Miramas

I took a railcar from St Charles west along the Cote Bleue with its beautiful coves. These was followed by the industrial plants on the canals on the Rhone Estuary, and then farmland. It took 90 minutes to reach Miramas but, having walked outside the station and found that there was nothing of note to see, I returned on the next train to Marseilles. This took 140 minutes because the train was stuck outside Marseille for an hour.
Many of the houses in the suburbs and countryside had creamy walls and red tiles. There was no terraced housing outside the old parts of towns.
There was a lack of public toilets at St Charles and in the city.Read more