The wife and I are taking a river cruise that has the last leg going from Lyon to Arles in September 2011. We will already have spent a day or two in Avignon and Arles along the way before they provide us transport to MRS.

Never having been in this area before but having experienced other areas of Europe I am sure of one thing, I will not rent a car - it will be public transport or hoof it. Looking at the maps, etc, we were thinking that maybe we should spend an extra day or so in Marseille before flying home. We are not beach people nor boaters but rather like to take in the historical/picturesque sights and although it might sound stupid to the adventureous ones on the first time in an area we would rather sit on a tour bus/van and let them do the talking and driving. So I guess my question is what would one recommend to fill up a pleasant day or so in Marseille or should we just hop on the wings of LH and relax and if worth staying a decent hotel that will not break the already broke bank