Must-see nightlife in Marseille

  • Waaw

    Marseille

    Marseille’s creative chameleon and the heart of the cours Julien scene, Waaw ('What an Amazing World') has everything you could possibly want for a night…

  • La Caravelle

    Marseille

    On the 1st floor of Hôtel Bellevue, this lovely little bar is styled with rich wood and leather, with a zinc bar and yellowing murals that hint of its…

  • La Dame du Mont

    Marseille

    Regular DJs bring reggae, soul, funk, rock and much else besides to this friendly, bustling hang-out on place Notre Dame du Mont. Craft beers, cocktails…

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    U.percut

    Marseille

    Happy to host anything that will get feet shuffling, U.percut puts on killer jazz bands, crooning soul stars, hip hop maestros and late-night breakbeat…

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    Baby Club

    Marseille

    Located in the bohemian neighborhood of La Plaine, Baby Club offers the perfect atmosphere for an abandoned after-hours party. Look for its garish zebra…

  • Le Refectoire dining room

    R2

    Marseille

    Together, Le Rooftop – a spectacular open-air cocktail bar with rotating DJs playing house, electro, disco and rock – and Reverso – the restaurant space…

  • Bistrot L’Horloge

    Marseille

    A local favourite with parasol-shaded table and chairs at the lion-statue end of cours Honoré d’Estienne d’Orves, this bistrot-bar rocks. In summer live…

  • La Part des Anges

    Marseille

    This fabulously convivial wine bar is named after the alcohol that evaporates through a barrel during wine or whisky fermentation: the 'angels’ share'…

  • Le Montmartre

    Marseille

    Le Montmartre is beautifully situated on a charming, small square with glimpses of the Vieux Port. Among several cafes here, this one perhaps best…

  • Polikarpov

    Marseille

    Scarcely shut, this al fresco bar with buzzing pavement terrace just a couple of blocks from the Vieux Port markets itself as ‘Massilia vodkabar’. From…

  • Le Trash

    Marseille

    Southwest of the cours Julien nightlife area, Le Trash bills itself as Marseille’s cruising bar, for good reason. There's a cover charge on special nights…

  • Bar de la Marine

    Marseille

    Though it is often erroneously thought that Marcel Pagnol set the card-party scenes in Marius at this Marseille institution, it did actually figure in the…

  • Caffè Noir

    Marseille

    Caffè Noir, with its severe charcoal façade and black pavement terrace staggering down the street in three steps, more than lives up to its name. Inside…

  • Au Son des Guitares

    Marseille

    Popular with Corsican locals, this small club next to the opera was once a favourite of Spanish refugees in Franco's era. It has limited dancing, lots of …

  • Trolleybus

    Marseille

    Shake it to techno, funk and indie in between games of pétanque at this mythical Marseillais club with four salles (rooms) beneath 17th-century stone…

  • Au Petit Nice

    Marseille

    This popular pub has loads of beers on tap and a pleasant courtyard to chill in (note that this is not the hotel/restaurant of the same name).

  • L’Endroit

    Marseille

    Dive through the tiny door to discover the Vieux Port’s only gay bar. Theme nights include karaoke.

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