We docked in Marseille just as the sun was coming up. We decided to take the ship’s shuttle bus to the Old Port area, the Vieux-Port. This is the location of the city’s fish market and also home to lots of restaurants. The Vieux-Port was the area where the earliest settlers of Marseille, the Phoenicians and then the Greeks and Romans had their ports. Now the area is home to fishing and recreational vessels. As we walked to the port area, we passed by Fort St. Jean and the Mucem, a Museum devoted to all civilizations of the Mediterranean.
Fort St. Jean on the left and the Mucem on the right
We decided to take the Train Touristique tour to the Notre-Dame de la Garde church that dominates the Marseille sky-line.
The Marseille Little Train
Open air fish market at Vieux-Port
Islands in the Marseilles harbor. One of these housed a prison that was featured in the Count of Monte Christo.
Notre-Dame de la Garde
Cathedral La Major
We had a wonderful seafood lunch with some white Provençal wine at one of these restaurants
We are now back on the Sun Princess and getting ready to sail for Genoa, Italy tomorrow.