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Marseille Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Marseille, France
FANTASTIC CITY!!!
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.
... 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
... 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??
... 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 ...
Visit to Chateau Seneguier
... explained that he had grown up in the castle, and lived there until he and Dominique married and moved to an apartment in Marseille.The Peytavin family sold the property in 1998, but have been back to visit several times for family gatherings. Michael was ...
Macrons and Marseille
... the city, and then on the other side you had the mountains. The view literally could not get more perfect. If I lived in Marseille, I think it'd be completely necessary to take the hike up that hill every day just for a casual picnic. ...
Boo Hoo Bouillabaisse
... time with Marseille, that we missed the wine tour of the region, and that we never tasted the world-famous bouillabaisse, but Marseille left me wanting more, which I suppose is a great compliment to a city sometimes thought of as dangerous or unsavoury. ...
Marseille, France
Marseille, France The Coast of Marseille! Our first chance to glimpse the blue, blue Mediterranean Sea and my first chance to dip my foot in it! BRR! It was chilly!! We only had one night to explore, so we took a bus down to the beachfront area. It ...
Frejus - marseille
Marseille is pretty ,uch a badass ghetto, shacks and graffiti everywhere, only stayed in the train station for an hour though train left ...
Porte Monnaie!!
... us around and continue to accuse us when it was obvious we were innocent..so he and his gang left. Man. So we finally arrived in Marseille and found our place, and got a bite to eat..by this time, it was pretty late, so we watched a football match on the ...
It's...sunny?!
After getting the train down from Dijon (a looong train, made all the more infuriating by lying SNCF websites) I arrived in to Marseille two hours earlier than expected and found my way to the hostel. After a long walk I mostly wanted to go to bed, ...
A View of Marseille!
... much of a dork), but I have a bunch of pictures of the city that you should see. It's gorgeous here! Marseille is definitely a big city (and kind of dirty), but the port, and the historical aspects are phenomenal! I think if ...
Refreshed and ready to go!
... of a hill and overlooks the city. Walking there was not that much fun... but when I got there the views were great. I don't think Marseille is as pretty as Nice but it is still pretty cool. It definitely is a lot bigger. After, I hopped on a bus and ...
English words with a french accent is not FRENCH!
... and have gotten around well. I even have been able to speak a little to get by. Take this afternoon when I arrived to Marseille... I went to buy my ticket for Saturday's train to my next destination. This way I could leave the hostel and go to the ...
French 101
French 101 Mike and Lorlinda are now in deep French country, and those French lessons better work because now it’s sink or swim. For the most part they’re staying afloat but there have been some near drownings. To save on the Euros, ...
Les Calanques
... is a group of Euromed students that work to help us international students find our way around campus and get a feel for Marseille, as well as just being an all around huge help! They also throw parties in our dorm on Tuesdays... crazy Frenchies!* ...
Heading South
... little nausea or vertigo unlike boats or planes. If I could, I'd travel home by train...drat the Atlantic Ocean! We arrived in Marseille by 10h30 and then the comedy of rental vehicles began. I walked to and fro from the rental building to the parking ...
Maritime hub of Marseille
... any place that is located on the ocean is okay for me, and I had a great weekend. Day 1 When I arrived in Marseille, the weather was beautiful! It was +27 and sunny, so I decided to walk around the City checking out sites while soaking ...
der bisher ungeplanteste Abschnitt unserer Reise
... im Bahnhof und wir mittendrin. Nach einer Wartezeit von 3,5 Std. ging es um 22.15 dann endlich los. In Marseille angekommen (ca. 1 Uhr) fuhren keine Busse bzw. Metro mehr. Also noch einmal in der Schlange fuer ein Taxi anstellen. Nach ...
Provence
Below is for the region of Provence which includes Marseille, Arles and Avignon Thinking we had learned our lesson from the 9 hour day bus trip from Granada to Valencia we decided to take a night bus from Barcelona to Marseilles. Our bus left at ...
Viva La Revolución!
... the train station for round two of the attempted ticket-buying to Barcelona. We met a lovely woman who helped us book from Marseille to Montpellier, then Montpellier to Port Bou (in Spain). Past this point, we figured we ...
In Vincent Van Gogh's Footsteps
We arrived in Marseille. Located in the southeastern coast of France. We leave Marseille to take a tour to Arles, famous for being the inspiration for Van Gogh. Van Gough painted in Arles in 1888 and created some of his best known works ...
Marseilles
Woke up to a wet and dreary morning. 17degs. After breakfast (huge) decided to catch a shuttle bus into the city and find our own way round. So armed with a map and list of points of interest we set off. Trying as hard as we could we found some points ...
Marseille
... petites vacances dans le Sud avec Guillaume et Marylčne et plein d'amis ŕ Olivier. Grace a Guillaume et Marylčne nous avons vu un maximum du Sud en un minimum de temps... La Camargue et ses oiseaux, Les Calanques, Marseille etc... alors merci ŕ ...
Marseille
... of things at the markets and we had a browse only. We went to the Basilque Notre Dame de la Garde that dominates Marseille’s skyline and has a great view over the city. The Basilica is decorated with lovely mosaics and they had started a ...