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Die Einrichtung des Boutique-Hotels Les Bords de Mer (14) stammt vom Architekten Yvann Pluskwa.

Mit dem Museum der Zivilisationen Europas, dem Mucem (15) von Rudy Ricciotti und dem benachbarten Ausstellungshaus CeReM Villa Méditerranée (16) von Stefano Boeri zog das 21. Jahrhundert in die Stadt.

C ruise ships and sailing yachts instead of containerships; a varied and multifaceted rises protectively above the old port and town. In the streets and alleys around the
cultural scene residing in former industrial halls and top-class new museum buil-
port, numerous cafés and restaurants, but also shops have been established, attracting
dings; plus young creative people moving to Marseille and bringing a breath of fresh visitors with exciting concepts and a product range beyond the mainstream.
air to the local restaurant, hotel and gallery scene: that's how we experience France's r 10.30 am – The city palace Jardin Montgrand (4), for example, combines under its
most important port city today. At the latest with the redevelopment of the area bet- roof a concept store offering fashion items, jewellery and home accessories, a hotel
ween Vieux Port and the former Docks de La Joliette by star architects including Sir and a restaurant with a garden in the idyllic courtyard, where we can linger and enjoy
Norman Foster, Rudy Ricciotti and Stefano Boeri on the occasion of the European Ca- a cup of tea. On we go for a shopping spree: since 1827, the household appliance store
pital of Culture year 2013, the City of Light has become chich and trendy. And it conti- Maison Empereur (5) has offered a huge selection of baskets, glass, porcelain and all
nues to pretty itself up: all around the city, construction and renovation work is under- kinds of curiosities. The traditional Savon de Marseille is also located here. A well-cu-
way, new hotels, apartments and office towers are being built, such as Jean Nouvel's rated mix of international design and French originals — such as luminaires by Mar-
recently completed La Marseillaise. With its façade in the national colours blue, white seilles' currently most successful young designer Mickael Koska, candles by Hutte or
and red, the high-rise building, visible from afar and situated not far from Zaha Hadid's furniture by Objekto and Red Edition — are sold by Stéphanie Rouman in her furniture
CMA CGM headquarters at Quai d'Arenc, has what it takes to become the city's new store named Atelier 159 (6). With his Double V Gallery (7), Nicolas Veidig-Favarel is
landmark. Anyone visiting Marseille, for example on the occasion of this year's Mani- representative of a group of young galleries in the city that presents up-and-coming
festa, will discover (new) architectural icons, ambitious galleries, chic boutique hotels French artists — such as the colourful artworks by Parisian Caroline Denervaud or the
along the Corniche, concept stores beyond the mainstream and excellent restaurants ceramics of Maximilien Pellet.
of young starred chefs. r 12.30 pm – For lunch we travel a few stops by bus to Le Corbusier's iconic Unité d'Ha-
bitation on Boulevard Michelet: the Cité Radieuse (8), built between 1947 and 1952,
Saturday: shopping and art around Vieux Port comprises 337 residential units, a hotel and a restaurant. The roof terrace, which is
open to the public and offers a breath-taking view over Marseille and the coast, was
r 9.00 am – The Vieux Port (1) is the nucleus of the city and has been Marseille's gate- renovated according to a concept by designer Ora Ito. Now the premises are used for
way to the world for thousands of years. In the course of the comprehensive urban re- exhibitions. The in-house restaurant Le Ventre de L'Architecte serves lunch and dinner
development measures for the European Capital of Culture year, the area was traffic- from Tuesday to Saturday in an interior that has remained virtually unchanged since
calmed and, after the facelift by landscape planner Michel Desvigne and British star the 1950s.
architect Lord Norman Foster, it is now a marina and invites visitors to stroll around. r 15.00 pm – Precious pieces of modern furniture can be found in the showroom of
Foster's L'Ombrière (2), a giant horizontal mirror made of polished steel and suppor- Gérald Moreau (9). The great connoisseur of Le Corbusier's oeuvre has written an ex-
ted by eight slender columns on Quai des Belges, is a magnet for visitors and a popular tensive book on the work of the architect in Chandigarh (Le Corbusier & Pierre Jeanne-
photo motif. In the background, the pilgrimage church Notre Dame de la Garde (3) ret – The Indian Adventure) and curates exhibitions on the subject. On the way back to

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