But Marseille, France’s oldest city, is often overlooked and misunderstood by French and foreign tourists alike. Filmmaker and Marseille native Vérane Frédiani is looking to change that.

Marseille is France’s second-largest city, and it's easy to cover swaths of it on foot. But bear in mind that in much of the city, you're either walking up or down: This is a hilly place.

Marseille’s mayor, Benoît Payan, was quick to react online. “Marseille x Banksy,” he wrote, adding a flame emoji. By midday, the hashtag #BanksyMarseille was trending across France, and beyond.

Marseille is an inspiring blend of the cultures brought here by the various immigrant communities who’ve found their way to the city over the centuries. That’s partly the reason why the food ...

“I’m not angry, I’m disappointed,” said Roberto De Zerbi, rolling out that parental lament as old as time. The Italian had just watched his Marseille side succumb to a limp 2-0 away defeat ...

Marseille is based around Depardieu as Robert Taro, who has been mayor of the city for 20 years and is passing the torch to his hand-picked successor, Lucas Barres (Benoit Magimel).

Marseille has been producing soap for over 600 years, mixing sea water, olive oil and alkaline ash from sea plants. Traditionally pistachio-green, it now comes in a variety of colours.

Ranking of the top 9 things to do in Marseille. Travelers favorites include #1 Le Panier, #2 Vieux Port and more.

The officers of the Marseille Anti-Narcotics Office had hoped to trap Mohamed Djeha, aka 'Mimo,' one of the biggest drug traffickers in France. But the 'monitored delivery operation' turned into a ...

In the film French Connection, New York City is portrayed as grey and run down while Marseille is a murky port of narrow alleys and criminal overlords.

Marseille had been the French Empire's commercial and administrative gateway. In the 1960s and '70s, hundreds of thousands of economic migrants, as well as the pieds-noirs, flocked to France, many ...