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Marseilles
Discover Marseille: Historical and Cultural Free Tour
Marseille Cultural Free Tour
Free Walking Tour South Marseille
Panoramic Marseille Tour
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Free Tour: The Great History of Marseille
Discover the history of Marseille by visiting the old port and the oldest neighborhood of France, " Le panier", and get a great, pleasant overview and understanding of this special place.
Things to do Free Tour: The Great History of Marseille
Welcome to this tour of the oldest town of France. Starting at the Old port, where the Greeks landed 600 BC ! From there we'll step back 2600 years ago at Le Jardin Des Vestiges, to see how Massalia was born. Then we'll get in the oldest neighborhood of France « Le Panier » retracing the history and anecdotes of its monuments, Hotel de Cabre, Hotel Dieu, Pavillon Daviel, Church of the Accoules. Strolling through the charming old streets, you'll learn the area evolution, known for its spicy past, from the rue du Panier down to the renaissance beauty of La Vieille Charité. Heading toward the New port we'll discover: Cathedrale of la major, Mucem, Villa mediterranée... A lively area, attracting for its view, mixed architectures and cultural energy. Finally at the Old Port's entrance, you'll take in stunning views of Notre Dame, two historic fortress St Jean and St Nicolas, St Laurent /Abbaye St victor. My goal is to provide you with a rich, enjoyable, and deep understanding of my city. Sharing its history, stories, customs, and legends that make Marseille so special. I'll gladly answers your questions and give my best recommendations. Let's explore Marseille together !
Included
La Vieille Charité
Mucem - Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean
InterContinental Marseille - Hotel Dieu, an IHG Hotel
Le Pythéas Vieux Port Marseille
Port Antique
Fort Saint-Jean
Cathédrale La Major
Pavillon Daviel
Panier
Meeting point
Metro exit on the vieux Port
Reviews (44)
2025-05-01 18:15:54
“Interesting and complete tour”
Fabien is very competent, able to involve people and make history of Marseille interesting for the whole audience: we spent more than two hours walking through the old town, made several stops and received lot of information regarding art and history. Don't miss Fabien's tour!
Laura (English)
2025-05-01 11:07:19
“Pleasure”
Great Tour, very competent Tour guide
Helga Schubart (English)
2025-04-28 13:40:42
“Old port Marseille”
A very interesting, informative and funny tour with an excellent, enthusiastic guide. I learned so much about Marseille and heard so many great stories.
Riitta Alanen (English)
2025-04-26 15:01:24
“Perfetto! ”
Tutto molto bello!
Ester Merli (Italian)
2025-04-26 11:35:12
“Perfect walk around ”
If you want to learn allot about Marseille in a ahort period of time than tis free tour is perfect.
Fabien knows alot about the history of Marseille and tells the stories in a verry pleasent way.
Thank you!
.
Roy Hendricks (English)
2025-04-22 18:34:17
“Free Walking Marseille with Fabien”
We had a great tour. Fabien guided us very well and we got to know many new aspects about Marseille. Would definitely recommend.
Hanne Meyer (English)
2025-04-21 20:08:32
“A fun and informative tour”
Fabien condensed a lot of Marseilles history and famous places in an entertaining 2 hour tour. He had lots of good recommendations of things to do and places to go. I warmly recommend his tour!
Ann Priester (English)
2025-04-21 08:09:42
“Great Tour”
Fabien is a nice guide who is very knowledgeable, well organized and flexible at the same time. Thank you very much for the interesting Tour!
Sarah Otto (English)
2025-04-04 20:31:20
“Freewalkingtour with Fabien”
Fabien was a very friendly and excellent guide, thank you very much!
Birgit Feldmann (English)
2025-04-02 11:22:21
“Great Tour ”
Very interesting, great Guide! Highly recommend
Franziska (English)
2024-09-06 10:14:47
“Nice tour via the centre”
Absolutely recommended!
Peter (English)
2024-08-31 16:15:54
“muy buen tour”
un tour muy completo e interesante
Maria Nuñez (Spanish)
2024-08-29 16:33:05
“Wendy & Bryan”
Very interesting. Ezequiel had amazing historical knowledge.
Wendy Orchard (English)
2024-08-27 19:56:26
“highly recommending the historical trip through Marseille by loc”
We have enjoyed the tour by Fabien today very much.It was very interesting, funny, with a lot of different information but never boring. Fabien is very easy to follow, a true Marseille local who enjoys obviously to tell all kind of hidden facts and little stories about his city and secret places there.we defenitely recommend it.
Laura & Andrea (English)
2024-08-27 07:43:44
“Muy buen tour”
Recomiendo este tour y a este guía que sabe mucho de la historia de Marsella y brinda un tour entretenido y didactico! Gracias Fabien
luciana foulkes (Spanish)
2024-08-25 06:32:24
“Crack!”
Fabien es un crack, la ciudad muy bonita e hizo una guía estupenda.
Carlos Veneroni Coto (Spanish)
2024-08-24 16:19:23
“Tour más que recomendable si visitas Marsella”
Fabien es un guía estupendo que en un recorrido no muy largo de algo más de dos horas, nos ha enseñado Marsella desde un punto de vista histórico y con una información contextualizada actual de la ciudad.
La ruta es cómoda, sin grandes desniveles y apta para cualquier persona.
Jose Sanchez (Spanish)
2024-08-21 14:42:11
“great tour”
fabien was active and clear on his explanations and available if any doubts
Claudia Ho (English)
2024-08-21 13:20:58
“We definitely recommend!”
Interesting facts and tips. Good way to start your stay at Marseille as you get a good view on all the neighbourhoods and which ones you want to skip and which to explore by yourself later on.
Serena (English)
2024-08-10 11:56:17
“wonderful tour by Fabien”
Fabien was a great tour guide; knowledgeable ,engaging and fun. Highly recommend this tour and this wonderful,charismatic guide who is known by many local merchants and artisans
Raphael Vega (English)
2024-08-02 14:05:55
“Very nice tour. ”
We learned lot about Marseille and it's history. We recommend it. We enjoyed it.
Vesna and Ivana (English)
2024-07-20 20:29:59
“Thanks ”
Thanks
We enjoyed it
Renee Lauriault (English)
2024-07-15 12:36:14
“very nice tour”
We had a very entertaining tour in which we saw and learned a lot about Marseille and its interesting history. Fabien also had great tips for a stay in Marseille. As local he knows the ins and outs. The tour with Fabien is recommended!
Nicolas Visser (English)
2024-07-13 15:34:54
“Muy Bien”
Muy bien Fabián.os lo recomiendo.
Jose luis Macias Montero (Spanish)
2024-07-10 07:55:21
“top”
all good - thanks
Sven Brinckmann (English)
2024-07-07 11:29:47
“Lovely Historical Tour”
Fabien was great, very knowledgeable about the city and its history. Lots of interesting information was shared starting from the creation of the city to modern day. Fabien also gave many recommendations for eating, leisure activities, museums, and general city information. Would highly recommend doing the tour with Fabien!
Anna (English)
2024-07-01 15:18:04
“An authentic guide”
We had a very good time with Fabien, he explained & guided us through Marseille with a big smile and lots of nice anecdotes about this ancient costal city. He is a local and knows the tides of his roots.
Big up Fabien !
Benja
Benjamin C (English)
2024-06-30 07:11:08
“Interesting Marseille tour with a great guide ”
Fabien gave us two and half hour tour with lots of info about history and present of his home city in a fun and laidback atmosphere. He also provided good recommendations about shopping, restaurants and places to go out.
Trpimir Gerstner (English)
2024-06-23 09:08:56
“Maravilloso”
Fabien es una gran guia, muy calato, muy interesante, muy divertido!
Por dos horas hemos hecho una vuelta de los principale monumentos de la ciudad y fue muy interesante escuchar la historia de la ciudad desde los griegos hasta hoy. Muy recomendable!
Stefano Mastrototaro (Spanish)
2024-06-12 12:36:44
“Great guide”
The tour was excellent, Fabien is a great tour guide.
Fernanda (English)
2024-05-27 21:34:59
“Passionate”
Fabien indeed tries to transmit his broad knowledge of the city to the guests of the tour. The excursion is well thought and prepared, the atmosphere is pleasant.
Yury Vetyukov (English)
2024-05-26 21:56:25
“great guide very patient ”
the tour lasted even a little longer than 2 hours and the guide was really helpful kind and enthusiast and gave us also many tips about the city
Donatella Di Simone (English)
2024-05-26 05:53:17
“Visita a Marsella ”
Amable
Mery Trujillo (English)
2024-05-24 15:15:46
“Five Star Tour, not to be missed!”
Comprehensive tour from a local guide who knows and loves his city.
Highly recommended!!
Colin McKenna (English)
2024-05-19 17:39:36
“Estupendo”
Muy preparado el guia, la visita fue muy amena y siempre dispuesto a responder las preguntas.
roxana rubinstein (Spanish)
2024-05-19 17:38:42
“Great Tour - can definitely recommend it!”
Fabiene will teach you a lot of interessting historic facts about Marseille and which historic impact the city has for France in general. After the tour you will definitely understand the city better. As a local he has a lot of good recommendations (bars, restaurants, etc.) for you as well.
Daniel (English)
2024-05-19 12:45:13
“Everything was amazing ”
Fabien was really friendly. The tour was well organised and he even had pictures to show us and add a bit more detail. He gave us tips and was very helpful. Definitely recommend
Maria Marta Morbey (English)
2024-05-06 15:33:34
“Great trip with Fabien”
What a great tour
Saw some great places and learnt a lot about Marseille
He even helped me with a beach trip for the following day
Thanks Fabien, you were 5*
Julie Dean (English)
2024-05-05 12:08:41
“Muy buen tour”
Muy recomendable. El tour ha cubierto muchos puntos de interés e históricos; donde Fabien te da un contexto histórico y cultural de una manera entretenida e informativa.
Hannu Parkkinen (Spanish)
2024-05-04 17:06:45
“Calm and authentic tour ”
Fabienne guided us through the city of marseille informing us about historical events connected to the local places, enriched the experience by telling funny and interesting anecdotes and was very open for further recommendations which made our stay in marseille lovely and sweet. Highly recommended!
Best,
your German crazy friends
B, P, M, V & A
Vivian Rustige (English)
2024-05-03 20:56:53
“Great tour!”
Thanks to Fabien we learn lot of good things of this lovely city! Really nice tour.
Mynor (English)
2024-05-01 14:42:46
“10/10”
Tour super completo, guía excelente!
Marti pujol (Spanish)
2024-04-30 21:48:19
“Ineresting tour”
Very interesting tour with guide who was very good and he made our tour interesting with so many information.
Tatjana Dinkic (English)
2024-04-29 23:39:43
“Great, calm tour around the City”
Fabien was a very attentive and calm guide who brought us to some of the historical sights of Marseille and explained their significance. He was very open to questions and feedback. Good luck with your tour guide career :)
Sebastian Betz (English)