MARSEILLE AND
CASSIS + NAVETTE TASTING: 9
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Marseille Tours - Upscale Private Tour of Marseille and Cassis + Navette Tasting
 Marseille and Cassis Tours Include: Our private tours of Marseille and Cassis include private
transportation and English speaking tour guide, Navette (cookie) tasting, taxes,
tolls and parking.
Not Included: Entrance
tickets.
Departure Points: Avignon, Arles
and vicinity; Aix, Marseille and vicinity. Other departure points available, please inquire.
Marseille Tours. This morning you will discover as you tour Marseille one of the most
important and ancient cities in France. Built up by the Phoenicians around 600 BC (not
to mention the Ligurians, its previous occupants),
taken over by the Greeks in 540 BC, and conquered
by the Romans two thousand years ago, this
2,600-year-old port is packed with sites and
artifacts of antiquity. The city was known
for centuries as the “Gateway to the Orient”
because of its trading relations with the Middle
East and North Africa.
 Marseille is a cosmopolitan, exotic and vibrant city,
and you will tour Marseille' heart -- the port –
followed by the oldest neighborhood in Marseille, Le
Panier, with its narrow streets, squares
and colorful façades. The neighborhood is also
home to Saint-Victor Abbey, a very important
place for the first Christians in Marseille,
and Notre Dame de la Garde, a hilltop church
that protects the people of Marseille – and
offers an unforgettable view over the city.
After a great lunch enjoying a local specialty
called bouillabaisse,
your private tour will take you to your final destination, quiet
Cassis (French for currant). This little fishing
village inspired such artists like Dufy, Signac
and Derain, and continues to inspire visitors
today. You can relax sitting at a café near
the port, watching the fishermen and street
artists. Here you
can also take a boat ride to admire the beautiful
Calanques, little fjords with high limestone
cliffs.
You will round out your guided day trip in Provence with a tasting of Navettes, a traditional Provençal sugar cookie flavored with orange blossom. Delicieux!
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