Toulon itself looked a little rundown in parts (sad-looking apartment buildings, and some beggars on the streets displaying their defects). But the nearby seaside town of Cassis allows a very nice, typical Med upscale relaxing tourist visit for food, photos, and shopping. ...
We did a walk and sea tour of Toulon. Walk part was ok but preferred the sea part as there were a lot of the French naval ships there.
Found some of the restaurateurs rude. ...
it was a Sunday and what was forgotten to mention that French law only lets certain businesses open on a Sunday - the cruise company should have let us know this ...
We did the ship excursion to St Tropez.
We loved st tropez ! Wished we could have stayed longer.
Did a morning walking tour, very good.
Walked around on our own. Had a lovely lunch on a beautiful street. Shopped its wonderful stores.
The tour bus took us to another destination, Port Grimaud.
It felt like a tourist stop , not much to see or do there.
We could have skipped that and spent more ...
The ship docks very close to the town center and the little tourist train is right there for 10 Euros. Interestingly, if you take the little tourist train from the town center, it only costs 8 Euros. Toulon has a very nice downtown area and there is a terrific indoor shopping center if you discover you have forgotten anything. If you are looking for something historical to do, the Maritime Naval ...
The port was aquatic lots of boats and restaurants I like the fact that once you got of the ship it didn’t require a lot of walking and shopping and restaurants where walking distance I have knee issues so I can’t walk too far ...
