The elegant facade of the Church Saint-Ferréol in the Old Port impresses with its simple elegance and bright color that harmonizes so much with sailing ships from the times of Edmond Dantes.

In a half of a day it is difficult to make a tour around a city like Marseille. Therefore, we decided not to hurry up and to limit our tour to the Old Port and a trip to Notre-Dame de la Garde, thus to practically remain within the novel by Dumas.
Particularly, because the sea and everything associated with it occupies a central place in this oldest city of France (as well as in Genoa).

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The protectoress of the city - the church of Notre-Dame de la Garde. Here opens, in addition, a wonderful view over the city and the bay.

Another citation from the novel "The Count of Monte Cristo".

"Dantès rose and 
looked forward, 
when he saw rise 
within a hundred 
yards of him 
the black and 
frowning rock 
on which stands 
the Chateau d'If."

The boat trip to the fortress Chateau d'If, where Dantès spent 14 years and that still rises in the Bay of Marseille, was unfortunately not possible: there was for some reason no boat trips to the fortress on this day.
But from above we have seen Chateau d'If as we were on the way to the church Notre-Dame de la Garde.

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Culinary specialities of Marseille:

- Aïoli (mayonnaise based on garlic)
- Anchoïade (anchovy paste)
- Bagna cauda ("warm sauce")
- Bouillabaisse
- Brandade (fish and vegetables purée)
- Calissons
- Farigoule (liqueur based on thyme)
- Frigolet-liqueur
- Herbes de Provence
- Pastis
- Pieds et Paquets (sheep-maw)
- Pissaladière (onion tart)
- Poutargue ("Caviar of Provence")
- Tomatoes of Provence
- Daube (Bull Stew in the Style of the Camargue)
- Tapenade
- Goat cheese ("der Chèvre")