Marseilles...is it very nice?

I am planning a trip to France ....is Marseilles a good base? Or are we better of up near Nice....is it very different?

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It%26#39;s a matter of opinion. Marseilles is a big town, crowdy and a bit crazy like paris. Nice is more relax, close to italy and the Riviera is so nice you shouldn%26#39;t miss an inch of it.

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Well we went to Marseille on the TGV from Paris, when we got out of the train station we couldn%26#39;t believe how busy it was just like Paris as the other post said. We noticed alot of dog mess every where and it seemed like people just emptied their garbage out on the streets everywhere. We got the impression it was dirty, we walked 4 hours along the coast with our back packs and the beaches seemed very nice and clean, we finally found the hotel we wer looking for! the Metro (subway) system is just as confusing as the Metro in Paris too. We left there the next day to head towards Saint Raphael, Cannes Nice and Monaco which is where I have always gone since, and bypassed Marseille just travelling through on the TGV to head east.

Saint Raphael and Cannes have nice sandy beaches but Nice is pebbles. But I like Nice%26#39;s beach the best and now just wear rubber shoes for walking into the water etc.

HEAD TO NICE and use that as your base would be my advice

Lemon

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I%26#39;ve been to both cities and love them both.

Marseilles is France%26#39;s second city, a big bustling place full of energy and with lots of ethnic diversity and some great hiking towards the calanques.

Nice is a quaint picturesque town, near some great provencial towns and with a great collection os art museums (Chagall, Matisse.....)