Lavender fields, hilltop villages and spectacular rocky fjords, rosé wine and bouillabaisse, Cézanne and Van Gogh, cutting edge rap and hip-hop music, Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources, pétanque, scuba diving and Olympique de Marseille: Provence is a vibrant mix of romantic tradition and surprising, fast-changing modernity. This is an insider's guide to the best of it, from a professional journalist living there.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
The Market at Noailles, Marseille: a Multi-Cultural Feast
Duck down a narrow side-street off Marseille's Canebière, and you're instantly in another world. Swathes of multi-coloured African fabrics, mangos, loose spices, cheap sets of boules and couscousières, bootleg cigarettes: all these, and much more, can be found in this crowded, chaotic, cheerful and thoroughly cosmopolitan market. Click here to read more.
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