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Cinq Avenues, Marseille — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Cinq Avenues is a quartier of Marseille's 4th arrondissement, named after the five roads of its crossroads, and takes in much of the Plateau Longchamp.
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Where to stay in Cinq Avenues
One nearby area has its own guide — here's what it is best for.
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Marseille
The metro and the tramway both serve the Cinq Avenues - Longchamp station.Central Marseille →
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Few places to stay in Cinq Avenues — most visitors book in Marseille nearby.
Things to do in and around Marseille
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Museums & Galleries
3- Musée Grobet-Labadié Heritage
- Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille
- Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille
Churches & Religious Sites
2- Église des Chartreux (Marseille) Heritage
- Église de la Mission de France Heritage
Castles & Historic Sites
1- Marseille (Samian Ware Discovery Site)
Stadiums & Sports
3- complexe sportif Vallier
- Escale Chutes Lavie
- boulodrome Sainte-Sophie
Landmarks & Notable Places
1- Maison Gaston Castel Heritage
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About Cinq Avenues
What are the main landmarks in Cinq Avenues?
The Plateau Longchamp brought the quartier a great green space, the Jardin des Plantes with the Jardin zoologique de Marseille. The Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille and the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille stand in the quartier, and the Musée Grobet-Labadié is close by. Toward Les Chartreux rises the Église des Chartreux.
What is the history of Cinq Avenues?
The name comes from the crossroads of the boulevard de la Libération, the boulevard de la Blancarde, the boulevard Philippon, the avenue du Maréchal-Foch and the avenue des Chartreux. The quartier grew under the Second Empire, which the place Sébastopol of 1863 recalls. Street names keep the rest.
The rues Jussieu, Linné and Buffon recall botanical gardens that gave way to the railway from Saint-Charles to La Blancarde and were replanted at the Palais Longchamp. From 1964 an underpass linked the avenue du Maréchal-Foch to the boulevard Philippon, until work on tram line 2 filled it in.
Where is Cinq Avenues?
Cinq Avenues has the Jarret and La Blancarde to the east, Chutes-Lavie and Les Chartreux to the north, Le Camas to the south, Saint-Charles and Le Chapitre to the west.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Cinq Avenues?
Plateau Longchamp: museum days and walks in the Jardin zoologique. Central Marseille: a room within a metro or tram ride.
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Updated October 2026