Sixth virtual journey

FranceLa PACA and the city of Marseille

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Project Comenius - EPEITE

The project is executed by students of the Second High School in Jelenia Góra, Poland (Zespół Szkół Ogólnokształcących 2 w Jeleniej Górze)Reference professor Mr. Robert ZalewskiJelenia Góra, 2013.

Metropolitan France is situated on the western edge of Europe, and thus lies within the northern temperate zone.From southwest to northeast, France shares borders with Spain, Andorra, Monaco, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Luxembourg, and Belgium. France also borders Suriname to its west and Brazil to its east and south, by way of the overseas region of French Guiana, which is considered an integral part of the republic.

France

France is a unitary constitutional republic.- President of France: François Hollande- language: french- currency: euro- National anthem: La Marseillaise

France has more than 65 000 000 residents.The largest cities are:Paris, Lyon, Marseille and Toulouse.

PACA Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA) is located in South-Eastern part of the country. The region consists of 6 départements:Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04)Hautes-Alpes (05)Alpes-Maritimes (06)Bouches-du-Rhône (13)Var (83)Vaucluse (84)

Marseille is the capital of PACA.It’s also the oldest french town with an enormous harbour.

The city was founded by the Greeks arrived with 600 Fokai BC  Μασσαλία (Massalia)

Population

Marseille has more than 850 000 inhabitants.

In 2013, Marseille was selected European Capital of Culture.

Climate

The climat in Marseille is typically meditaranien with mild, humid winters and warm to hot, mostly dry summers.

How to get to Marseille?

International Marseille-Provence airport is located 25 km from the city center.The airport can be reached by bus or train

Public transport

The public transport in Marseille consists of:• 2 trolley lines, • 2 metro lines and • 79 bus routes.A single ticket costs 1,50 €.

Le réseaux métro et tramways

Cycling is a convenient way to get around the town.There are a 130 stations around the city with aprox. 1000 bikes for hire, open from 6 o’clock till midnight, seven days a week.The rental cost is one euro for the first half hour, then it grows 1 euro per hour.  

The white facades of houses, charming squares, narrow streets – Marseille is now one of the most cosmopolitan cities in France.

Marseille is an important cultural center. City is full of monuments and traces of a rich past can be encountered in all of its parts.

The 19th-century Basilica of Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde, built by the architect Esperandieu, is an enormous Romano-Byzantine basilica in the hills to the south of the Old Port. The terrace offers spectacular panoramic views of Marseille and its surroundings.

Fort Saint-Jean was built in the 12th century to defend the entrance to the port.

Romano-Byzantine Basilica of Sainte-Marie-Majeure, was built in the secondhalf of the nineteenth.

Castle d’If is a fortification in the centre of the Marseille harbour.It was essentialy a prison, for about 400 years. Alexandre Dumas made it famous by setting the story of Count of Monte Cristo in this castle. It’s a site worth seeing.

Le Palais de la Bourse was erected in 1860. Currently the building is Chamber of industry and commerce.

Marseille is also famous of Calanques. Calanque is deeply indented in the limestone rocks, inaccessible valleys with steep walls on the Mediterranean coast, very often do not have any directions.

Cusine

The provincial cuisine is characterized by using vegetables, olives, oil, herbs, garlic and fish.

Bouillabaisse is the best known fish soup.To cook using different species of saltwater fish, garlic, tomatoes, olive oil, pepper and saffron. After cooking, the soup the xylene is to be through a sieve, and cooked in her fish, crawfish and crabs shall be indicated on a separate platter.For the soup must be given in Marseille breads called marette.

La ratatouille - a delicious vegetable stew native of Provence, which also works well as a main dish as well as a food additive. This dish is based on vegetable ingredients, mainly aubergines, courgettes, peppers, onions and tomatoes.

Aïoli - is a traditional dish based on cod and boiled vegetables covered in sauce with olive oil and garlic.

Tapenade is a pasta with green olives and capers hence its name.

La soupe au pistou is a French vegetable soup with basil, beans (white, red and green), zucchini and tomatoes. Sometimes at the end of cooking, add a handful or two of fine pasta to the soup was more fill

Accomadation

Marseille offers a lot of different types of accomodation.

- campings:http://www.france-voyage.com/campsites/search.php?kw=Marseille&depid=bouches-du-rhone

- hostels:http://www.marseille-tourisme.com/fr/preparer-votre-sejour/ou-dormir/hebergements-collectifs/

- and more than a hundred hotels.Room rates range from 50 to 250 euros per night in the most luxurious hotels. http://pl.hotels.com/de510502/hotele-marsylia-francja/

ShoppingThe French love shopping.The town is full of shops and shopping centers:- Centre Valentine;- Le Centre Commercial Grand Litoral;- Le centre le Plan de Campagne

The main shopping streets in the vicinity of the Canebière street -rue de Rome, rue Saint Ferreol, rue Paradis and of course the Centre Bourse.

Informations

• Departamental turist information13 rue Roux de brignoles 13006 Marseille Tel: 04 91 13 84 13 Fax: 04 91 33 01 82 

• Regional turist information Provence-Alpes-Côte d’AzurBP 46214 13567 MARSEILLE Cedex 02 Tel: 04 91 56 47 00 

Polish Consulate:

4-6, rue Villa Oddo13015 MARSEILLE Tel. 04 91 47 41 04 Fax 04 91 02 56 83

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