What tour guides have you used from Port of Marseille?

I have contacted a few different tour companies that operate out of the port of Marseille and they are either booked or have not contacted me back...

Do you have any recommendations for tour guides?

I have contacted a few different tour companies that operate out of the port of Marseille and they are either booked or have not contacted me back...

 

Do you have any recommendations for tour guides?

These two are the same company:

http://www.provence-travel.com

http://www.shore-excursions-marseille.com

Excellent guides. Very responsive and accommodating. I can recommend them without hesitation.

Look at their set tour offerings and pick one or else ask them if it is possible to mix and match places you are interested in.

See my post. It was a disaster.

....but the pace was very slow and no food for the kids to eat. Entrées were a choice of fish or lamb. We spent 2.5 hours at lunch.

I read your original post and was sympathetic to your treatment by this company. However, when I looked on Trip Advisor, yours appeared to be the only negative review, and in fact they have replied explaining the situation you found yourselves in. I wonder if there may have been cultural or other misunderstandings - as in the quote from your original post above.

• Why would only 2 entrées ( which by the way in France means starter and not main course) of lamb or fish be an issue?
  
• If you asked for a 'kid's menu' you would have been greeted with blank incomprehension. French children eat the same food as adults.
  
• 2 hours is a normal time to spend having lunch in France. Unless you wanted to eat at Macdonalds, there is no such thing as a quick lunch.
  

I do hope this hasn't put you off returning to France, but bear in mind that things are not the same in Europe as they are in the US - 'different strokes for different folks'!! :)

These two are the same company:

http://www.provence-travel.com

http://www.shore-excursions-marseille.com

 

Excellent guides. Very responsive and accommodating. I can recommend them without hesitation.

 

Look at their set tour offerings and pick one or else ask them if it is possible to mix and match places you are interested in.

I'm sorry I left out the official name of the tour company. The two websites I listed above are for "Tour Designer in Provence" based in Aix, but they provide tours from many ports. They are very highly rated in TA.