We took a boat ride to Château d’If and Port du Frioul as you do. The Château is famous for being one of the settings for “The Count of Monte Cristo” by Dumas.
There’s a lot of yachts in Marseille!Château d’If Port du Frioul. We came here one other time with Sue and Jared and explored the island so this time we stayed on the boat and enjoyed the views.Port du Frioul. There’s a fort on the island and a few shops and cafes. Mostly it’s a port.The Château from the other side.
After the boat ride we took the bus to Le Vallon des Auffes. The Vallon des Auffes is a little traditional fishing haven in Marseille in the 7th arrondissement of Marseille. It is situated 2.5 km south-west of the Vieux-Port over the Corniche Kennedy, between the Catalans beach and Malmousque bay. It takes its name from “l’auffe” (“auffo” in provençal dialect), or “alfa”, a sort of grass used to make rope, braids, and fishing nets.
In 1927, the President of France Gaston Doumergue inaugurated the monument to the dead of the East Army and the far lands, a 5 m tall bronze statue of a woman with arms raised to the sky, facing the Mediterranean Sea. It was classified as a historic monument on July 23, 2009.The view out to sea was very pretty.The port is quite charming.I liked this old hotel on our walk back into town.This was a garden dedicated to some resistance fighters who were killed by the Germans in 1944.WORDS OF FAREWELL AND HOPE “During the Second World War, the Francs-tireurs and partisans of the Immigrant Workforce, the FTP-MOI, a Communist Resistance organization, were among the most active artisans of the struggle the armed in many cities of France, in Marseille, in Lyon, in Toulouse, in Paris.”
Once back in town we visited Le Musée du Savon de Marseille (the soap museum) and got some free samples.
I liked this Ferrari parked outside the soap museum. The soap business must be doing well!Let this be an awful warning. If someone offers to add radishes to your pastis, don’t let them do it!Our last meal in Marseille, very nice too.Farewell Marseille!
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