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marseille - new york times skip to article get home delivery log in register now home page my times today's paper video most popular times topics travel all nyt travel world u.s. n.y. / region business technology science health sports opinion arts style travel jobs real estate autos search plan your trip select a region or country -------------------- africa asia australia and pacific caribbean and bermuda central and south america europe middle east north america united states --- countries and territories --- afghanistan albania american samoa andorra anguilla antigua and barbuda argentina aruba australia austria the bahamas barbados belgium belize bermuda bhutan bolivia bosnia and herzegovina botswana brazil bulgaria cambodia canada cayman islands chile china colombia cook islands costa rica croatia cuba curacao cyprus czech republic denmark dominica dominican republic ecuador egypt el salvador england estonia ethiopia fiji finland france french polynesia georgia (georgian republic) germany gibraltar greece greenland grenada guadeloupe guatemala honduras hungary iceland india ireland israel italy ivory coast jamaica japan jordan kazakhstan kenya kyrgyzstan laos latvia libya lithuania luxembourg madagascar malaysia maldives mali martinique mauritius mexico monaco mongolia montenegro morocco mozambique myanmar namibia nepal netherlands new zealand nicaragua niger northern ireland norway oman panama papua new guinea peru philippines poland portugal puerto rico qatar romania russia rwanda saba scotland senegal serbia seychelles singapore slovakia slovenia south africa south korea spain sri lanka st. barthelemy st. kitts and nevis st. lucia st. vincent and the grenadines suriname sweden switzerland taiwan tanzania thailand trinidad and tobago tunisia turkey turks and caicos uganda united arab emirates united states uruguay vanuatu venezuela vietnam virgin islands wales zimbabwe select a destination -------------------- marseille sign in to e-mail or save this print single page reprints published: august 14, 2005 (page 2 of 2)what to do during the day the streets are a pop culture aficionado's dream. old colonial buildings with chipped wooden shutters are mixed with storefronts covered with 3-d graffiti murals (the latest trend in tagging here) signs from the 60's and 70's, groovy midcentury high rises and old dive bars with unrenovated interiors that would make trendy boutique hotel designers swoon. (my favorite was ne called le source, in the red light district around the opera, with gold-painted silhouettes of busty women that looked like vintage russ meyer.) skip to next paragraph ed alcock for the new york times sunbathing at les calanques, a rocky coastal area south of marseille. friche la belle de mai, (9) 41, rue jobin 13003, (33-4) 95.04.95.04, is a government-sponsored artist squatters' building in a converted tobacco factory by the train tracks 10 minutes by cab from the city center. wander the art-covered corridors - if you want to tag, and evidently many do, you can buy a marker for $3.50 at sound kartel, 2, rue berlioz, (33-4) 91.47.98.49 - and the cavernous exhibition spaces. there's also a nomadic cafe set up in the parking lot on a flatbed truck with tarps and corrugated aluminum siding. for a late afternoon sugar fix, hit plauchut, (10) 168, la canebière, (33-4) 91.48.06.67, a patisserie that opened in 1820, with inlaid ceilings painted with angels, gold vines and clouds. the obscenely decadent tarte au poires bourdalou, a pear tart with a meringue topping, is eight inches high.what to do at night the trendies hang out in the open-air bars on the old port like bar de la marine, (11) 15, quai de rive neuve, (33-4) 91.54.95.42, with a jumped-up d.j. but the cours julien area, anchored by a park with laurel, cypress and olive trees and groups hanging out on benches, is the best sample of marseille's youthful street culture. at le rosly, (12) 47, cours julien, (33-4) 91.42.59.46, sip a pint of beer at a table outside. for live music au café julien, (13) 39, cours julien, (33-4) 91.53.25.89, is where dancehall artists rap to d.j.'s spinning "smells like teen spirit." the pocket-size balthazar, 14 3, place paul cézanne, (33-4) 91.42.59.57, has local and touring acts performing such cross-cultural genres as brazilian reggae and cape verdian ragga. most bars and clubs close at 2 a.m., but there are a handful of after-hours bars including l'art haché, (15) 14, rue de l'olivier, (33-4) 96.12.45.89. marked by a battered metal door, the speakeasy-like basement has lots of chairs, cold beer and an eccentric cast of characters that gets stranger as the night wears on; open midnight to 6 a.m.where to shop the crop of young, local fashion designers and their one-of-a-kind creations can be found at palma, (16) 10, rue corneille; (33-4) 91.33.76.58. the two young designers at pomponette, (17) 2, rue breteuil, (33-4) 91.53.34.26, stitch up women's fashions like tulle prairie skirts and tunics on sewing machines behind the counter. in the souklike african market district l'univers aliemelaire, (18) 36, rue d'aubagne, sells everything from two-foot-high hookah pipes, loose tea and marseille's famous square soap bars.your first visit or your 10th hire a taxi, roll down the windows and breeze along the rocky, galactic-looking coast up the corniche président kennedy (where hitchcock shot many of his famed south of france road scenes). laze away the afternoon at les goudes, (19) a fishing village where a rocky path leads to la baie des singes, les goudes, (33- 4) 91.73.68.87, a family-run restaurant tucked into a jagged cove where groups at long tables on the terrace feast on bouillabaisse ($55) and fresh daurade ($27). afterward dive in the clear mediterranean, sunbathe on the rocks, and watch the fishing boats putt slowly past.how to get there from paris the high-speed t.g.v. covers the 417 miles in only three hours, with stress-free views of provence and the changing terrain ($74 round trip advance purchase; several trains per day). air france runs hourly shuttles from orly and several flights daily from charles de gaulle (each $144 if bought in advance) the least expensive round-trip flight from new york in early september, was on lufthansa out of kennedy international via frankfurt (and back via munich), for $555. getting around the old part of the city, the most interesting, is best seen on foot. but it's hilly with lots of steps, which explains why the locals favor sneakers and flip-flops (high heels are a bad idea). taxis are expensive but recommended late at night when the streets are empty, and in certain neighborhoods, potentially dangerous. « previous page 1 2 more articles in travel » need to know more? 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