Only in Marseille
A Guide to Unique Locations,Hidden Corners & Unusual Objects
Published on 10. March 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
120 pages
978-3-9505392-5-7 (ISBN)
Description
Discover Marseille's ancient origins, bustling port life and exciting cultural scene with this explorer's guide to the oldest city in France. Celtic ruins and modern museums, colonial ghosts and ethnic enclaves, street art and culinary delights. From the Count of Monte Cristo and the Abbey of the Black Madonna to Le Corbusier's Radiant City and the Velodrome Stadium. Locations include an Underwater Museum, an Armenian Quarter, an Art Deco Opera House, and a traditional soap factory. Also rugged sea coves, Buddhist pagodas, country homes, and a game of petanque. The ideal city guide for travellers who want to escape the crowds and go beyond the well-known paths, as well as for those inhabitants who perhaps thought they already knew their city.
Reviews / Votes
TheOnly In Guides help passionate travellers uncover the hidden treasures of a
city, sending them home with indelible memories - Timeless Travels magazine
In a world where places become ever more
similar, it is an absolute joy to stumble on the 'Only In' Guides. The author
brings to the series the gaze of the enquiring outsider. A refreshing
alternative to the prevailing tide of uniformity favoured by too many travel
guides - Hidden Europe magazine
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Vienna
Austria
Dimensions
Height: 136 mm
Width: 211 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
258 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-9505392-5-7 (9783950539257)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
In 2003, Duncan JD Smith decided to start writing and illustrating his own travel guides. He has since embarked on a lifetime's adventure, travelling off the beaten track in search of unique locations, hidden corners and unusual objects.
His findings are being published in a ground breaking series of city guides - the Only In Guides published by The Urban Explorer. With eighteen titles currently in print, the series has garnered positive reviews and sales in excess of 200,000 units.
Born in Sheffield, England in 1960 Duncan ran his own private museum from the age of ten before going on to read Ancient History and Archaeology at Birmingham University.
A passionate collector, he enjoys vintage travel books, gardening, natural history and music.
Duncan divides his time between England and Central Europe and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
His findings are being published in a ground breaking series of city guides - the Only In Guides published by The Urban Explorer. With eighteen titles currently in print, the series has garnered positive reviews and sales in excess of 200,000 units.
Born in Sheffield, England in 1960 Duncan ran his own private museum from the age of ten before going on to read Ancient History and Archaeology at Birmingham University.
A passionate collector, he enjoys vintage travel books, gardening, natural history and music.
Duncan divides his time between England and Central Europe and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.