Your day, step by step
08:15
Walk the green line to Porte 4 (5–12 minutes) and board the free port shuttle.
08:45
Arrive at Quai du Lazaret, Joliette. Note the stop; this is where you return.
09:00
Walk to La Major cathedral (5–10 minutes), then up into Le Panier: Place de Lenche, La Vieille Charité, stepped lanes.
10:15
Down to Fort Saint-Jean and the MuCEM footbridges. Grounds are free; exhibitions open at 10:00.
11:30
Walk round to the Vieux-Port. Take the Petit Train from Quai du Port or bus 60 up to Notre-Dame de la Garde.
12:00
Notre-Dame de la Garde: basilica, crypt and the view over the city and islands. Allow an hour.
13:15
Back down to the Vieux-Port for lunch.
14:45
Walk back to Joliette along the waterfront (about 25 minutes), or take bus 82/55.
- Latest you can leave Vieux-Port14:45
15:15
Join the shuttle queue at 9 Quai du Lazaret.
16:15
Back on board, more than 60 minutes before all-aboard to allow for shuttle queues.
Where to leave from, and when
on foot bus, train, boat taxiPins show when to leave each place. Lines: route back to your ship.
Going further? Leave by these times
- Vieux-PortWalk to Joliette 25 min, then shuttle14:45
- Joliette shuttle stop (Lazaret)Free port shuttle 15–20 min; queues to 1 hour15:15
- Le Panier or MuCEMWalk to Quai du Lazaret, 10–15 min15:00
- Notre-Dame de la GardeBus 60 or Petit Train down, 20–30 min14:15
Where people get Marseille wrong
Leaving the shuttle queue to the last hour; be at Quai du Lazaret 2 hours 15 minutes before all-aboard.
Built from our Marseille guide, checked against 13 official sources (October 2026). Nothing here is guessed. Read the full guide or see the sources.
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