Hôtel-de-Ville, Marseille — Area Guide & Where to Stay

What are the main landmarks in Hôtel-de-Ville?

Antiquity sits in the open here. The Théâtre antique de Marseille, the Museum of the Roman Docks and the îlot urbain grec du collège du Vieux-Port put Greek and Roman ground on public view within a few streets of one another, and the Musée du Vieux-Marseille takes up the centuries that followed. Three churches take it from there.

The Vieille Major, the Église Notre-Dame-des-Accoules and the Eglise Saint-Laurent hold the older skyline, with the Hôtel de Cabre surviving among them as a house.

What is the history of Hôtel-de-Ville?

Greek ground lies under it. The îlot urbain grec du collège du Vieux-Port and the Théâtre antique de Marseille are the physical record the quarter keeps of that first city, and the Museum of the Roman Docks covers the port trade that came after. A quarter laid over the Greek city was never given a charter year.

The Vieille Major, the Hôtel de Cabre and the Église Notre-Dame-des-Accoules carry the layers laid down since, and the Musée du Vieux-Marseille is where the quarter explains itself.

Where is Hôtel-de-Ville?

The Vieux-Port edge shapes Hôtel-de-Ville, where the Grande Roue de Marseille stands a short walk from the Villa Méditerranée and the Vieille Major.