There’s not much more fun than wandering round the ‘Vieux Port’, a vast horse shoe shaped harbour where, every morning a bustling fish market takes place. The boats dock alongside, and the fish is sold direct by the fishermen and their families. An early morning start at the street markets with their fantastic colourful displays of fruit and vegetables is always fun. Marseille is amazing - one minute you are looking in the windows of some of the great French fashion houses, the next you feel as if you’re in a street in North Africa.
Take the metro to the Noailles district and you’ll find yourself in yet another world. A rabbit warren of streets and lanes, cafés and cheap restaurants, flatbreads being cooked on the pavement, it really is exotically fabulous.