseille is an excellent base to explore the south of France. For many years Marseille has struggled to shake off it's reputation as an industrial port city.
All this through the R a i nb o w Eyes of the World Mappers. Find it out with the World Mappers! Approaching the Old Port or Vieux Port, one of the oldest and most important ports in the Mediterranean, is one of the top things to do in Marseille. Go there in the early morning when the fishermen return from a night of fishing off the coast and sell their fresh fish.