Marseille for 1 day cruise stop

[vivili]

Hi all, wondering what the must see sights are in Marseille are for a 1 day stop. We'll be travelling with 2 toddlers therefore everything takes twice as long...so any tips on getting around and advice would be great. Thanks!

[budbo]

We were just in Marseille on the Celebrity Eclipse.  We decided not to do a tour and instead took the shuttle from the cruise terminal to the Old Port area.  There is a free shuttle offered by the city but I wouldn't recommend it.....there were several ships in port on the same day we were there and the free shuttle line was really long.  We paid $20 per person to Celebrity and the shuttle picked us up right at the ship and dropped us off across the street from the Cathedrale de la Major.  From there we walked about 10 minutes and arrived at the starting point/ticket office for Le Petit Train.  There were 2 different routes available (8 euro each per adult) and we chose the one that took us up to Notre Dame de la Garde.  Including the 20-30 minute stop at the cathedral, I'm guessing it took a little over an hour.  The "train" is on wheels so it uses city streets. Some of the cars had windows on one side of the car, others were completely open air. We thought it was a fun way to get a quick tour of town.  The cathedral was beautiful and is situated way above the port so you get an awesome view of Marseille.  There are many restaurants all around the old port and probably shops too, although we were there on a Sunday so none of the shops were open.  

[Jimbo59]

Were there taxis at the cruise port?

[dundeelass]

you can walk from the ship about 15 mins to get the free port shuttle in marseille, takes around 15 minutes to reach the town, it stops at a shopping centre and from there you can reach the old port by foot.

[willde]

On 11/12/2018 at 6:36 PM, Jimbo59 said:

Were there taxis at the cruise port?

 

On 11/15/2018 at 1:08 PM, dundeelass said:

you can walk from the ship about 15 mins to get the free port shuttle in marseille, takes around 15 minutes to reach the town, it stops at a shopping centre and from there you can reach the old port by foot.

 

 

Can anyone provide an update or confirmation of the availability of the free shuttle at the Marseille Cruise Center (Gate 4)?  If anyone has, or can get, a current picture or schedule it would be appreciated.  Evidently it wasn't in daily operation at some past time...

 

Also interested to know if taxis are available at this terminal.

Edited April 10, 2019 by willde