Explore · Guest Post · Villages Towns and Cities Step Back to The Beginning of Time Back at Musée d’ Histoire de Marseille May 28, 2018Marseille is the oldest town in France, so when you walk along by the Vieux Port, you are following in the footsteps of Greek fishermen, shopkeepers, sailors and traders who established their colony in 600 BC. They, and the Romans who arrived later have left traces that emerge so often when a new building takes …Continue Reading
Explore · Villages Towns and Cities Marseille Gives the Green Light for Téléphérique Project April 30, 2018Visitors to Marseille will soon be able to whisk from the Vieux Port up to Notre Dame de la Garde by cable car in just six minutes. The contract has been won by Systra, part of SNCF, who will start work in October. It’s expected that 2 million people a year will use it. Continue …Continue Reading
Explore · Guided Holiday Tours · Keith Van Sickle See Prehistoric Art in the Cosquer Cave in Marseille October 21, 2022In 1991, Henri Cosquer made a remarkable discovery: he found a grotto filled with prehistoric paintings. Even more remarkable is that the cave is only accessible via an underwater passageway. Diving Discovery Cosquer was a professional diver, leading underwater tours around the Calanques National Park near Marseille. He also dove for pleasure, exploring the nooks …Continue Reading
Explore · Guided Holiday Tours The South of France in Context Travel June 16, 2016Are you an intellectually curious traveler? Context Travel aims to be different, far removed from the average tourist tour, and certainly not with just any tour guides. Tour leaders at Context Travel are called docents, with good reason these are multi-degreed (MBA, Ph.D.) specialists in their fields of study who are keen to share their local knowledge …Continue Reading