The best way to get to know any city is to explore it on foot, absorbing the sights, smells, and sounds unique to a particular place. But sometimes being there is simply impossible, or ill-advised.

Take a calm 3D virtual tour around Marseille, France’s historic Mediterranean port city. Enjoy the harbor views, narrow streets, and coastal atmosphere from a peaceful aerial and ground perspective.

A slight mix-up led to a happy accident. We thought we were meeting Eva, tourist "greeter" and founder of artists' network Les Femmes du Panier, at Marseille's town hall at 3.30pm. She thought it was ...

The personality of France’s second city shines through its crime fiction, urban photography, rap and TV drama. Grab an apéro and enjoy The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a ...

Google Street View is a fantastic resource for exploring far-flung parts of the world, but its colossal archive of panoramic photos can be daunting. Where do you go first? What should you be looking ...

As part of its divestment strategy from the group Tourexcel, LBO France sold the Marseille Tourism Company (SMT), the operator for the brand Open Tour in Marseille, to a trio of investors from ...

is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. Google has experimented quite a bit with ways to make Maps more immersive, but no attempt yet may ...

One morning on Marseille’s main shopping street, Rue Saint-Ferréol, a group of around 20 people gathered around the artist Mariam Benbakkar for what she calls a "colonial downtown walk". This ...

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The city of Marcel Pagnol and Zinedine Zidane has always been part of the Tour de France history. Already on the map of the first Tour de France in 1903 as the finish of a 374-kilometer stage from ...