World Travel Guide Search for a City   Destination Guides > Europe & Russia > Europe > France > Côte d'Azur > From Marseille to Toulon > Marseille Marseille -- Neighborhoods -- Corniche, beaches and Parc Borély La Canebière Le Panier South of La Canebière Vieux Port -- Sights -- Château d'If Musée de la Faïence, the MAC and the Cité Radieuse Palais Longchamp and the Hôtel du Département .  Marseille   · The City .  Arrival And Information .  Eating And Drinking .  Nightlife .  Power And Politics .  Listings .  Explore Marseille .  Hotels in Marseille MARSEILLE - THE CITY Hotels in Marseille   .  New Hotel Select Marseille from  $70.88  USD     .  Citadines Marseille Castellane Marseille from  $84.09  USD     .  New Hotel Vieux Port Marseille from  $110.52  USD   More Hotels in Marseille >> Vacation Rentals in Marseille   .  Citadines Marseille Castellane Marseille from  $79.95  USD     .  Maeva City Prado Perier Marseille from  $79.57  USD     .  Pv City Marseille Prado Plage Marseille from  $86.76  USD   More Vacation Rentals in Marseille >> Marseille is divided into sixteen arrondissements which spiral out from the focal point of the city, the Vieux Port . Due north lies the old town, Le Panier , site of the original Greek settlement of Massalia. The wide boulevard leading from the head of the Vieux Port, La Canebière is the central east-west axis of the town. The Centre Bourse and the little streets of quartier Belsunce border it to the north, while the main shopping streets lie to the south. The main north-south axis is rue d'Aix , becoming cours Belsunce then rue de Rome, av du Prado and finally boulevard Michelet . The lively, youngish quarter around place Jean-Jaurès and the trendy cours Julien lie to the east of rue de Rome. From the headland west of the Vieux Port, the Corniche heads south past the city's most favoured residential districts towards the beaches and promenade nightlife of the Plage du Prado.