Alexis Patri 4:00 p.m., September 11, 2021

Guest of William Leymergie's show "Samedi en France", star presenter Jean-Pierre Foucault tells columnist Danielle Moreau his favorite corners of his native Marseille and its surroundings, providing us with an ideal travel guide for whom would go to the Phocaean city.

INTERVIEW

Do you know Marseille and its treasures well?

Even if you think that the city has no more secrets for you, Jean-Pierre Foucault, who was born and raised there, could make you rediscover it.

The star presenter tells columnist Danielle Moreau, in William Leymergie

Samedi's show in France,

 his favorite corners of Marseille and its surroundings.

A travel guide unlike any other and a unique way to explore the natural and cultural heritage of Marseille.

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The district of the good vein

Jean-Pierre Foucault was born and raised in a southern district of Marseille.

"It was the district of the White Rabbit and the Good Luck. I just had to climb up on a chair from my terrace to see if the sea was beautiful and if I could go swimming," he recalls.

"It's an incredible chance to live in a neighborhood called Bonne veine, to be lucky. I lived in this lucky neighborhood until I was 18. Before I left to do radio Monte Carlo."

Massif of Marseilleveyre

"The real joys were Sunday because I was a scout. And given my physique, you can imagine, I was the patrol leader, Swallow wing, that suited me perfectly. foot from Bonne veine, we walked for an hour to go to Callelongue, which is one of the ends of Marseille, "continues Jean-Pierre Foucault.

"For us, this massif of Marseilleveyre was a delight since there was everything: there was the hill, there were caves, there was the sea, there were the creeks", he lists.

"Every Sunday, we went to a sector of the Marseilleveyre massif. It was a real joy. We had our backpacks, with the picnic in the back and a gourd that we refreshed in the Mediterranean. "

Creeks

Because this massif runs along the sea and is full of the famous creeks.

"My first fathoms were in the calanques. When you leave Callelongue, you start across a path. The first calanque is the calanque de Marseilleveyre. And there, of course, we were diving from the rocks," says Massif de Marseilleveyre.

"We played the big ones. When we're small, we play the big ones. And when we're big, we want to be younger," he smiles.

"We pulled monkey bridges with lassos between each end of the creeks to cross above the waves, as if we were real heroes of comics or adventure films. I think we did well to make it a national park to protect these treasures. "

Borely Park

Jean-Pierre Foucault then returns to town to advise us "a beautiful site" which is all my youth.

"It is the Borély park where there is the Marseille racecourse, on the beach", reveals the presenter.

"This Borély park was the place where, from childhood to adolescence, you could do everything: cycling, walking ... There was a duck pond, there was a rose garden for those who are interested in plants. "

Ceramics Museum

But this Borély park also hosts a museum.

"There was a museum of Egyptology which is now a museum of ceramics", specifies Jean-Pierre Foucault.

"When we were kids, the curator used to show us secret mummies that were hidden in the attics of this museum."

"Now it is a museum of ceramics. It is worth visiting," he advises. "And in front of the museum, there are stairs and a body of water that lead to Borély park where all Marseillais who know a little, will be able to spend a peaceful Sunday. It is one of the lungs of Marseille."