Vertigo Vieux-Port

Top choice in Marseille


This award-winning hostel shows a swanky sleep is possible on a shoestring budget – for your euro you can expect breakfast, murals by local artists, vintage furniture, stripped wooden floors and original architectural details such as exposed wooden beams and stone arches. All rooms have their own modern bathrooms, and there are lockers, a good kitchen and a TV lounge.


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Nearby Marseille attractions

1. Musée du Santon

0.24 MILES

One of Provence’s most enduring Christmas traditions is its santons (plaster-moulded, kiln-fired nativity figures), first created by Marseillais artisan…

2. Vieux Port

0.26 MILES

Ships have docked for millennia at Marseille’s birthplace, the vibrant Vieux Port. The main commercial docks were transferred to the Joliette area in the…

3. Abbaye St-Victor

0.31 MILES

To the west of the Vieux Port lies Abbaye St-Victor, the birthplace of Christianity in Marseille, built on a 3rd century BC necropolis. It's €2 to visit…

4. Musée Cantini

0.32 MILES

Donated to the city by the sculptor Jules Cantini on his death in 1916, this 17th-century mansion-turned-museum conceals some superb art behind its…

5. Fort St-Nicolas

0.47 MILES

Guarding the southern side of Marseille’s harbour (and threatening its sometimes rebellious citizens, who attempted to destroy it during the Revolution)…

6. Basilique Notre Dame de la Garde

0.49 MILES

Occupying Marseille’s highest point, La Garde (154m), this opulent 19th-century Romano-Byzantine basilica is Marseille's most-visited icon. Built on the…

7. Musée d’Histoire de Marseille

0.5 MILES

This intriguing 15,000-sq-metre museum traces the story of 'France's Oldest City' from prehistory (the paintings of the Cosquer Cave) to the present day,…

8. Le Panier

0.52 MILES

'The Basket' is Marseille's oldest quarter – site of the original Greek settlement and nicknamed for its steep streets and buildings. Its close, village…