Nice - Marseilles France help

[coffeegirl35]

I was wondering if anyone could help me out with this. We are cruising this October and two of our stops are Nice and Marseilles. They are so close to each other I am wondering what port would be the best one to do an excursion on. One day we are going to just get off the boat and do our own thing but due to the fact we have never been to either of these ports before I wanted to ask all you lovely people what port would be the best one to do something with a private company or the boat. Thanks guys:D

[Cigar King]

I think if it were me, I would do the excursion in Marseilles and use Nice to people watch along the Riviera.

 

You might want to check your roll call and see what others are doing.

 

Cheers.

[Biotcruisers]

I would do an excursion in Marseille rather than Nice as Cigar King said. In Nice (Villefranche) you can get on a train and go to Cannes, Nice or Monaco quite easily.

Cheers

Steve

[lisaloo]

When we were in Marseilles we did a walking tour of the city. I would not waste time or money on that excusion. Marseille was my least favorite port - I would take the excursion to Aix or stay on the boat and take it as a pool/relaxation day.

[TXHappyCruiser]

Def do an excursion in Marseilles. Aix en Provence is worth the trip.

 

 

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[voyager70]

Def do an excursion in Marseilles. Aix en Provence is worth the trip.

 

 

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We also went to Aix while docked in Marseilles. It was gorgeous. Cassis is also great. Villefranche is a great little town in itself just to wander around or you can easily catch a bus or train to Nice or Monte Carlo, or take a trip to Eze which is beautiful and has spectacular views.

[emdia43]

Definitely take a tour to Aix en Provence on the day in Marseilles. We booked thru the ship and it was a lovely day out in a beautiful town.

[emdia43]

We also went to Aix while docked in Marseilles. It was gorgeous. Cassis is also great. Villefranche is a great little town in itself just to wander around or you can easily catch a bus or train to Nice or Monte Carlo, or take a trip to Eze which is beautiful and has spectacular views.

 

We booked the ship coach tour to Nice, Monte Carlo and Eze and had a great day. Didn't want to bother with catching trains etc. It was seamless and I would recommend it. The tour guides we had were excellent.

[coffeegirl35]

Thank you all for your responses It sounds like Marseille is the one with Aix to see :D