Le MUCEM (distance from the apartment 1,9 km, 25 minutes on foot or 17 minutes with bus n° 49)
The Musée des civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée, a mecca of architecture and heritage, is composed of three spaces: the Esplanade du J4 is dedicated to the major stages of Mediterranean civilizations, while the Fort Saint-Jean, linked to the J4 by a footbridge, offers collections of popular arts and traditions and exhibitions of contemporary creation; finally, the Conservation and Resource Center houses the museum's storerooms, which are partly accessible to the public.
In addition to its restaurant created by the great chef Gérald Passedat, the MUCEM also has a permanent children's area and regularly offers family workshops.
La Vieille Charité (distance from the apartment 1,1 km, 15 minutes on foot)
Built in the 17th century to "lock up poor people and beggars", the Vieille Charité is today a cultural center that houses the Museum of Mediterranean Archaeology and the Museum of African, Oceanian and Amerindian Arts (MAAOA), as well as temporary exhibitions, the International Poetry Center of Marseille and an art house cinema, the Miroir.
Notre Dame de la Garde (distance from the apartment 2,2 km, 34 minutes on foot or 20 minutes with the bus n° 60)
The Basilica of Notre Dame de la Garde, nicknamed "la bonne Mère" by the people of Marseilles, is the city's emblematic monument. Perched on top of a 162 meter high hill, it is visible from all four corners of the city and offers a 360 degree view. The basilica, built in the 19th century in a Romanesque-Byzantine style, is home to numerous ex-votos displayed on the walls.
You can also take the small tourist train from the Old Port, whose circuit 1 includes a stop at Notre Dame de la Garde.
The Cosquer Cave (distance from the apartment 1,9 km, 25 minutes on foot or 17 minutes with the bus n° 49)
Cosquer Méditerranée is an identical reproduction of the Cosquer cave located in the Calanques park, and its parietal works. The visit of this underwater space is done sitting in vehicles on rails for 6 people at a time, and allows to admire the reconstitution of 480 engravings and cave paintings made between 33 000 and 19 000 years before the present. The 35-minute tour is followed by a documentary film on the discovery of the cave in 1985 by the diver Henri Cosquer, and an exhibition with reproductions of animal species present in the Calanques during the ice age.
The entrance is on the esplanade of the J4 next to the MUCEM.
