Marseille Aix-en-Provence Excursion Reviews

Great guide. Very knowledgeable and informative both going to Aix and returning. Once we arrived in Aix our guide gave us the permission to leave the walking tour at any time and explore on our own, provided we return to the meeting point at the assigned time. We walked off the beaten path and found a local market - loaded up on olive oil, herbs, lavender, soaps, etc. Lots of fun. Once back we explored the town of Sevigne sur Mer (?) where the ship was docked. Kind of down on it's heels, but walk around a bit then back on the ship.

Provider: Celebrity Cruises

We got soaked in rain sharing one umbrella, but loved it.

Provider: Celebrity Cruises

Lovely experience, had a wonderful guide. Great shopping

Provider: Carnival Cruise Lines

Great shopping in a charming town

Provider: Regent Seven Seas Cruises

Provence Actually landed in toulan..... We took the tour that included a walking guided portion and then were on our own Isabel took us for 1 our and we saw the market on the main street, the fruit market, the old street, old theater and the Basilica where we saw a refurbished painting with the King and Queen kneeling before the Baby Jesus and the town of Aix in the background. I don't know how they can afford to keep up these massive churches but they must. Very small streets and shops and just a picturesque town......of course another Crème glace.

Provider: Celebrity Cruises

Our next port of call was Toulon, France, where we decided to book the shore excursion TU03 Aix-en-Provence. Such a beautiful picture perfect postcard of a town! Our guide gave us an informative guided walking tour, leaving us plenty of time at the end to explore on our own. We happened to be in town while two markets were going on, a big clothing market and a farmer's and flower market. At the farmer's market, we purchased fresh peaches and fresh apple-pear cider. The cider was delicious but the peaches were extraordinary, ranking in our minds as the best peaches we have ever had along with the peaches from last summer's cruise on the Equinox, the peaches from the village of Sirince in Turkey. We definitely recommend this shore excursion as it provided an excellent trip into the countryside and a lovely visit to Aix. We had no interest in seeing Marseille, from our research, and we were very happy with our choice.

Provider: Celebrity Cruises

Booked a ship tour to Aix-en-Provence and was not disappointed. Had a lovely morning getting a walking tour and going through the markets. It was nice getting there early before all the tons of people showed up. I love Provence and lavender so got some nice things in the shops there. There are also some shops right next to the ship selling Provence items and souvenirs.

Provider: Norwegian Cruise Line

This tour was very good but far too short. Tour of buildings and the market were rushed. We only had about 1 hour of free time which is insufficient. The actual length of tour was 4 hours from the time we assembled in the ship to leave. The guide was knowledgeable although gave misinformation about being able to use excursion ticket to use Marseilles old port shuttle. Msc wanted to charge another fee, we took local taxis for 20 euro each way which was cheaper than msc shuttle bus price for our group of 4.

Provider: MSC Cruises

We took the NCL tour of Marseille & Aix-en-Provence. It was just ok, really. There's not a whole lot to do in Provence that compares to the remainder of the trip, so it's unfair to hold it against the region. We did have a nice day though - Aix was a cool town, and while we were only briefly in Marseille it seemed nice, and we had stunning views from the Notre Dame cathedral.

Provider: Norwegian Cruise Line

This guide was so informative and kept the group enthralled with her knowledge

Provider: MSC Cruises

We selected the ships tour to Aix en Provence. Honestly -- it was really just transportation as the "tour" part was not really well done for one guide and 50 clients. We split from the group and wandered around the very pretty city on our own, had lunch and shopped then back to the ship.

Provider: MSC Cruises