(This tour is available in two options – coach and private. The private option offers you greater flexibility to do the tour at your own pace.)
Your driver/guide will pick you up in an air-conditioned vehicle from your hotel in Marseille or from the dockside of your cruise ship in Marseille Port for this Cliffs of Cassis Sightseeing tour. Your guide speaks French and English.
Wind along the Gineste and Crests roads to a vista overlooking Cap Canaille, which translates as “the mountain that swims into the sea.” The highest maritime cliffs in Europe, reaching some 394 meters into the sky, form a colossal stone rampart that looks down from on high to the emerald waters of the Gulf of Cassis.
In the distance you can see the Massif of Gardiole, an awe-inspiring range of rock that extends for more than 5000 hectares along the coast of the Villenueve-les Maguelone.
Board a maritime tour to discover the Calanques, the steep, limestone inlets that jut out from the rocky coastline and give way to small, lovely beaches.
Dock at the small fishing port of Cassis, once part of the great Roman maritime route established by Antoninus Pius. Walk around the old quarter of the village, peruse the open-air market in the center of town, or lunch at one of the local cafes (payable direct).