Small Group Marseille Shore Excursion: Luberon Villages Tour

This tour absolutely delivers everything that is promised. The tour guide Remi was knowledgeable, professional and pleasant. He continually checked with the group to ensure everyone was comfortable and happy. We could not ask for a better tour leader.

This was a great 7 hour day trip to some of the most beautiful villages in France. Marion our driver was friendly, knowledgeable and a safe driver. She was also very punctual and had us back to the ship at 4pm as advertised. I would highly recommend this tour.

Our driver/tour guide was so wonderful. Very friendly and knowledgable. It was a little over an hour to get out to the Luberon Valley Park. Once there it was beautiful. The country roads we almost empty of other cars. The villages were so quaint and very little crowds so it was easy to walk around and visit the shops.

Villages were really nice, it's a little bit of a rushed your if you are doing a shore excursion from a ship. We had rain to no fault of the tour or guide, but this tour was really just a drive to places, get out explore and back in. Our driver / guide Leanne was very nice and tried to make the best of the day. It's a beautiful country side, probably need a few more hours to see more and enjoy though.

Beautiful scenery, great views, historical villages and very informative guide. Loved our day in The Luberon Villages.

Sebastian was great. Incredible knowledge of the region and such a friendly guy. Very pleasant to travel with and learn from. Highly recommend him to anyone looking to learn about the Luberon, Marseille and France. Bruce

Wonderful! Thomas was a great guide and the villages were really nice. Happy with everything, even my teens loved it!

Great tour with an experienced driver. Lovely visit in the countryside visiting small villages in the Luberon. One gets to see how people out of the big cities live. Highly recommend.

The villages are beautiful, very pretty , sitting on a hill by the seaside! Our guide Sara was amazing, she had lots of interesting information and took good care! We had a great day.

We really enjoyed yourselves, however the number of participants should be limited to 7 passengers. With eight, one poor unlucky soul is required to sit in the middle between the driver and front passenger. If you are over 4 feet tall, you will have a big problem, as the Mercedes van has no legroom when sitting behind the center console. That issue aside, we had a great time and the tour guide was excellent. You visit several charming towns in the French countryside and have time to explore. The tour guide was knowledgeable and tour was a good value.

This was our first time going "off tour" with our cruise ship, meaning not taking a tour with Princess. While we did return back on time, a big, huge plus, the tour itself fell short. First of all, it was difficult to identify our driver. Strike 1. Signage was POOR and took us too long to find our driver/tour guide in the port!!! Second, the vehicle was extremely small, 8 people plus the driver was extremely tight. Strike 2. Third, commentary was limited, it seemed more like a driver than tour guide, strike 3. Over all just so-so. It should of and could of been so much better. However, we will try Viator on another venue because usually they are great!

I especially enjoyed walking through the old village of Eze. A small group tour is definitely best. Although our tour guide was very knowledgeable, I was disappointed in the level of English. I was only able to make out a small amount. Disappointing when you pay for an English guide and can't understand.

Tour operator was very sweet and informative. Was wonderful in making a very short 5 minute stop at the lavender fields on our way to one of the villages. Would not necessarily recommend this exact tour based on the time allotted at each location. Would have preferred to visit two of the villages and have time to walk around and spend at each. As it was, we had only 40 minutes at two of the locations and less than and hour and twenty minutes for our lunch location...definitely did not feel that we could have enjoyed lunch and walk around to see the village in the time allotted so we had to rush a quick meal to visit the town. Felt very rushed. The villages are beautiful, but if you really want time to enjoy them, book a private tour or ask ahead of time if you can visit only your top two to actually get to experience them. Tour operator was very punctual and needed us to leave at a specific time, telling us we needed to ensure the time frame to get back to our cruise on time. After 30 minutes driving, tour operator was called and asked to go back to pick up another group that had car trouble. She then assured us that we had the extra hour to go back and pick them up and still get back to the boat. We were happy to go back (we would have wanted someone to do the same for us) but after a day of feeling like we didn't get as much time as we would have liked, felt like the time frame was rushed unnecessarily. In total, spent approx. 5 hours in the van and only 3 hours actually at the villages.

Travelling in a small group through the Luberon was quite special. We were not restricted by travelling in a large group with a guide and free to explore the lovely villages. We were on a cruise and returned to the ship in good time despite an unanticipated hold up

My family took this tour and we all thoroughly enjoyed it. The scenery is magnificent. We had heard stories that the port of Marseilles was a boring cruise stop, so we almost just stayed on the ship. So glad we didn't. This tour is a little pricey, but you get to see several beautiful villages that are breathtaking. You also get a few photo stops at some amazing viewpoints. We toured a castle, walked through villages, saw the ochre mountains, had time for lunch in one of the villages, etc. The only negative for this trip was that our tour guides didn't give us as much information as we would have liked about the area. It was a pretty quiet drive, although they were very friendly and kind. It turned out to be one of our favorite stops on the cruise.

So many! The best part was our tour guide Jocelyn, he customized the tour for us. Jocelyn took us to small villages of the beaten path, made us feel like family.

The excursion was very fun, Sebastian was fantastic! He kept us on time, was very informative. Would highly recommend.

Tour guide was unprofessional, dressed inappropriately and provided little information on the best things to see in the villages. Second village was not worth seeing and we should have spent more time in Rousseau. Also, her vehicle broke down causing us to miss our last stop, and causing anxiety about getting back to the cruise ship on time.

We had a wonderful day in France country side. Our guide Greg was exceptional, recommend this tour. The tour was very organized, never felt rushed

Lea was an excellent guide. She was very knowledgeable, had great historical stories and legends to share, and was a pleasure to be with. She was also a great driver, and we always felt safe in the very nice, spacious, air-conditioned van. We loved visiting the Luberon villages. Each one was beautiful and unique in its own way.

We really enjoyed seeing the beautiful villages and scenic countryside. Morgan was a wonderful, knowledgeable tour guide.

The was a great way to see the countryside in a day. Jeff was east work with and helped us under more about the region.

Jeremy was a wonderful guide. He spoke very good English and explained everything about the Luberon region. Very knowledgeable, loved the history! Highly recommend this tour and company. Everything was exactly as I expected. Perfect!

Lea was such a great guide. It was a rainy morning and all tours arrived late due to bad traffic to the cruise port however Lea was worth the wait. Because it was raining, we told Lea we had tried to book a trip to Lumiere light show but couldn’t find one with Viator. She offered to get permission to change our tour and she took us there instead plus to a monastery that Van Gogh had stayed and it was a fantastic day. Lea was so accommodating and knew a lot about the area. We thoroughly enjoyed the day. It was a private tour since we were the only 3 people on this so that’s why we had this flexibility.

We has a wonderful day in the villages of Luberon. Ines was a fabulous driver/guide and made sure we had the best experience possible.

We had a wonderful guide that took us to scenic quaint villages.we had 6 in our group.loved the poppy fields.

This was an excellent tour, one of our favorite shore excursions. Greg was an excellent tour guide and we loved listening to his French accent. He was very personable and accommodating. He went out of his way to personalize the tour for us. We had hoped to see some of Aix en Provence, and he actually made a stop there during market time. He also went out of his way to stop at an abbey with lavender fields, no matter that they were not in bloom, and gave us such interesting information about lavender, the local wines, and food. There was enough time given for us to explore some of the gorgeous villages and markets on our own, with excellent direction given by Greg as to recommendations for stops, food, and meet-up points. This was so much better than the large cruise tours, and in a very comfortable minivan. Highly recommend.

We booked this excursion to see as much as we could in our 1-day in France. It was the right decision! Viator adjusted the times of the tour based on our cruise ship docking & departure times. Our tour guide, Philip, was excellent in giving insights into the area & each village while keeping us on schedule to see as much as we could & still get back to the ship on time. The vehicle was immaculate & had a car seat for our toddler. Philip was very accomodating to our wishes to see some lavendar fields & even stopped at a roadside vendor on the way back when we realized we had neglected to purchase some French wine. I really enjoyed having such a personal tour which allowed more freedom & less stress than going in the large group ship excursions. I would highly recommend Viator tours!