Marseille, France: Day 2 (Le City Pass)

The first day I arrived in Marseille, I went to the tourism office and bought myself a 2-day 'City Pass'. This thing is fantastic. I get unlimited use of bus, metro and trams, entry into any museum, Petit Train tour of the Vieux Port, boat ride to the Chateau d'If and many many more things that could easily be done in 2 days. Except I had spent the first of the two days (unexpectedly) on the other side of the city, hanging out by the water all day. So in order to get my money's worth (27€ to be exact) I played beat the clock on a Sunday afternoon, trying get the most out of my City Pass and to check out what the city of Marseille had to offer. Here is a list of things I did last Sunday...

1) Guided tour of la Rue de la République

2) Musée de la Mode - where I checked out this really cool exhibit from Designer Fred Sathal.
3) Musée de la Marine et de l'Économie
4) Seaside Market

5) Boat ride to the famous Chateau d'If
6) Tour of the prison at the Chateau d'If
7) Boat ride from Ile d'If to Ile Frioul and then back to Marseille
8) Petit Train tour around Marseille up to the Basilique Notre Dame de la Garde
9) Fish Market at the Vieux Port
9) Irish pub to grab a few pints and watch a football match between Liverpool and some other city. Liverpool won.

10) Took the bus along the coast all the way back to the beach to have dinner.

Though I crammed what seemed like a million things into one day, I managed to see all I wanted to see in Marseille. It's a nice city, even though it's filled with tourists, and it was the perfect place for me to spend my long weekend, during the heat wave.

As for days three and four... well, naturally I spent the day on the beach. Several beaches. Four, to be exact.