Fort Saint-Jean

#1 Le Panier Le Panier – or the Basket – gives a glimpse of Old Marseille and real Marseille culture. From its narrow winding streets that spill into squares to its restaurants, ateliers (worskshops) and ... Read more » Sami Sarkis / Getty Images

#2 Vieux Port Vieux Port started docking ships and boats back in 600 B.C., and it was a vibrant hub of the city until steamboats became the preferred mode of transport and ... Read more » ThomasSaupe / Getty Images

#3 Abbaye Saint Victor Abbaye Saint Victor is a working Catholic church, which was founded back in the 11th century as an abbey and named for the Roman soldier and Christian martyr Victor of ... Read more » RnDmS / Getty Images

#4 Basilique Notre-Dame de la Garde The Basilique Notre-Dame de la Garde – translated as Our Lady of the Guard – was built in the 1850s on the foundation of Marseille's ancient fortress. Today, this working Catholic ... Read more » Daniiielc / Getty Images

#5 Fort Saint-Jean Built in 1660 by Louis XIV, Fort Saint-Jean is a well-preserved fortress guarding Marseille at the entrance to the Old Port. Interestingly, it was built not to keep invaders at ... Read more » Evgeniya Ivanova / Getty Images

#6 Parc National des Calanques Visualize jagged limestone cliffs dropping into secret pebble beaches, which are lapped by the aquamarine waters of the Mediterranean Sea, and you'll start to get a picture of the ... Read more » Raffi Maghdessian / Getty Images

#7 MuCEM The Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Mediterranée, which goes by its acronym MuCEM, is Marseille's history and cultural museum that leads visitors on an anthropological ... Read more » Cultura/Tim E White / Getty Images

#8 Cathedrale de la Major Where the Abbaye Saint Victor is unembellished in its design, the Cathedrale de la Major is ornate. But it's also younger: The Cathedrale de la Major was built in ... Read more » Fred Bahurlet / EyeEm / Getty Images

#9 Chateau d'If Château d'If is a 16th-century fortress, commissioned by King Francois I, set atop the smallest island in the Frioul archipelago less than a mile from Marseille. It was later ... Read more » Photograph by Paul Atkinson / Getty Images