Marseille · Nightlife

Walls covered in paint since the 1980s and the densest bar strip in the city. Locals call it Cours Ju.

Place Jean Jaurès next door, rowdier and cheaper, with a market by day and drinking by night.

A 100,000-square-metre former tobacco factory running concerts, exhibitions, festivals and a rooftop.

The tourist end, but the terraces run late and the light on the water justifies the mark-up.

Small bars in the alleys above the port, quieter than Cours Julien and possible to hold a conversation in.