Boating - Rentals and Charters · Explore · Guest Post Seaside Views of Marseille with Localanque Story Boat December 18, 2018For new arrivals in town, what is nicer than a one-hour trip from Marseille’s Vieux Port to admire the key sites and hear about their history? This is the offer from Localanque with Story Boat. I have this information from ‘Pass My Provence,’ which offers 2-for-1 to cardholders: one person pays 15€, and the other …Continue Reading
Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Explore · Locals Travel Tips Marseille’s Coming Out November 28, 2014Gilles Conchy describes his birth city of Marseille, as “tense, cosmopolitan, not well-mannered, but it is colourful, generous and sunny all year long.”…Continue Reading
Explore · Guest Post · Guided Holiday Tours New Walking Tours by Context Travel October 16, 2015Context Travel, already operating across Europe, Asia and the Americas, have just added Provence to their list of city-tours. Their difference is that their guides are scholars or specialists: architects, art historians, environmentalists, classicists for instance, thus bringing an academic perspective to the tour.…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
