Marseilles is undoubtedly a port city, with quays that stretch into the waters of the Mediterranean and fishing boats anchored in the harbor. Waterfront restaurants offer sea urchins fished from the depths and just-opened oysters still steeped in salty brine. Marseilles’ seaport is the product of far-flung worlds brought together, of shipping routes that date to the Phoenicians in the 6th century B.C.
