Wednesday 6 July 2016

WEDNESDAY 6TH – TOULON




Today we experimented with a visit to Toulon without using any of the very expensive tour options offered by Holland America and it was very successful.

They provided a free shuttle boat service from where we are docked at Seyne La Mer to the dockside in the old town of Toulon. As we left the ship we passed an information desk where we were told about the attractions of Toulon and we simply followed their directions to the tourism office from where we obtained a combination bus/telepherique ticket and rode the number 40 bus to the telepherique lower station and up the spectacular mountain range to the north of Toulon. Needless to say the views of the town, the Mediterranean and the ship from the top were spectacular.

 

After returning to the town, we enjoyed lunch being fruit we took with us from the ship on the harbour's edge and then explored the old city.


 

Before returning to the ship, we bought several bottles of wine which, when bought back to the ship, attracts a corkage charge of $18 per bottle but, even paying that, it is cheaper to buy wine on shore and pay the corkage than to pay shipboard prices.

 

Tomorrow we will be in Monte Carlo. I am told one has to take photos of the cars parked outside the casino. They are apparently quite special. We are told that there are approximately 300 Aussies on the ship which would explain why the Aussie accent is so prevalent.





 

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