One of the main reasons James and I made the side trip to Cassis was to visit the famous Calanques. Since we didn't have enough time to explore the area on our own, we decided to take one of the highly recommended boat excursions.
There are three options for boat tours; you can visit the first three, five or all nine Calanques. The first three will take you approximately 45 minutes, the first five will take you 65 minutes and all nine will take you 90 minutes round trip.
The problem is— I typically get very, very sea sick.
I took some motion sickness medicine earlier that morning, but since it was my first time taking the medicine, I really didn't know what to expect. In my mind (and my husband's mind) an hour and a half "at sea" was a bit too risky, especially since we had a full travel day ahead of us...
We decided it was better to be safe than sorry and chose to stick with the shortest tour.
Overall the tour was lovely. Quick, but lovely. I was pleasantly surprised that the medicine worked and I enjoyed the boat trip without getting any motion sickness... I diiddddddd end up feeling a bit disappointed that we didn't just 'go for it' and see all nine of the Calanques, but it was a hard decision to make at the time.
Do yourself a favor and take the extra time and pay the extra money to see all nine! No excuses! Plus, I think some of the more famous and picturesque locations are further down the coast, so we really missed out on seeing some of the iconic landscapes that made me want to go in the first place.
eh. oh well.
Once we got back to the harbor, we spent the remainder of our time around the meandering around, people-watching, and basking in the sun with a couple of MASSIVE Hoegaardens. It truly was a perfect summer day in the South of France.
I wholeheartedly believe that we will visit again and spend our time hiking, boating, cliff jumping and laying out on the makeshift beaches around the Calanques. I can't imagine a better place to do it!
