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Abseits der Stadt laden sowohl Robert Mallet-Stevens´ legendäre Villa Noailles (22) als auch ...

Der japanische Architekt Kengo Kuma lieferte den Entwurf für das auffällige Kunsthaus Frac (20). ... die Fondation Carmignac (23) auf der malerischen Insel Porquerolles zu einem Ausflug ein.

Vieux Port, we stop at Aussih (10). The new, beautifully furnished family store, which de la Méditerranée (Mucem), which is made of filigree concrete ornaments, celebra-
offers selected fashion garments and furniture for both young and old, for example by tes the sun and the wind; behind it, ramps lead up to the museum's rooftop terrace.
Schönbuch, Richard Lampert, Made by Hand or Burov, also includes a small restaurant The rooftop is open to the public even without a ticket for the museum. A bold foot-
with a Salon de Thé, a tearoom, in the courtyard. bridge leads from here to the neighbouring Fort Saint-Jean (17) and on to the Panier
r 17.30 pm – The Noctilio 1930 (11) is tranquilly rocking in the old harbour. Just below (18). The picturesque old town quarter on a hill became famous as the setting for the
the defiant Fort Saint-Jean, at Quai du Port number 1, the historic sailing boat has Marseille novel trilogy by bestselling author Jean-Claude Izzo, whose father worked
moored and now spoils its guests with music and drinks as Le Bar sur la Mer in fine as a waiter in a café on Place Lenche. Today it is home to artists' studios and junk
weather. Here, we let our full Saturday slowly come to an end while sipping an aperitif shops such as Chez Lucas (19), who does artistic upcycling with trouvailles.
and enjoying the fantastic view over the oldtown, the harbour and the sea. For dinner r 12.00 pm – On to the next temple of art: Japanese architect Kengo Kuma provided
we have made a reservation with Alexandre Mazzia, currently Marseille's only chef the design for the Frac Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain (20), which features
with two Michelin stars. In his restaurant AM (12), the 41-year-old starred chef serves first-class contemporary art from the Provence – Alps – Côte d'Azur region. Within the
a culinary voyage of surprises consisting of up to twelve courses. scope of Manifesta, the museum is presenting, among others, the show Paysages Pro-
ductifs by Nicolas Floc'h. For a brief but delicious lunch we stop at the recently ope-
Sunday: top-class museums in and outside the city ned La Mercerie Restaurant (21) on Cours St. Louis. Here the young (British!) chef
Harry Cummins reinterprets regional specialities, and sommelière Laura Vidal from
r 9.00 am – In a dream location at the Corniche, right next to the city beach Plage Quebec serves delicious wines. However, we refrain from drinking a wine with our
des Catalans (13), we spent the night at the Les Bords de Mer Hotel (14), the most menus, as we will take a rental car after our meal and drive along the coast towards
beautiful new boutique hotel in the city. The interior decoration was designed by Cassis and Toulon.
local architect Yvann Pluskwa in a building dating from the 1930s. One could easily r 15.00 pm – Exhibitions on design, fashion or photography in a house built by Ro-
dally away a whole day here, if there was not so much to see in and around Mar- bert Mallet-Stevens in the early 1930s are on display at Villa Noailles (22) in Hyères,
seille. The hotel's small restaurant impresses with its excellent cooking and a spec- about 90 kilometres or an hour's drive east of Marseille. Every year in summer, the
tacular sea view; all 19 rooms also have balconies with sea view and a spa with roof- historic villa with its geometrically laid out garden hosts the so-called Design Parade.
top pool awaits the guests. Up there we enjoy a refreshing swim after getting up and Only a stone's throw away from here — in La Tour Fondue, about 15 kilometres from
then a wonderful breakfast before we start to explore some of the top-class muse- Hyères — the ferries leave for the picturesque island of Porquerolles, which Georges
ums of the city. Simenon already described in his novel My Friend Maigret back in the late 1940s.
r 10.00 am – With the Mucem (15), architect Rudy Ricciotti designed a top-class mu- Today, the Museum Fondation Carmignac (23) presents top-class contemporary art
seum in his hometown, right by the sea, next to Stefano Boeri's CeReM Villa Médi- by Bruce Nauman, Gerhard Richter or Elmgreen & Dragset, among others in the for-
terranée (16). The front-mounted façade of the Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et mer agricultural buildings and the extensive park of the estate.

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