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Essential Free Tour Marseille

Duration: 1h and 45min
Languages: English, Spanish
Guru: Louis
Registered on September 11, 2019

I'm a well travelled guy from Spain, I have lived in UK, Ireland and USA, and hitched rides across the World. Now I am living and working as a translator and tour guide in France since 2011. I love meeting people and learning from others and their cultures, I am an open minded and enthusiastic person, always willing to help out and make new friends. I speak English, Spanish, Portuguese and French.

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  • Free booking and cancellation
    Free payment tour, no set price, booking and cancellation are free

Tour description

After an introduction about Marseille , we will travel back in time to the birth of the city, Le Jardin Des Vestiges , the original port where the Phocei founded Massalia. Next, we will head towards the old Town Hall (Municipalidad Hotel de Ville), the place where the Count of Monte Cristo was betrayed by his best friend and sent to the Chateu d'If.
We will go up to the oldest neighborhood in France and birthplace of the city, Le Panier , where Napoleon Bonaparte had an apartment and the first emigrants came to settle in this "village" within the city of narrow streets, and still with Provençal character.
Here, we will discover La Vielle Charite , an old hospice and spectacular monument, today a museum and poetry school. We will go down in search of the sea to discover the new port and the Major Cathedral , the largest church in the city that looks towards the Mediterranean and the only National Museum outside of Paris Le Mucem, connected by bridges with the old neighborhood and the Fort de Saint Jean who belonged to the Templars of the order of Jerusalem and Malta.
Returning to the heart of Marseille, we will pass through Le Vieux Port , where local people and nomads from all over the world continue to pass through this place that has lived a long history.

The tour will start outside the Burger King Vieux Port, 1 Quai des Belges, on the Rue Canebiere side,

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Highlights

What will we visit on this tour?

  • Meeting point:
    19 Quai des Belges 13001 Marseille Fr...
    19 Quai des Belges 13001 Marseille France
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    I'll be outside the Burger King, the Viex Port, with a freetour sign

  • 1
    Outside visit
    vestige garden
  • 2
    Outside visit
    Hotel Dieu Intercontinental Marseille
  • 3
    Outside visit
    Le Panier
  • 4
    Outside visit
    Cathedrale La Major
  • 5
    Outside visit
    Mucem - Musée des civilizations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée
  • 6
    Outside visit
    fort st jean
  • 7
    Outside visit
    Old Port of Marseille
  • 8
    Outside visit
    Palais de la Bourse

How much does this tour cost?

Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end of the tour the amount that he or she considers appropriate (these usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).

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Who is this tour for?

Accessibility
Non suitable for people with reduced mobility.
Groups
Does not accept large group reservations.
Pets
Suitable for carrying pets.

What should you know?

Additional costs:
The tour does not require the payment of entrance fees or additional expenses.
Free cancellation
If you will not be able to attend the tour, please cancel your booking, otherwise the guide will be waiting for you.
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