Cote d'Azur/French Riviera videos - Marseille, St Tropez, Cannes and Nice

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Marseille

 

The cruise line provided a free shuttle for the 4 mile/15 minute ride from the enormous commercial port to the Old Port area. It dropped us at the Centre Bourse, from where you walk almost straight ahead into the Old Port - maybe 100 yards ?

 

From there, as you look ahead to the Notre Dame de la Garde high on the hill in the distance, the Quai du Port, on your right with the Hotel de Ville, is the Petit Train's departure point. It's about 2/3 of the way down that side of the marina. Get your ticket there (€8 pp) from the booth. Trains leave every half hour or so so if you just miss one you can spend time walking around the marina - check out the fish market on Quai des Belges, near the metro station and the famous mirrored shelter and/or the Fort St Jean.

 

The 'train' takes about 25 minutes to get to and from the ND de la G, and you'll want about 30-40 minutes up there. I though the whole thing was great - you get a decent commentary on the train and the basilica itself is amazing.

 

Saint Tropez

 

The tender drops you right by the harbour. Entry to the Annonciade museum costs €6 pp and to the Citadel (shut when I was there) €3

 

Cannes

 

It's not a bad place but I thought the best thing about it was that it has a train station for going somewhere more interesting. This shows the bit we see on telly each May from the Film Festival.

 

Nice

 

Lovely city, about 35-40 minutes by train from Cannes. Take the tram from near the station to Place Messana instead of walking down Avenue Jean Médecin (a mile) as we did.

 

That Ho-Ho leaves from the Lido on the Promenade des Anglais NOT where it shows on the leaflet we got from the Tourist Office.

 

These were made 10-12 October 2013.

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