Marseille Walking food and culture tour 3 hour Private tour
35 Reviews
Marseille, France
Small Group hosted by provence amazing tours
3 hours (approx.)
Up to 15 travelers
Meet everyone at the start point
Mobile ticket
Offered in English
About
- Bottled water
- Wine tasting
- Beverages
- Food tasting
Pickup point
Multiple pickup locations offered. During checkout you will be able to select from the list.
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
Itinerary
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Stop atProvence Amazing Tours
Discover Marseille's unique specialities from their favorite snack, panisse, to the mandatory aperitif, pastis!
Stop atLe Panier
While winding our way through the picturesque and oldest neighborhood in France, le Panier, you'll taste a bit of everything Marseille!
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Dress code is smart casual
- We need minimum 4 people to start the tour
Cancellation Policy
Free Cancellation: For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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Food and Wine of Marseille
mauramulligan, Dec 2024
Amazing tour with Sophia. Great group on the tour and interesting food and some very nice wines. The weather was perfect and everyone in great form after the rugby match the previous evening. We won 🙌🏼
Marseille Tourist Office's Verdict: 'A Culinary Tour Guide Serving Food from a Thermos'
_A7873RV, Dec 2024
When we complained to the Marseille Tourist Office, they said our guide was known as "a man who guides a culinary tour and serves food from a thermos." It seems others had similar experiences.
There were a group of six French people, two German tourists, and two guide interns on the "3-hour walking food tour." I think one of the recent reviews might be from an intern pretending to be a tourist. The German girls are also upset about the poor quality of the tour and are in touch with us.
We started by drinking fish soup from a thermos, accompanied by poutargue, in the middle of a gallery where we felt out of place.
We couldn't get chickpea crepes because the place was closed, much to our guide's surprise.
Then, our guide wanted us to drink anise liqueur from a thermos in front of the Opera when another place was closed.
In a desperate move, our guide led us to a dingy shop that sold cheese, fish, and meat together. The guide ordered one small cheese to share, plus whelks and chickpea chips that expired six months ago. We ate them because we were hungry.
It was only later that we noticed the chips' expiration date. When we pointed this out to our guide, she said that such items don’t spoil. After looking around, I noticed that there were a lot of expired items being sold in this shop. It seems like it might even specialize in selling such things.
We didn't finish the whelks, and the guide told to the shop owner that her son would pick them up later in the afternoon.
After two hours, we realized it was a scam and confronted the guide. We even called her boss, but he didn't want to talk to us.
The guide said there would be more to see and taste, so we followed, skeptical.
And rightly so. Our "grand finale" consisted of one bottle of wine, two baguettes, two identical cheeses, and some tapenade jars arranged haphazardly on a random bench.
Please refer to the attached photo of our pitiful picnic for eight.
In conclusion, this experience was not only disappointing but also a clear case of being scammed.
Responses from 969laurentc
Sie waren eine Gruppe von 2 Personen, die Deutsch und Englisch sprachen, sowie 6 Personen, die nur Französisch sprachen.
Die Führerin lieferte kulturelle Erklärungen zu Marseille und stellte sich auf die Sprache der Gruppe, d. h. Französisch und Deutsch, ein, da die Führerin glücklicherweise Deutsch sprach.
In der Gruppe der sechs Französischsprachigen gefiel es einer Person nicht, dass sie die Führung von Anfang an in zwei Sprachen verfolgen musste, und sie äußerte ihre Unzufriedenheit von Anfang bis Ende der Führung.
Leider waren mehrere Geschäfte geschlossen, obwohl sie normalerweise geöffnet sind, was es der Reiseleiterin nicht ermöglichte, ihre Tour unter den üblichen Bedingungen durchzuführen, da wir uns im Winter befinden und die meisten zu dieser Jahreszeit ihren Jahresurlaub nehmen.
Ich möchte darauf hinweisen, dass die angebotene Suppe von einem ehemaligen Gastwirt hausgemacht ist und dass sie tatsächlich in einer Thermoskanne serviert wird, um sie warm zu halten.
Da Panisse, die aus Kichererbsen hergestellt wird, in den üblichen Geschäften nicht erhältlich ist, wurden Ihnen Panisse-Chips angeboten.
Die Orte, an denen wir Halt machen, sind professionell und kennen die provenzalische Gastronomie gut; sie heißen uns seit fünf Jahren auf allen unseren Tourneen willkommen.
Der Pastis ist ein handwerklich hergestellter Pastis, der mit kaltem Wasser gemischt wird. Außerdem ist es im Winter unmöglich, dass das Wasser lauwarm ist, wie eine Person aus der Sechsergruppe erwähnte. Beachten Sie, dass handwerklich hergestellter Pastis aromatischer ist und bis zu 70 verschiedene Kräuter enthält, im Gegensatz zu Pastis, der in einem Geschäft oder einer Bar gekauft wird und nur etwa zehn verschiedene Kräuter enthält.
Was den Preis betrifft, so kostet eine kulturelle Besichtigung mit einem Fremdenführer mindestens 41 Euro pro Person (offizieller Tarif: Tarifs_PGI_2024.pdf (provenceguideinterprete.com)).
Von daher werden Sie verstehen, dass der Tarif von 75 Euro pro Person für Ihre Weinproben (und nicht für die Mahlzeiten) angemessen ist und eine ansonsten sehr geringe Marge ermöglicht.
Außerdem haben Sie tatsächlich 45€/Person bezahlt, was einer 1,5-stündigen Führung entspricht, während Sie eine 3-stündige Führung gemacht haben.
Außerdem hat Ihnen die Führerin am Ende der Tour eine Erklärung für Ihre Erkundung des "Panier" gegeben.
dommage mais pas vraiment de votre faute
I417KNlilyf, Dec 2024
I attended a tour with a group of two Germans and six French people, as indicated on the site the tours can be done in several languages so here we had French and German mixed since it was not a private tour. This really annoyed the French so there was a bad atmosphere from the start...
We tasted tapenade, an anchoidade, wine, whelk, pastis, two cheeses, soup, poutargue, rouille which is already 9 dégustations.
We visited the districts which hides the history of Marseille and its ships explained well by the guide , we also visited the Marché de Noaille, it is a place hidden from tourists which clearly shows the diversity in the history of Marseille.
Unfortunately at 2/3 of the tour the French were unsatisfied because they didn't have enough to eat, and stopped the tour to attack the guide instead of leaving (as they kept saying) they couldve asked for a refund or an explanation from the boss after the tour. Because of this the end of the tour was rushed with only half an hour left because we lost 30 min arguing
we were not able to visit the quartier du panier.
Unfortunately this all happened because of unsatisfied customers, which I can understand but dont ruin the experience for others please.
Interesting and fun exploration of Marseille
I9159ENchrisp, Dec 2024
My brother in law and I had a really fun tour with Laurent, who was v informative and genuinely cared about us learning about the fabulous city. Although not as much wine as we thought there would be.. we were provided with a great sample of food, snacks and drinks (much of which Laurent himself had prepared). Laurent even helped us to get to the Basilique Notre Dame de la Garde, which he didn’t have to do (v kind). You should definitely do this trip to explore, discover new things and laugh a lot.
Guide Cancelled Morning Of
Mark_C, Dec 2024
tour guide cancelled citing not enough people. Why state private if you require a minimum, I would have paid what a private would cost!!
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