Car Rental Marseille Airport

Marseille is the second largest city in France to Paris and is located with 800,000 inhabitants on the Gulf of Lyon on the French Côte d'Azur. The city in the large Bay of the Mediterranean is the third largest in Europe and has an intrinsic meaning for France. Approximately 1.2 million people live in the metropolitan area of Marseilles and also the Centre of French Islam is located with the seat of the Grand Mufti.

The founding of the city of Marseille goes back to the seventh century, where she fell, by a loving to a Greek merchant of the legend. In the course of its history was Marseille again and again under different third-party clients and constantly grew until 1942 the old Harbour was almost completely destroyed by the Germans. On the West side of the Harbour, the new buildings typical of their time emerged in the 1950s and 1960s. But when you look behind these concrete façades, one discovers the Quartier du Panier, the ancient Marseille with numerous houses from the middle ages. Also the place of Molins, where hundreds of years ago were the windmills of the city is located on one of the two hills that characterise the area. Today, there are many little bars and cafes in the middle of the steep and narrow streets of the historic buildings.

In addition to the Château d ' if, a fortress and former prison, located on an island off Marseilles, is the neo-Byzantine Church of Notre-Dame de la garde the landmark of the city. An impressive collection of sacred art, which is available here, the observation deck offers a sensational view of Marseille and the environment.

The city can be ideal with a rental car.