Ask me anything about Marseille (and South of France)

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Aix en Provence is a beautiful area, but when I went to Marseille I was less than impressed. It's basically a dirty port city with lots of poor immigrants and not much touristy stuff. Maybe it's cause I was there in the winter, I dunno. The only really interesting thing we saw was Chateau D'If, which was an island prison right off the coast where the Man in the Iron Mask was held. Also, the bouillebase (sp?) I had was pretty awful compared to previous tries.

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I'm really sorry to hear that..
Yes Marseille is a port (and a really big one) and is dirty.
However if you found that the Chateau d'If was the most interesting place in the city you've probably missed it all. Which is not so surprising as the city is not organized well to welcome and guide the tourists.. (what a shame)
For The Bouillabaisse, it's basically like in most big touristic cities. There are traps. I adbise everyone visiting Marseille NOT TO eat a Bouillabaisse until the restaurant has been recommended by a local they trust. And never to taste one on the old port. Never ever.

Will post some pictures later, and you'll tell me if you saw these places..