Marseille Shore Excursion: Discover City Highlights and Aix-en-Provence

Embark on a full-day shore excursion from Marseille to explore the highlights of the city and the charming town of Aix-en-Provence. Discover traditional squares, markets, and iconic landmarks, and enjoy the picturesque countryside of Provence. Book now!

Duration: 7 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Port de Marseille Fos - Porte 4 - Accès croisière & marchandises - This activity is only for cruise passengers.
    You must enter the name of your cruise ship at the time of the booking.
  • Aix-en-Provence - Free time to discover the city center of Aix
  • Fontaine de La Rotonde - Photo stop
  • Cours Mirabeau - Walk along the cours Mirabeau and take a look at the façades of the private mansions and the fountains.
  • Marseille - Panoramic tour of the city : Saint-Victor’s abbey, Corniche road, Notre-Dame de la Garde Basilica
  • Basilique Notre Dame de la Garde - Photo stop
What's Included
  • Expert local guide to enhance your experience
  • Comfortable, air-conditioned transport throughout the tour
  • Our Worry-Free Shore Excursion Guarantee for peace of mind
  • Convenient port pickup and drop-off service
What's Not Included
  • Tour available for cruise passengers only
  • Lunch, food and drinks
  • Hotel pick up / drop off
Additional Information

When your cruise ship is in Marseilles, discover this beautiful city and Aix-en-Provence on this full-day shore excursion. Traveling by air-conditioned vehicle, you’ll drive through Provence’s idyllic countryside to the charming city of Aix. Stroll along the fountain-studded Cours Mirabeau boulevard; discover traditional squares and markets. Then, enjoy a panoramic tour of top Marseille attractions including the Basilica of Notre Dame and 11th-century Abbey of St Victor on the edge of the picturesque Old Port, before returning to your ship.

  • At time of booking, Cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
  • If your ship has to leave at 4pm or earlier the departure time of the tour might need to be amended. You will be emailed by the local supplier to inform you of any changes if necessary
  • May be operated by a multi-lingual guide.
  • Please wait at the exit of the ship/cruise terminal, do not start to walk on the port area.
  • Children under 4 years old are not allowed on tours
  • The order of the visits can change
  • We cannot be held responsible if the cruise ship company cancel the stop over at the port, less than 24 hours the tour departure. No refund can be claimed.
Location
Port de Marseille Fos - Porte 4 - Accès croisière & marchandises
Chemin du Littoral
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Jill_n
Jul 16, 2024
10/10 recommend - Our tour guide took us to aix-in-Provence and then drove us around Marseilles. Sebastian was wonderful, knowledgeable, and his English was great. It was nice to be driven around and shown the sites in the nice A/C of a van. We had plenty of time to walk around Aix too, and returned in plenty of time to get back on our cruise boat.
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Stella_k
Jun 14, 2024
Had a great time at the markets in Aix. - The Guide Morgane is great. She can drive & talk at the same time! She tried to give us the information about Aix en Provence French accented English & showed us the beautiful cathedral in Marseille and the Basillica on the top with the best panoramic view of the city. It was exceptional!
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Joanne_p
May 31, 2024
A most memorable day - Our guide Pepe was amazing. Great knowledge and passion for the city and its history. He made our day fabulous and I recommend him for anyone wanting an extra special tour of these fantastic cities.
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Barb_p
Apr 24, 2024
Awesome trip of Aix de Province and Marseille - Our trip was amazing, as was our guide Remi. He was very attentive to all of the group. He was very informative and looked out for the safety of our group when crossing streets and accounted for each at our meeting points. Gave us time yo explore on our own.
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Mary_g
Feb 26, 2024
Great small group tour of 2 cities - Beautiful excursion! Plenty of time in Aix to walk to the different sites. The food was incredible also!
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Joe_l
Nov 11, 2023
Fun with Remy - Remy, our guide, was amazing. Very personable and articulate. Marseille tour, church, and oldest bakery were very interesting. Fantastic lunch spot in a local bistro in Aix. Aix is a fun filled town. Overall a great and seamless 7 hour tour.
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Jayasreedhar_b
Jun 3, 2024
Scenic Marseille!! - We were a group of 12 people and we originally had booking for 6 persons only. Viator coordinated with the tour operation and was able to arrange one more vehicle so that all 12 of us were able to visit Marseille area together. We met up with our tour guide/driver Caroline (and the other driver whose name I forgot) at the port on time. Caroline was a wonderful person with pleasant and warm personality with very good knowledge of the area and good English. The other driver was not much of an English speaker so he just played the role of a driver of the van. Although we originally booked the tour of Marseille and Aix, we changed our mind in the last minute to prefer to go to Cassis instead and Caroline and the other driver were kind enough to accommodate our change. They took us to few scenic and culturally/religiously significant spots along the way before heading to Notre Dame basilica. She gave a good description of the area of Marseille and we can see her passion for the area she grew up in the way she described. After we spent decent amount of time experiencing the scenic overlook of Marseille and the beauty of basilica, Caroline took us to Cassis (about an hour drive) and gave good instructions on what to see and do in cassis. We did not go into the beach area nor the boat trip as we were short on time. But we hung around soaking in the amazing culinary scene of Cassis. Overall, had excellent trip.
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Jennifer_f
Jul 11, 2024
Didn't Get to Experience Marseille & Was a New Tour Guide - Very disappointed in this very expensive tour. Was looking forward to seeing Marseille and Aix and happy to have a small group, which is why we paid a lot. We were dropped in Aix with very little information about the area on the drive there, a lot of talk about things that weren't interesting or relevant like how Paris area drivers are terrible. It was lunch time and we had only about an hour, so we tried to find a place to eat, all while also trying to see the quaint city. Not enough time in my opinion. Then to Marseille to the first stop which was an outlook over the city. Great views, but little information about the area or the city. I asked about a restroom, and he said it was the next stop. We pulled along a road to a portable public restroom that cleaned itself after every use. Spending this stop standing at a toilet, we then simply drove around the city. I asked if we were able to stop anywhere and walk around to get a feel and shop. He said "It's a really big city so impossible." Strange. I ended up falling asleep in the van, which I NEVER do but it was very boring. Really really disappointed in this excursion as I have heard amazing things about Marseille, but we barely saw it from the back of a small van. Sebastian was a nice man but clearly very new to giving tours and not any historical or current information shared.
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Kevin_m
May 27, 2024
Not worth the price - Our guide was 15 minutes late. The tour is a basic driving tour of the city( a few stops). Our guide unfortunately did not seem that knowledgeable about the detonations and basically just took us to AXIO to shop. I would not recommend this trip.
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Amanda_r
Jul 2, 2024
Zero stars - So happy I have a chance to review this tour that never took place! I would give it zero stars if that were an option. My cruise was unable to stop in the port of Marseilles today, due to a dock workers strike. We were informed by the captain at 10pm last night. The tour has a “shore excursion worry free guarantee”, so I immediately notified the tour operator of the change and requested a cancellation and refund. The policy states that “if your ship misses a port… you will be due a full refund”, so I figured it wouldn’t be a problem. This morning, the tour operator emailed saying that this was not their problem, and they would not refund my money because I would be considered a “no show”. I contacted Viator- and they contacted the tour operator who again refused- and Viator stood by them each time. It took 3 different online “chats”, and multiple screenshots of THEIR OWN POLICY to secure a refund for this tour. Viator finally provided the “good faith” refund- the tour operator still refused. I would NEVER recommend that anyone book with this tour operator- who today, pocketed thousands of dollars, provided no service, and violated the stated refund policy.
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