Full-day Wine Tour around Bandol & Cassis from Marseille
Overview
With your wine guide, discover the wines from “AOP Cassis ” and “AOP Bandol” and the amazing landscapes of this little area of Provence. Between the Calanques and the Cape Canaille, Cassis confidential vineyard is bordering the mediterranean blue sea. Enjoy tasting the famous white wines of Cassis, widely praised by connoisseurs. Visit the small & charming fishermen town of Cassis during your lunch break. Then, Provence Wine Tours will drive you to Bandol area to taste the famous Bandol red wines, some of the best reds from Provence. Discover also their outstanding rosé wines.
Inclusions
- Visit & tasting fees
- Transportation in A/C minivan
- English speaking wine expert guide
- Pick up/Drop off from meeting point centrally located in Marseille
- Alcoholic Beverages
What to expect
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Provence Wine Tours, 15 rue Manuel, 13100, Aix-en-Provence France
You will meet your english-speaking wine expert guide in front of our meeting point (centrally located) in Marseille.
Your guide will drive you in a clean, comfortable & A/C minivan accommodating up to 8 people maximum to the 1st winery.
Around 9.45am, you will arrive to the wine region of Bandol.
You will visit 2 wineries in the morning, get about 1h30 free time for lunch in the charming little fishing town of Cassis, and then visit a 3rd winery in the afternoon.
You will taste some of the finest Rosés from Provence but also powerful and well-balanced reds from Bandol, and fruity and mineral whites from Cassis.
You will be back to Marseille around 4pm to the same place where we met in the morning (starting point).
We select different types of wineries in order to offer you the opportunity to see different ways to work. We have developed partnerships allowing us to take you behind the scenes: from the winemaking & aging rooms to the bottling lines, you will see everything!
Your guide will also explain you about the soil, the climate, the grape varieties, the famous "terroir" but also the picking, pruning, green harvesting and many other subjects in a relaxed and educational way.
Duration: 7 hours
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Provence Wine Tours, 15 rue Manuel, 13100, Aix-en-Provence France
You will meet your english-speaking wine expert guide in front of our meeting point (centrally located) in Marseille.
Your guide will drive you in a clean, comfortable & A/C minivan accommodating up to 8 people maximum to the 1st winery.
Around 9.45am, you will arrive to the wine region of Bandol.
You will visit 2 wineries in the morning, get about 1h30 free time for lunch in the charming little fishing town of Cassis, and then visit a 3rd winery in the afternoon.
You will taste some of the finest Rosés from Provence but also powerful and well-balanced reds from Bandol, and fruity and mineral whites from Cassis.
You will be back to Marseille around 4pm to the same place where we met in the morning (starting point).
We select different types of wineries in order to offer you the opportunity to see different ways to work. We have developed partnerships allowing us to take you behind the scenes: from the winemaking & aging rooms to the bottling lines, you will see everything!
Your guide will also explain you about the soil, the climate, the grape varieties, the famous "terroir" but also the picking, pruning, green harvesting and many other subjects in a relaxed and educational way.
Duration: 7 hours
Additional information
- Not wheelchair accessible
- If you're travelling on cruise ship, please note this tour is starting from Marseille city centre and that the Cruise port is located about 20 minutes away by taxi from the city centre - Please, prefer to refer to our "Marseille Shore Excursion - Full Day Wine Tour in Provence" product bookable through Viator
- Dress code is smart casual
- Minimum drinking age is 18 years old
- A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
- Near public transportation
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Infant seats available
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Most travelers can participate
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travelers
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Ticket delivery
You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
Cancellation
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.
Stephanie K
August 2019
We had the best day with Fab touring two wineries in Bandol and Cassis. We were a group of 8 with of 4 of them being children. Fab was wonderful and very accommodating. She knew everything about the wine making process and even showed us some gorgeous sights in Provence. We highly recommend Fab a...
We had the best day with Fab touring two wineries in Bandol and Cassis. We were a group of 8 with of 4 of them being children. Fab was wonderful and very accommodating. She knew everything about the wine making process and even showed us some gorgeous sights in Provence. We highly recommend Fab and Provence wine tours.Camille_J
October 2023
This wine tour was the highlight of our Euro vacation. The tour guide was deeply knowledgable about wines and the region-- as a winemaker himself. He took our small group of 8 to 3 high quality vineyards in the Bandol and Cassis region. Such a dreamy day, and the best wine tour I've ever been on....
This wine tour was the highlight of our Euro vacation. The tour guide was deeply knowledgable about wines and the region-- as a winemaker himself. He took our small group of 8 to 3 high quality vineyards in the Bandol and Cassis region. Such a dreamy day, and the best wine tour I've ever been on. I would HIGHLY recommend.Ajever01
October 2023
10/10 experience. I would not hesitate a moment to take another tour with Provence Wine Tours. We had a great group and amazing guide who was informative and gave us great guidance in all parts of the trip. Absolutely great value.
10/10 experience. I would not hesitate a moment to take another tour with Provence Wine Tours. We had a great group and amazing guide who was informative and gave us great guidance in all parts of the trip. Absolutely great value.SailChicago2217
September 2019
We booked a full day wine tour for our cruise stop in Bandol, FR. Eric was our tour guide. We visited Domaines Bunan and Domaine De L'Olivette, then had time to have lunch and shop in the beautiful village of Cassis. Eric was fantastic. He is very knowledgeable about the winemaking process ...
We booked a full day wine tour for our cruise stop in Bandol, FR. Eric was our tour guide. We visited Domaines Bunan and Domaine De L'Olivette, then had time to have lunch and shop in the beautiful village of Cassis. Eric was fantastic. He is very knowledgeable about the winemaking process and obviously passionate about the wines in the Provence/Bandol region. We were so thankful we did not book wine tours through the cruise line as we observed passengers boarding large busses headed to commercial operations. Both of the wineries we visited were small family owned estates that are not accessible by bus due to the beautiful narrow roads. Eric worked very hard to tailor the day around our preferences. He speaks fluent English and made us feel like his friends. After the wine tours and visit to beautiful Cassis, he made a stop at the overlook of Parc national des Calanques for the most amazing views. From our initial contact with the reservation team for Provence Wine Tours, to our day with Eric, everything was perfect.sssteveg
May 2019
We took a full day (7+ hours) wine tour to Cassis and Bandol with “Provence Wine Tours”. The wine tour was excellent and well done. Our guide was Eric, whose English is excellent, and who is very knowledgeable about the wine industry in this area.
We took a full day (7+ hours) wine tour to Cassis and Bandol with “Provence Wine Tours”. The wine tour was excellent and well done. Our guide was Eric, whose English is excellent, and who is very knowledgeable about the wine industry in this area.Shawnino
January 2019
Gaëtane managed the tour booking and also was our guide for the day. There was a hiccup with the online payment system but Gaëtane was on top of the issue and everything was sorted very quickly. The company requests full payment for the tour in advance. Ordinarily that would make us choose anot...
Gaëtane managed the tour booking and also was our guide for the day. There was a hiccup with the online payment system but Gaëtane was on top of the issue and everything was sorted very quickly. The company requests full payment for the tour in advance. Ordinarily that would make us choose another operator lest they don't show up on the day, but the reviews here wre so positive and Gaëtane's eagerness to customise the tour for us led us to chance it. We are really glad we did. Our tour consisted of three wine stops and 90 minutes of on-our-own lunch in Cassis. The first stop was a burgeoning family winery where they were in process of boxing bottles of wine for shipping. Next was a wine stop at a co-operative, along with the explanation of what a wine co-op is and how they are rehabbing their image. Finally we stopped at Jean Tigana's winery. (If you don't know who he is, he's an 80s French soccer star who was his generation's Claude Makelele. If you don't know who Makelele is, he's a good soccer player too....) The wines were of good quality. Ga¨etane is very friendly and very knowledgeable about the region and the wineries we visited. I am rehabbing a broken leg and Gaëtane was always careful to choose the most accessible paths for us to see the wineries, and she dropped us at a very convenient spot to walk (roll) around Cassis. We would certainly book with this company again to sample another terroir's wine if we could be guided by Gaëtane. One tip for novices: we had not done a wine tour in this part of France before and the wineries are just getting the hang of welcoming groups for tastings. You can certainly get water to wash your palate on request, but they do not provide bread, cheese, or other nibbles to break up the tasting experience. We were not used to this, as in Italy, Iberia, and the Americas we've always found ample snacks provided. If you need them, bring your own: none of the places we visited, from mid-morning onward, skimped on wine!