SEEN CITY - MARSEILLE

I travel to this city for its refusal to be glamorous despite its beauty. If Marseille lost its grime, it would lose its soul, and though the city is old, it isn’t a museum. Its history is alive and layered. The station, built in 1848, looks out on a balmy, barmy red labyrinth that is as African as it is European, with a golden Mary Magdalene... See more