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Some ideas to discover Marseille

Getting there…. Leaving from Quai des Belges:

- Petit train: Every day, every 30 minutes 10am – 12:30pm and 2pm – 6pm Price: 5 euros

Suggested Tours :

- Notre Dame de la Garde
- Le « Vieux Marseille » (Old Marseille)

- Bus Impérial Découverte : Tour lasting 1hr 30min for 16 Euros
You can hop off the bus at any of the 16 stops if something grabs your interest, then rejoin the tour later.

- Citypass : (buy these from the Tourist Office for 16 euros for a day pass, or 23 euros for a two-day pass)

Unrestricted use of the subway, bus and tramways, plus free entry into a number of museums.
Savings on the « Marseille Grand Tour » and the Bus Imperial above.

Museums : open from 10am to 5pm; closed Mondays. Admission : 2 Euros

Musées de la Veille Charité Centre de la Veille Charité : 2 rue de la Charité 13000
Museum of Mediterraean Archaeology
Museum of Ethnic Art from Africa, America and Australasia

Musée de la Faïence
     Château Pastré, 156 avenue de Montredon Campagne Pastré 13008 Marseille
From Parc Chanot, you can take Bus 20, then Bus 21 to the small port of Callelongue. Walk through Goudes and after a 90 minute walk you will arrive at the Bay des Singes, where you will find the Museum.

Musée Grobert- Labadié 140 Bd Longchamp 13001 Marseille
       « Enlightened » - an amateur collection from the 19th Century.

Palais des Arts : 1 Place Carli 13001 Marseille
       Exhibition entitled « 100 views of Marseille: 100 paintings from the 19th and 20th Centuries »

Marseille by boat… if the weather is fine, take a boat from the Quai des Belges (tel : 04 91 55 50 09)

- Island Visit (Château d’If, le Frioul). Price : 10euros

- Visites des Calanques +++ (Marseille – cassis) tarif : 25 Euros Saturday and Sunday only.

Refreshment… good places to eat and drink during your stay…

La Place aux Huiles in the Vieux port (les Arcenaux), le Vallon des Auffes (L’Epuisette, Fonfon, and the popular Pizzeria Jeannot), la Corniche (Chez Péron), La pointe rouge , Callelongue (la Grotte)

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Museums : open from 10am to 5pm; closed Mondays. Admission : 2 Euros

Musée de la Faïence
Château Pastré, 156 avenue de Montredon Campagne Pastré 13008 Marseille
From Parc Chanot, you can take Bus 20, then Bus 21 to the small port of Callelongue. Walk through Goudes and after a 90 minute walk you will arrive at the Bay des Singes, where you will find the Museum.

Musée Grobert- Labadié 140 Bd Longchamp 13001 Marseille
« Enlightened » - an amateur collection from the 19th Century.

Museums : open from 10am to 5pm; closed Mondays. Admission : 2 Euros

Musée de la Faïence Château Pastré, 156 avenue de Montredon Campagne Pastré 13008 Marseille From Parc Chanot, you can take Bus 20, then Bus 21 to the small port of Callelongue. Walk through Goudes and after a 90 minute walk you will arrive at the Bay des Singes, where you will find the Museum.

Musée Grobert- Labadié 140 Bd Longchamp 13001 Marseille « Enlightened » - an amateur collection from the 19th Century.

Musée de la Faïence
Château Pastré, 156 avenue de Montredon Campagne Pastré 13008 Marseille
From Parc Chanot, you can take Bus 20, then Bus 21 to the small port of Callelongue. Walk through Goudes and after a 90 minute walk you will arrive at the Bay des Singes, where you will find the Museum.

Musée Grobert- Labadié 140 Bd Longchamp 13001 Marseille
« Enlightened » - an amateur collection from the 19th Century.