Returning to Marseilles and a slightly bonkers dinner

Today we got up fairly early and packed everything up after breakfast so we could drive back to Marseilles.  We left around 11.30am and got to Marseilles in time to return the hire car on time.

Once we’d done that we had a pleasant cous-cous lunch in a Tunisian restaurant near the main rail station then walked down to the Old Port again to check into our fourth and final hotel, the Alizé.  It was right on the port so very convenient, although there were a lot of steps up to the first floor where the lift started – not ideal with huge bags!

Once we’d got settled into our room we went to have a look at the Museum of the History of Marseilles.  Unfortunately it was only opening for another 45 minutes and the person on the reception desk didn’t think that would give us time to do it justice.  We had a bit more of an explore instead and then went back to the Hotel for a rest. We also booked some tickets for another boat trip to see the Chateau d’If and the Frioul islands.

Dinner was at a restaurant called “Chez nous” on Place Notre Dame du Mont.  The food was good but the service just a little bonkers! They insisted we used the badly translated English menu even though we were coping just fine with the French one.