Art Walks Marseille: Le Panier & Beyond

Discover Marseille's vibrant art scene in the city's birthplace. The neighborhood was the original Greek colony and is now home to a thriving gallery scene, street art and winding picturesque streets.
The tour will explore this rich multilayered history of the Panier and the adjacent neighborhood of Noailles. The tour will end at the Mucem (the Museum of Mediterranean Civilizations) on the edge of the Euromediterranean development project, beginning in the heart of the old Marseille and ending in the new, stopping along the way to explore the galleries and local arts and crafts, in a tour that links Marseille's past and future.

Le Panier is the oldest neighborhood in Marseille and was the site of the Greek agora when the Phoenicians founded the city 600 years before Christ. For much of the 19th and 20th centuries, le Panier was home to successive waves of immigration, forming a rich multi-ethnic fabric. During World War II, half the neighborhood was decimated under the Vichy regime to smoke out a hotbed of working-class resistance. Since the 1980s the neighborhood has become home to a tapestry of colorful street art, and more recently galleries and artisans, from ceramics to fashion.

Our tour will wind our way from the Greek colonization, to resistance fighters and jazzmen to the artists and poets that flock to the neighborhood now.

To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.

This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.