Marseille offers a rich history and culture, blended with vibrant streets, an delicious culinary delights. As you make your way through the lovely streets, the smell of freshly baked baguettes and pastries fill the air. Melt in your mouth croissants to crunchy baguettes, and decadent cakes, the Marseille bakeries offer it all and more.
Through the streets of Marseille, you will find a mix of fantastic bakeries, each offering their own classic French baked goods.
Les Navettes des Accoules
This is a lovely local Marseille bakery with a reputation for their refined pastries. They have been making navettes since the eighteenth century using traditional methods. Be sure to try their orange blossom barquettes.
Patisserie Sylvain Depuichaffray
This well-known pastry shop and tea room is ideally located close to Vieux Port. It is a top choice for dessert lovers, offering a choice of mouthwatering cheesecakes, chocolates, and fruit tarts.
Le Pepite
This popular bakery focuses on creating gluten-free delights with Provençal traditions to pastries. They make a delicious chestnut cream Corsican Clementine yule log that was inspired by Cachio Fio, a Provençal tradition. The bakery only uses local and organic ingredients, all of which are gluten and dairy free.
Cookiss
Located at 7 Rue Four du Chapitre in Marseille, this cosy cookie shop offers the finest cookies with a variety of flavours, offering authentic tastes with melting textures. Be sure to try their chocolate and black sesame cookie for something truly unique.
Amandine
Amandine is charming with very limited seating, offering traditional pies, cakes, pastries, and sweets. This well-known bakery has been operating since 1960. it is run by Maurice Mistre, using age old traditions to create mouthwatering creations.
Patisserie Torres
This is one of the best-known bakeries in Marseille. It was founded by Corentin Torees, the Vice Champion of France for young chocolatiers. This bakery offers you a wide selection of chocolates for all tastes.
The Pain Pan
This lovely bakery specialises in pan au chocolates. Start your day here with a coffee and pan au chocolate as you watch the world go by, or head here to get some decadent treats for after dinner.
Conclusion
Marseille is a popular tourist destination for history, culture, and food. It is home to some of the finest bakeries, offering a selection of freshly baked French breads, pastries, cookies, and cakes. If you have tried any of these bakeries and want to recreate what you had at home, consider a private cooking class with Chef Clement at Cooking Classes in Provence, enabling you to take a touch of Marseille home with you.