Cassis Things to Do

Cassis and the Calanques

 Cassis is a coastal town in Provence, also just a short drive from Marseilles. It is definitely a tourist destination, and so gets popular and crowded in high season. Sadly we travelled to Cassis...... 

Cassis: the magic effect

 "He who has seen Paris and who hasn't seen Cassis can say I have seen nothing" (Frederic Mistral, Nobel Prize for Literature winner). This small fishing port, nestled between two exceptional natural... 

Cassis, little touristic harbour near Marseille

 There is an expression in the region saying "Qui a vu paris et non Cassis n'a rien vu" (Who has seen Paris but not Cassis, has seen nothing)...Well, I agree, Cassis is a wonderful picturesque warm... 

First Impressions

 I arrived in Cassis by Train from Nice only to find that the train station was some 3 kms outside town and there was no connecting bus service. On advice from two swedish cyclists, I decided to walk... 

Cassis

 Cassis seemed to be a very nice town. We came there by car and there were no parking spaces at all. Apparently everyone else had got the same idea as us - only a little sooner. But we drove down...