on foot to the edges of the city: discover marseille and its surroundings!
DATES IN AUTUMN
On demand we offer the following exploration tours:
Tour 1
From the Old Harbor to the old aristocracy
A refreshing discovery that proves the diversity of Marseille's urban landscape. Just a moment ago we found ourselves in pilgrims' heaven and now we take a dip in a lush and peaceful residential area with mansions and hidden paths. Instants later we dive our feet into the Mediterranean to end up in a scenery of aristocracy.
Meeting point: mirror at the Old Harbour (Vieux Port)
Duration: 2 hrs
Level of difficulty: average
Start: at the latest at 4 p.m.
Price: 10€ per person
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Tour 2
Of villages, back ways and shopping paradises
The path leads leisurely through calm backways. Nevertheless there is a lot to discover! Ancient estates, a park on a beltway, in the distance the city center, a youth hostel in an old castle, a village from the Middle-Ages, joggers and dog walkers on a canal, houses in the midst of park-like gardens and suddenly a landscape made of shopping centres.
Meeting point: metro station "Saint-Just"
Duration: 3 hrs
Level of difficulty: easy
Start: at the latest at 3 p.m.
Price: 12€ per person
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Tour 3
With harbour view to the biggest covered market of Marseille
Alongside the industrial port of the city, this exploration runs through an urban landscape full of green gaps. We stride through an area that has undergone various changes during the past decades. Today, Marseille's waterfront is scarred of the most recent interventions. We will come across highrises, industrial areas, fallows, memories of the harbor and the „market square of the North“.
Meeting point: main train station "Marseille Saint-Charles"
Duration: 4 hrs
Level of difficulty: average
Start: at 10.45 a.m.
Price: 14€ per person
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Tour 4
And the city lies beyond us
In the North of Marseille we stroll through the outskirts of the city, passing the biggest hospital, a new housing area and a quarter with sea views to finally end up in the mountains. The descent rewards us with a unique panorama of the bay of Marseille. A panorama that reveals the transition between nature and city in its most original form.
Meeting point: main train station "Marseille Saint-Charles"
Duration: 5 hrs
Level of difficulty: rather challenging
Start: 9.30 a.m.
Price: 15€ per person
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Tour 5
From a TGV station to the (inner) sea
A walking tour from the TGV station of Aix-en-Provence through typical Provencal nature to the Étang de Berre. On the agenda are red soil, a bubbling source, a park on the outskirts of the city, a district full of greenhouses and stunning views of the inner sea and its (industrial) surroundings with refineries and Marseille's airport.
Meeting point: main train station "Marseille Saint-Charles"
Duration: 5 hrs
Level of difficulty: middle
Start: 9.45 a.m.
Price: 15€ per person
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Do not hesitate to contact us for all other explorations of and around the GR 2013!
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What to bring
Comfortable shoes, enough water (at least 1 L), your picnic, change for the bus or the train
and of course curiosity!
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