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Pick up an old-fashioned tin or sachet of Marseille's famous navette biscuits from the Four des Navettes. These boat-shaped biscuits are an essential part of the mysterious Candlemas ceremony.
Inspired by life in Marseille's "Quartiers chauds", rappers Psy 4 de la rime have released their third album Les Cites d'Or. The group amit influence from I AM and the genius wordsmith Akhenaton.
The Rue Sainte is the city's Little Corsica with four restaurants dedicated to Corsican cuisine featuring figtelli (delicious smoked sausages), chunky fig jam and the famous fiadone (cheesecake).
Marseille boasts a thriving cinema industry with more than 400 film productions a year making it the second most filmed city in France, after Paris of course.
Day trip
Skiing. You will find a wide choice of family-friendly ski stations about two hours drive from Marseille in the southern Alps including Val d'Allos, Sauze/Super Sauze, Pra-Loup and Les Orres.
