I am planning to visit the Calanques in mid-May, 2022. I'm hoping to tour by boat from Cassis as suggested in Rick Steve's Provence & the French Riviera Guide (pg.288). Rick suggests looking into boat tours offered locally and refers readers to www.calanques-cassis.com for details. The problem is that the webpage is offered in French only with no option to translate to English. I am having difficulty accessing information in English about the Cassis to Calanques boat tour. Does anyone have any suggestions? Where can access information in English for the various boat expeditions be found?
Thank you
Posted by
Ashburn VA
767 posts
I just clicked on your link and in the upper right hand corner, there's a google translate option for EN or FR. Had no problem with it at all. I'd say just give it another try. Sounds like you hit a glitch.
Posted by
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, USA
14036 posts
There may be an ongoing glitch in the website. I clicked on the British Flag and it would not translate.
**editing to add: Just changed from Firefox to Edge and it would autotranslate the website there.
To the OP, I was there in October 2019 so my information is old, but at that time there were a bunch of boats in the harbor offering the same trip. You essentially went to the ticket booth and they sold you a ticket for the next boat that was to leave. They all travel the same route. Sometimes they might have to curtail how much you can see due to heavy seas or wind.
**editing to add: Looks like the same system according to the website which says:
"The people at the reception will tell you the name of the boat that is intended for you (the choice of the boat is only possible for group bookings from 20 people).
Opening hours ticket office:
January, February, November, December: 9:30 am to 12:00 pm and 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm
March, April, October: 9:30 am to 12:00 pm and 1:30 pm to 4:30
pm May, June, September: 9:00 am to 5:30
pm July, August: 9:00 am to 6:30 pm"