Best Small Group Shore Excursions in France: Our Top 5

1.Small Group Marseille Shore Excursion: Marseille and Cassis Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 110 reviews · 7 hours (approx.) · from $179Our pick

Review of the Marseille and Cassis small-group shore excursion, including Notre-Dame de la Garde, Cap Canaille, timing, comfort, and value.

“This was an excellent excursion. Emanuel took us on a wonderful two hour tour of Marseille, with stops in plenty of scenic places and with a good amount of time to visit the basillica. Then we drove (beautifully clean and comfy van, good seat belts, microphone) to Cassis where we had 2.5 hours of free time. He took those of us who wanted to do the boat tour to the ticket office and arranged our tickets (17 euros per person, 1 hour tour) then we had 50 minutes to have lunch before our small boat trip, which was excellent. When we got back we had half an hour to buy…”

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2.Small Group Marseille Shore Excursion: Marseille and Aix-en-Provence

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 76 reviews · 7 hours (approx.) · from $179

Review of a small-group Marseille shore excursion to Aix-en-Provence, with port pickup, free time, scenic stops, price advice, and practical tips.

“Inez was wonderful! This was a lovely day starting in Marseille and ending in Aix. Our guide was sweet and knowledgeable and the tour started out with a lot of driving between historical sites and ended with some free time in Aix en Provence. She gave us recommendations of places to eat and shop. This was a great balance of small tour (my family of 5 plus three others) with history lesson and charming city shopping and eating on our own. Definitely preferred this size over some of our larger tours.”

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3.The best French Riviera Full-Day from Cannes Small-Group Shore Excursion

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 65 reviews · 9 hours (approx.) · from $155

See Cannes, Antibes, Èze, Monaco, and Monte Carlo in one small-group day with coastal views, local insight, and port pickup.

“Very organized and timely. The small Villages are very nice and the views from St Paul was beautiful Even in the light rain.”

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4.Monaco, Monte Carlo, Eze Day from Villefranche Small-Group and Shore Excursion

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 52 reviews · 7 hours (approx.) · from $138Best value

Review of the 7-hour Monaco, Monte Carlo and Eze small-group tour from Villefranche, with costs, stops, tips and shore excursion advice.

“Driver was half an hour late which a poor start. There were a dozen drivers for same company at the meeting point and many were on time so this was pot luck. Actual tour was good, we spent the right amount of time at each stop and packed a lot in, really enjoyed the day and I would recomend”

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5.The best French Riviera Full-day from Villefranche Small-Group Shore Excursion

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 23 reviews · 9 hours (approx.) · from $150

See Cannes, Antibes, Eze, Monaco, and Monte Carlo in one small-group French Riviera shore excursion from Villefranche.

“Truly enjoyed the tour, the pace, the guide was knowledgable and van very comfortable. I like the style of a mini van and only 6-7 total people. Would definitely join a tour of this type of your limited in time and want to see many places in one day. Thanks!”

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