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Walking Tour of Marseille with a Local

January 17, 2016 by ashleyt 9 Comments

Walking Tour of Marseille Offered by a Local Greeter

Robin and I have been living in Provence for 2 years and can you believe it- we’ve never visited Marseille except for getting lost in the city on our way to the Calanques which was slightly traumatic in our overheated Austin Mini.

There is no doubt that Marseille has a bad reputation. Just the other night we were watching a French TV documentary on the “quartiers nord” drug violence. Many people have recounted horror stories of their experience in the city but just as many other people have told us that there is nothing to worry about. We wanted to find out for ourselves.

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Filed Under: Days Out Tagged With: day out in marseille, greeters, malmousque, marseille fish market, old port marseille, palais de pharo, plage des catalans, promenade de roucas blanc, provence city, vallon des auffes, vieux port de marseille, walking tours in marseille

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