Walks

Free self-guided food walk

Taste Marseille

A self-guided food walk through the real Marseille

Follow Chef Tris from the Vieux-Port into Marseille's markets, pastry shops, coffee bars and multicultural backstreets.

10 stops 210 min 3.2 km

Where to start

Start at the head of the Vieux-Port, beside the fish market on Quai des Belges. Metro Vieux-Port. Go in the morning while the fish market and the Capucins market are both alive.

Start walk

The stops

  1. 1Introduction to Marseille & Provençal CuisineBefore you eat Marseille, understand the hot, salty, olive-oil-soaked world that made it.
  2. 2Vieux-PortWhere Marseille began
  3. 3Cours Honore-d'Estienne-d'OrvesThe old oil market, reborn
  4. 4Patisserie Sylvain DepuichaffrayOur first tasting
  5. 5Deep CoffeeThe new Marseille in a cup
  6. 6Boulangerie Aixoise / Navettes de MarseilleMeet Marseille's little boat-shaped biscuit: dry, floral and practically designed for your suitcase.
  7. 7Maison BlaizeHerbs and tea, chez Pere Blaize
  8. 8Marche des CapucinsThe belly of Marseille
  9. 9Escaliers du Cours JulienMarseille's open-air gallery
  10. 10Cours JulienFinishing with young Marseillais promise

Optional paid detours and extra listening appear along the way.

Prefer the full story? Read Chef Tris's original Marseille guide.