Marseille

Travel Blogs from Marseille, France

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Sightseeing and a scavenger hunt for food, Marseille, France travel blog

Sightseeing and a scavenger hunt for food

A travel blog entry by jeroenandlinda

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... lunch menu yet and walked away leaving us sitting at the table. How difficult can it be to get a croissant and a juice in France, apparently very. So we got up and left this place to continue our search for morning food. We tried another restaurant ...

City by the sea...with an edge, Marseille, France travel blog

City by the sea...with an edge

A travel blog entry by tracystravels

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Arrived in Marseilles after an uneventful train ride from Nimes.  While expensive, the trains in France are quite comfortable and timely.  A quick but expensive taxi driven by the most polite and charming gentleman encountered in France ...

Going down south, Marseille, France travel blog

Going down south

A travel blog entry by jeroenandlinda

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... Our taxi dropped us off at the Gare de Lyon, the gateway to the south. Here all the TGV trains leave for their destinations across France. We found our train on platform C, the TGV to Marseilles. It was incredibly busy at the station, as it is one of the ...

Red October, Saint Maximin, France travel blog

Red October

A travel blog entry by sutiramisu

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... our evenings were filled with the tales of The Count of Monte Cristo which once completed became the impetus to set sail from Marseille to Chateau D'If.  This 16th century island prison is austere but not as spooky as we imagined.  The names of ...

Jet Setting, Cannnes, France travel blog

Jet Setting

A travel blog entry by kevdevine

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Arrived in Sunny cannes and made our way up rue Carnot to Annes. We pretty much dumped the bags and got down to the sea as quick as possible. It was our first chance to get wet so we headed straight for the beach.Swam,slept,swam got burnt. Great day. ...

marseille, Marseille, France travel blog

marseille

A travel blog entry by restless

and after asking to abunch of ppl we meet alain and his wife, who are heading to italy and passing by marseille and the souther coast they lead us to ...

DAY 102 - APRIL 15, 2007, Sevilla, Spain travel blog

DAY 102 - APRIL 15, 2007

A travel blog entry by michelob

... gym, pool, sauna, and Jacuzzi. Not a bad life. So, the cities: Naples, Palermo, Tunis, Palma de Mallorca, Barcelona, and Marseille. I could expound on each of these for a page each, but here is the executive summary. Naples is a large port city ...

Marseille, Marseille, France travel blog

Marseille

A travel blog entry by pathenger

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... train ride along the coast (which in a way it is a shame that the railway is right on the beach) Marseille is a bigger city and not so quaint but the port area is nice. Flew out of Marseille to Lisbon.  I know not quite geographically ...

Arles and un village Troglodyte, Marseille, France travel blog

Arles and un village Troglodyte

A travel blog entry by pippat

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We were all on a high after climbing to the top of the amphitheatre of Arles, looking down over the smooth empty oval of sand where they still fight bulls. But in a more playful way; teenage boys do 'le rasetage' which takes place in the summer season ...

Marseille, Marseille, France travel blog

Marseille

A travel blog entry by globetrotters

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... Ferry Boat landing, then up towards Notre-Dame de la Garde, a beautiful church that sits atop a hill overlooking the city of Marseille.  The streets are narrow and hilly, much like those in San Francisco, California. It's hard to believe that two cars ...

The social elevator is not working, Marseille, France travel blog

The social elevator is not working

A travel blog entry by pippat

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... who work in the Humanities departments at some of the local unis. Aix trains graduates in the Arts and Humanities; Marseille is where the campuses are for engineering and other technical subjects. My personal experience in my host family is of a lot ...

Marseille, Marseille, France travel blog

Marseille

A travel blog entry by b.a.manzella

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Didn't take long to get there from Nice. Cool Hostel. Walked around the Harbour, Cours Julien is good, cafe's, bookshops, soup kitchens. The Notre Dame de la Garde is cool, but I got there at 5pm and it was closed. I got a boat to an Island near the ...

Marseille, Marseilles, France travel blog

Marseille

A travel blog entry by orko

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Uzun bir yolculuktan sonra nihayet Marsilya'dayim. Fakat geldigime degdi galiba. Istasyondan kafayi uzatir uzatmaz karsima cikan manzara bu sehre bir anda kanimi isitti. Hani eski turk filmlerinde olur, adam koyden trenle Haydarpasa garina gelir, disari ...

BY Parker Marseilles, Marseille, France travel blog

BY Parker Marseilles

A travel blog entry by cainteam

Hi Nicholas, this is Parker. I wanted to tell that the bird poop felt very weird. Also, we had a mean owner in the Paris apartment and we wiped it on her dooor knob! The keyboard is very different.At the public beaches some of the women don"t have bikini ...

Day 92 - Marseille, Marseille, France travel blog

Day 92 - Marseille

A travel blog entry by charlesaclark

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... Next time. So a little after 11am, some 20h hours after we left Africa, I rolled off the ramp in Marseille, France.  The customs and immigration were remarkably quick.  Ridiculously quick some might say.  They ...

Marseille, Marseille, France travel blog

Marseille

A travel blog entry by blatherwick

Marseille ...

Amorous or Foolhardy?, Marseille, France travel blog

Amorous or Foolhardy?

A travel blog entry by 2totango

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... ; First of all, we had a deadline.  Something neither of us are accustomed to dealing with right now.  Ferry departs Marseille at 7pm.  Brian was concerned about covering the 100 km distance and finding the port in time.  So, up extra ...

Leaving France :(, Marseille, France travel blog

Leaving France :(

A travel blog entry by ethansamjencol

After a fantastic 3 weeks in France we packed up, cleaned out the house and drove to Marseille airport.  After a long drive we finally got to the airport and after more delays got on the plane and back to Gatwick Tony collected us from the airport ...

France, Marseille, France travel blog

France

A travel blog entry by hendersonra

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We have left Italy behind. Aughhh... And have now stopped in Marseille, France. It is quite difficult to change languages so abruptly. I was getting used to "gratzi" but have moved on to "merci." Although "gratzi" still comes out more often than not. ...

JP est rentré à l'heure !, Marseille, France travel blog

JP est rentré à l'heure !

A travel blog entry by jpbigan

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... sauver l'Afrique et ne travaille plus qu'avec elles. Faudrait quand même pas que nos européennes y prennent goût (?) Arrivée à Marseille Provence à l'heure. Michhhh est là, fidèle au poste, les retrouvailles font du bien. Petit dîner à ...

Marseille Survival Guide, Marseille, France travel blog

Marseille Survival Guide

A travel blog entry by atlpilot36

... nevertheless a fascinating stop.  Provence and the Cote d'Azur are actually where the action is and Marseille is just a big seaport that happens to be France's second biggest city and starting place for points more interesting.  I am glad I was ...

Just getting settled into the next 9 months :), Marseille, France travel blog

Just getting settled into the next 9 months :)

A travel blog entry by gracepoe

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... post pictures so you can understand why. The 9th, 10th, and this morning, we had orientation which included a bus tour of Marseille. It's amazingly beautiful and there's just so much history here! Taking tonight to myself to finish a book and start this ...

Marseille on a prettier day, Marseille, France travel blog

Marseille on a prettier day

A travel blog entry by gracepoe

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Here are some pictures of Marseille on a pretty day compared to the day of the bus tour. Apparently these blue skies are the norm here.  It feels like it should be April not ...

Marseille and Îles du Frioul, Marseille, France travel blog

Marseille and Îles du Frioul

A travel blog entry by beagui

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We took the chance, as we were working in Aix-en-Provence during the week, to go to Marseille in a weekend day trip. Marseille seemed nice but so huge to spend the whole day walking around... It was a warm summer day and we felt like for refreshing ...

Boris the Bear in London, Marseille, France travel blog

Boris the Bear in London

A travel blog entry by atlpilot36

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Yeah, I know...but it's for my nephew to enjoy. ...

Just takin a shortcut, he he.., Marseille, France travel blog

Just takin a shortcut, he he..

A travel blog entry by dagroove

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FANTASTIC CITY!!!, Marseille, France travel blog

FANTASTIC CITY!!!

A travel blog entry by cainteam

So, yes; we once again oversleep and miss our train to St Tropez.  Oh well, c'est la vie!!   Have to buy more goodies at marker, Chez Josy here we come!!  She squels in delight at our sight and I told her ,y youngest wrote about her to his ...

High winds in the Marseille metropolis., Marseille, France travel blog

High winds in the Marseille metropolis.

A travel blog entry by mylifesjourney

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... boat was too large to fit into it, so we were stuck over by the cruise ship docks and the ship yards. Instead of exploring Marseille with us, Stee spent the day working in his office. He's looking at buying another yacht. Not to replace this one, but a ...

A strange day in Marseille, Marseille, France travel blog

A strange day in Marseille

A travel blog entry by pippat

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... rival of Aix. Whereas Aix is bourgeois, picture postcard pretty and 'bien-leche' (literally this means- 'well licked') Marseille is grittier, more 'populaire', meaning more working class and altogether a much cheaper place to live. Christophe says that ...

Pouvez-vous me rembourser Marseille??, Marseille, France travel blog

Pouvez-vous me rembourser Marseille??

A travel blog entry by rachandshan

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... to use the equipment was not an easy feat.  We went to the local tourist office and asked the experts about wheelchairs in Marseille.  She honestly looked at us with an eyebrow up and said there wasn't anything for us and that the only public ...

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