Take a rental car at the airport upon arrival in Marseille or in one of the city stations for the local car hire company to explore the city of Marseille on his own and independent of public transport. Some of the rental car provider allow also Hotel deliveries what wait that you spared at the station. You reserve the desired rental car preferably in the advance on the Internet since then also surely is a vehicle on the spot for you.
With a population of about 800,000, Marseille is the largest city in Provence in the South of France and the second largest of the country. Is surrounded by bright limestone caves, the chain de l ' collection, the Chaîne de l ' Étoile, the Chaîne de Saint-Cyr and the Massif de Marseilleveyre du Lyon the city westward in a Bay of the Gulf. Here also the so-called Europort is located du Sud, the most important seaport of France, the Marseille owes its economic boom. Social and touristic hub of the city is the old port and La Canebiére outbound from him and internationally known Street. Marseille has a pleasant Mediterranean climate and the magnitude generated by the winds of the Mistral, moved already here many famous painters such as Cézanne, Braque and Derain.
Instead of going on foot, the town offers small tourist trains, you, during a leisurely ride, Dame de la garde, carrying with a constant view among others from the old harbour up to Notre. Visit also the Bastide du JAS Bouffan, a country house and the Saint Sauveur Cathedral, Chapel of the Oblats-Eglise de la mission and the Eglise de Saint Esprit, as well as more chapels and churches. Influenced by the past relics excavated steadily past cities. They invite you to a tour through the history, which leads the visitor magnificent town houses, the old fortresses of 16th century and the numerous Herschaftshäusern of nineteenth-century. Rich in monuments, museums and historic buildings there to discover the many attractions in the metropolis of Marseille.
The largest port of the Mediterranean and the resulting high industrial status of the city Marseille has very good train and highway connections such as Avignon, Toulon and Lyon. In addition, shipping allows crossings in the Maghreb and to Corsica. Daily, weekly Calvi, Bastia and Ajaccio, Propriano, Corsica with the possible continuation of the journey to Porto Torres in Sardinia, are served.
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